Tag Archives: Brooke Shields

thats a mouthfull: spit or swallow

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Dave

False advertising claims for toothpaste? My sympathy is with the advertisers. After all, toothpaste is advertising. Just advertising with color and artificial flavor added at the basic level. There is nothing the better toothpastes can do for your teeth that … Continue reading →

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the raw deal. throw the dice: winner take all

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Dave

And winner take all… imagined outcomes. Libidinal investments. Perversion as an attitude and perversion as a practice. As Walter Benjamin said in the Arcades Project:“The fascination of danger is at the bottom of all great passions. There is no fullness … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Brooke Shields, Charles Baudelaire, Donald Kuspit, Edouard Manet, emily browning, fernando meirelles, James Joyce, joan crawford, Lars von Trier, Louis Malle, melancholia kirsten dunst, miles w. mathis, Pablo Picasso, Sigmund Freud, sleeping beauty movie, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

modernist garden: flowers of evil

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Dave

In retracing the steps of Charles Baudelaire’s Paris, Walter Benjamin also arrived at a similar conclusion with respect to modernism’s influence on society. The flaneur, the urban dweller; this persona lead Benjamin to remark that the prostitute is the only … Continue reading →

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Pretty babies:from Drawing Room to the rabbit hole

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Dave

The shadows of celebrity shows all the reflections of a flickering candle.The shadows are the flip side of the spotlight. They are unpredictable and turn in usual paths and shapes at times..Its always been a battle between the trickle down … Continue reading →