There was something strange in my sensations, something indescribably sweet. I felt younger, lighter, happier in body; within I was conscious of a heady recklessness, a current of disordered sensual images running like a millrace in my fancy, a solution of the bonds of obligation, an unknown but innocent freedom of the soul. I knew … Continue reading Quote for Today: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Possessed by Violence: Valhalla Rising
Valhalla Rising is a complex and violent film, full of beautiful, savage images and scant dialogue. What actually happens onscreen? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx2u4ZzhcmQ Nicolas Winding Refn's brutal tour-de-force Valhalla Rising stars Mads Mikkelsen as a mute killing machine owned by a Norse Chieftain. The Chieftain keeps him caged, barely seeing to his physical needs and trotting him … Continue reading Possessed by Violence: Valhalla Rising
Quote for Today: Lawrence Durrell
Soon it will be evening and the clear night sky will be dusted thickly with Summer stars. I shall be here, as always, smoking by the water. I have decided to leave Clea’s last letter un-answered. I no longer wish to coerce anyone, to make promises, to think of life in terms of compacts, resolutions, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Lawrence Durrell
Quote for Today: Barbara Kingsolver
Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky. ―Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
An Obscure Sign: Totem by Katherine McDaniel
What do you see in this spontaneous drawing? I draw first and find meaning later, so you can't be wrong. This drawing is entitled Totem because of its vague resemblance to Native American totems, signs that embody spiritual attributes of a clan, tribe or family. It is what I call a spontaneous drawing, in which … Continue reading An Obscure Sign: Totem by Katherine McDaniel
Quote for Today: Richard Brautigan
We could see the children's toys here and there, and we saw a game that the children had made themselves out of dirt, deer antlers and abalone shells, but the game was so strange that only children could tell what it was. Perhaps it wasn't a game at all, only the grave of a game. … Continue reading Quote for Today: Richard Brautigan
Glimpses through the Ocean Fog: Selkie, A Sea Tale
How can we allow the arts to reveal deeper understanding? By releasing the desire to evaluate and cultivating enchantment. Over the holiday weekend I attended Divergence Vocal Theater's CD release concert, featuring Selkie, a sea tale, composed by Elliot Cole with a libretto by Misha Penton, at 4411 Montrose in the Houston Museum District. The … Continue reading Glimpses through the Ocean Fog: Selkie, A Sea Tale
