Tag Archives: douglas coupland author

some things you just can’t improvise

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Dave

In Alan Arkin’s role as Singer in Carson McCullers’s screen adaptation of The Heart is Lonely Hunter, he plaus a deaf-mute whose silence was an articulation and metaphor for all the lonely life impaired citizens in a southern town whether … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word | Tagged Alan Arkin, Alan Arkin an improvised life, alan arkin little miss sunshine, Carson McCullers, douglas coupland, douglas coupland author, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Martin Buber, Peter Falk, Viktor Frankl, viktor frankl logotherapy, Zen Buddhism | Leave a comment

the juggler

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Dave

…”when you grow older a dreadful, horrible sensation will come over you. it’s called loneliness, and you think you know what it is now, but you don’t. here is the list of the symptoms, and don’t worry – loneliness is … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged amedeo modigliani, chagall the juggler, Chaim Soutine, douglas coupland author, edgar levenson, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, picasso and chagall compared | Leave a comment

“binners” rich and poor

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Dave

Its a revelation that is both personal and cultural. Some of them regard themselves as business people and entrepreneurs.The psychology is a bit morbid, teetering as it does between mild eccentricity and out and out madness. It’s the kingdom of … Continue reading →