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nature over intellect
The essence of comedy is the triumph of nature over intellect. The human comedy where hedonism replaces heroism. Tragic heroes die for what is nobler in the mind, comic heroes live for what is livelier in the flesh. The tragic … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Schopenhauer, Boccaccio Decameron, Charles Dibdin, Christopher Fry, G. Wappers paintings, Gaius Petronius, henri Bergson, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Peter Bergson, Petronius Satyricon, Roberto Benigni, Saint Thomas Aquinas, To Rome With Love 2012, Woody Allen
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human oh too human
A funny and peculiar war it was. Especially in wartime Vichy Paris which stretched the lexicon of all the imaginative permutations that plumbed the bottom of French culture. The complexities of that particular context were splendidly shrewd and also quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Resnais, Alan Riding, Albert Camus, Dreyfus Affair, henri Bergson, jacqueline delubac, Jean Cocteau, Jean Paul Sartre, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Marc Bloch, marcel Ophul, marcel ophuls, Max Jacob, robert brasillach, Sacha Guitry, Sarah Bernhardt
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turning the back pages: thin people redux
Can memories be esthetically radicalized? What is the process? Taking the old image, the old picture, what Freud termed the hyper-aesthetic memory, the fragmented slivers of flash, then using them to catalyze creativity. D.W. Winnicott had a genial idea of … Continue reading
the lost decade: a hang five for prosperity
Socially, politically and economically, we are entering uncharted waters. We appear to be at the cusp on some major transformations. The issues are rather complex, seemingly beyond the comprehension of the present crew of economic advisers. The result is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Constance Rourke, henri Bergson, IBM Watson, Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Ferguson Polymathica, Nouriel Roubini, Paul Krugman, robert a. heinlein, Robert Crumb, technological unemployment, U.S. Economics, xaviera simmons, Yogi Berra
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summer of discontent: is the end near?
” The nature of people is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute.” ( Vico) People have no doubt been bemoaning the decadence of the times since the expulsion from the Garden. But what actually constitutes decadence … Continue reading
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Tagged Adorno, American Apparel advertising, American Apparel banned ad, anne brockinton, Arnold Toynbee, Bruce Mazlish, calvin klein advertising, Carolee Schneemann, henri Bergson, Max Horkheimer, Natacha Stolz, Oswald Spengler, robert m. lee, Russell Smith, the NRA, vico
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time to get a clock
The Clock.Time is like a bus. If you miss one another one will come. An almost transcendent 24 hour video of thousands of clips in syncronized time. We live in a world in which time is omnipresent. The tedium of … Continue reading
alternative community & utopia postponed
The easy explanation for the enduring appeal of Herman Hesse is that he offers hope and romance.There is a pushing back against the seduction of acquisition and competition; the wrestling over scarce resources and the Cain and Abel scenario. Also … Continue reading
MARCUSE: IS THERE AN APP FOR A REVOLUTION?
His economic ideas belong in the bone yard, and his understanding of organizational decision making resembles that of ”a camel is a horse designed by a committee ” school. But his ideas on aesthetics and art, likely a byproduct of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bergson, Dali, Douglas Kellner, Felix Guattari, Fred J. Cook, Gilles Deleuze, Goethe, henri Bergson, Herbert Marcuse, Jacques Derrida, Jean Paul Sartre, Laura Marcus, Martin Heidegger, Maurizio Cattelan, Michel Foucault, Peter Nicholls, Salvador dali, Sigmund Freud, Theodor Adorno, Vance Packard
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