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those a-ha! moments: fetish for the pathologically creative
There is an element of intentional controversy. He just happened to have a infant’s skull tucked away in the corner of the workshop and bingo! he found the right context to use it. It was one of those a-ha moments, … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous
Tagged Andrew McConnell Stott, Damien Hirst, E.J. Trelawny, Edward Prescott, For Heaven's Sake Damien Hirst, Hans Holbein the younger, John William Waterhouse, Joshua Glenn, Jude Tyrrell, Koestler, Leigh Hunt, Lord Byron, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Eden, Roya Nikkhah, Sally Russell, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Subodh Gupta, Terence Corcoran, William Hanley
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MYSTERY BEYOND THE GOLD RUSH
When one writes about Chaplin, discussion of a ”best” work inevitably results in his most ardent supporters agreeing to disagree in choosing his best feature length work or short film. Less contentious is the selection of a favorite example to … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance
Tagged Arthur Koestler, Chaplin, Charles Dickens, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Georgia Hale, Koestler, Mack Swain, Martin Buber, Maurice S. Friedman, The Eureka Process, The Gold Rush, Tom Gunning
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Salad Days with Sam
Monty Python parody of Sam Peckinpah’s film violence. One part superficial and the other firmly following the provocative and shocking tradition of Alfred Jarry and his ‘Pataphysics. Surreal, Dadaist and highly eclectic, the Pythons can articulate violence and its graphic … Continue reading