<i>Flaming June</i> at the Frick Collection
Painted by the British artist Frederic Leighton around 1895, Flaming June is one
of the iconic paintings of Victorian art. It depicts a single female figure
asleep on a marble bench. As a
A Present from Frank Sinatra to You on My Birthday
Our summers were spent in the New South, autumn in
the biosphere, winter in a woodstove sand sullying
the hologram, blessing via a twenty-nine cent stamp.
Bleeding through my beloved stocking cap. At
Seven Minutes that Shook the World
“Of all the arts…cinema is the most important.” ~V. I. Lenin
We are told that they are the seven most important minutes in film, and at the
time of this writing they
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Modernist poets had typewriters and smoke-filled coffee shops. Their
observations, however quotidian, sparkled on the page. Their schools and
movements existed in relative secrecy. Myths surrounded them.
Nowadays, coffee shops are smoke-free, and
Noteworthy: Freeways as Cathedrals
I grew up with the Southern California freeways. Coming back from a long trip
and leaving the placeless airport, the freeways were always the first part of
home I encountered. They are dirty