Drawing Our Bodies: A Review of “The Expressionist Nude”
Wherever the idealized, the mythic, the universal reign, there is no longer any room for individual truth.
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Posts Tagged: German Expressionism
Lady Gaga’s Surprisingly Literary New Music Video
Life’s most fundamental question echoes boundlessly: What to do with that degree in the humanities?! One option is to become a pop superstar and make a music video saturated with references to Greek myth, German expressionist film, and modern art movements. (Another option is to be the BuzzFeed writer who goes through pop superstars’ music […]
...moreThe Eyeball #40: Unreal Fiction and Film, Part 1
I’m midway through teaching a course at Antioch University Seattle called Unreal Fiction and Film. Every week we pair a film or selection of shorts with a short story. The class is scheduled from 7-10 PM on Mondays, a brutal slot, but every week I’ve left invigorated by the discussion. While recognizing that the very […]
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