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Category: Experiences and Impressions

Experiences and Impressions

Unearthly Appetites: Italo Calvino’s The Distance of the Moon

Humanity crosses increasing distances searching for new territory to explore. Is the distance between and within us threatening our survival? Italo Calvino published Cosmicomics, a book of fantastic short stories …

Experiences and Impressions / Photoblogs

This is Kansas? Thoughts on a Sunrise over Lake Scott

We classify everything by our own experience. How do we keep this natural self-centeredness from blinding us to new things? This summer my husband and I took our small RV …

Experiences and Impressions / Milestones and Productions

Looking Down From the Mountaintop: Remember! Opens a New Season

Last Saturday, synkroniciti opened a new season with Remember!, an Open Mic devoted to the theme of memory. Guests came from Houston, Kingwood, and as far away as Austin. As usual, Lisa Sasabuki was …

Experiences and Impressions / Exploring Culture

A Tale of Two Conchitas: Reflections on That Obscure Object of Desire

Why do we frequently make judgements on others based upon their appearance and manner without taking into account their actions? If you are familiar with Luis Buñuel’s 1977 film masterpiece …

Experiences and Impressions

Separated from our Roots: Offshore by Kelly Ledsinger

There are emotions that are universal, or nearly so. The paradox is that they feel personal and difficult to share. Kelly Ledsinger shared this poem, entitled Offshore, at our last Open Mic, The Journey. …

Experiences and Impressions / Videos

Modern Creation Myth: Thoughts on Abiogenesis by Richard Mans

In our time, the tantalizing mystery of Creation is usually explored through science or religion. Can art provide vision also? This short film, Abiogenesis,  by Richard Mans, produced by Fuzzy Realms, …

Experiences and Impressions

Laughter and Light: Self Determination and Providence in the World of Wobbly Barstool

Have you ever wondered what novels Charles Dickens might have written if he possessed a sunnier disposition? Meet Wobbly Barstool. Jane Lowy‘s Wobbly Barstool puts a clever spin on the Victorian …

Experiences and Impressions / Videos

The Perils of the Sea: Thoughts on Deep Water

Isolation heightens our self awareness. Is it what we lack or what we bring with us that frightens us most? Can you imagine sailing completely around the world alone without ever once …

Experiences and Impressions

A World of Earth: Yamatane by Yusuke Asai at the Rice Gallery

Modern humanity has found itself disconnected from nature by technology and civilization. Can art help us reconnect with the Earth? Yesterday afternoon I made a trip to the Rice Gallery on …

Experiences and Impressions

Old Beginnings: Dara Horn’s The World to Come

Languages fade from tongue and memory. Stories are lost. Do we have a right or a duty to tell them? Dara Horn’s The World to Come is a sprawling family saga that encompasses the …

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