Tag Archives: Sam Taylor-Wood

leda and the black swan: daddy’s little princess on the lake

Is ballet dying or is it just an appropriate metaphor for death? Are we in love with the idea of ballet and all it stands for or are we repulsed by the obscure side that is in juxtaposition to its … Continue reading

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MOURNING HAS BROKEN: “Mother” & Wedded to Distortion

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live….Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative… ( Oscar Wilde ) The more justification there is for a grievance, the more … Continue reading

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THEY FOUND OUT: Theres a Place That Goes to Nowhere

He saw thinking as a form of intoxication. He recognized that drug-exploration, the pursuit of visionary experience, could be an extension of a rational and intellectual quest: “The dialectics of intoxication are indeed curious,” he wrote. “Is not perhaps all … Continue reading

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SOMEONE KEPT MOVING THE DOOR

Nowhere Boy. Everywhere Man. In any examination of  John Lennon; mainly because of the exalted, now mythological esteem held, there is a real danger of  loss of perspective and sliding into idolatry, hero worship and misplaced identification. The lesson of … Continue reading

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SOLILOQUY of the DREAMING ARTIST: Two Natures in One Person

During the Renaissance a new notion of the individual was created. This identity was formed through knowledge based on the relationship of the individual to the world in which they lived. At the time, new forms of knowledge were being … Continue reading

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THE MALE GAZE:LOOKING IS RARELY A NEUTRAL OPERATION

The description of genius with feminine images did not serve to bridge the gulf between male and female artists, partly because of the different ways that their creativity was conceived. Actual childbirth was regarded as an outgrowth of women’s “natural” … Continue reading

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