Dolls from Around the World, part one: Dancing Figures
Ethnic dolls have much to do with memory and the interpretation of the past. They codify values, dress, gender roles, and appropriate occupations for the culture they represent– or at …
Quote for Today: Samantha Robertson
How often do you ignore a dream, dismiss it as fantasy and then see echoes of the dream around you the following day? What if a dream were the forewarning …
Quote for Today: Garth Stein
I’m a writer because I love reading. I love the conversation between a reader and a writer, and that it all takes place in a book-sort of a neutral ground. …
Quote for Today: Chaim Potok
Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the inside of the …
The Absent Clock: Stephen King’s and Stanley Kubrick’s Versions of The Shining
The Shining contains themes of abuse, addiction, insanity and manipulative evil. What actually makes this story tick in the imagination? I grew up watching horror movies on my father’s knee. …