Real Life Honesty
“‘One of the most important reasons to write, to make art, to make music, to be an artist of any sort, is to connect. To show others, ‘I too have…
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Artistic Oppression
Where mythologizing dictators and threatening artists intersect, totalitarian art was born. Find out about this cultural phenomenon and its many historical/contemporary examples. “The crucial element in the creation of totalitarian…
Lovely Faces
“Welcome to the only dating site that lists real people, sincerely posting their real data and picture. You’ll feel comfortable watching them. Just like in Facebook.” To construct Lovely Faces,…
GENERATION GAP #7: Mario Tama’s New Orleans
Now that It is over—now that the circus has come and gone, its glaring lights, its grips and its roadies; now that the visiting dignitaries have made their dignified departures…
Fire In My Belly
For me, having been inculcated with pictures of a bloody, naked man nailed to a tree since I was five, any discussion of obscenity, homo-eroticism or sexual violence begins with…
The Dangers Of Making Art
“To be dangerous is to remind the world of what our humanity means to us, rather than allowing everyone to settle into complacency. To challenge us to dig deeper into…
The Creative Impulse: A Duet of Sorts
There is a romantic idea that great genius emanates from the tower. The novelist, the philosopher, the architect, all retreat to their places of solitude to channel their minds and…
Tilting at Woodcuts
Illustrations by Enric C. Ricart for The Ingenious Don Quixote of La Mancha (1933):
THE BLURB #18: The Long Haul
Though I have doubted my talent, I’ve never doubted my conviction that this was the path I had to be on. Writing is like my Siamese twin: freakish, alive, weighty, uncanny. Were we to be separated, I doubt that I could survive it.