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September 10 2010
September 09 2010
SMP Ensemble presents "TWISTED ENCOUNTERS" (Local Wellington classical musicians -- I love this promo poster!)
September 08 2010
September 07 2010
Claudia; Patterson Parkin -- "His main focus is always on the surface of colour and textures, how they juxtapose to conjure the emotions of the view[er] to think outside of the square." (ref)
September 06 2010
Guest DJ Jim Jarmusch Previews The All Tomorrow's Parties Music Festival : NPR
Jim Jarmusch is my favorite film director currently, I really loved his latest movie 'The Limits of Control.' This All Songs podcast showcases his eclectic tastes in music. I particularly liked when he said that music often "opens my imagination up" when he's writing a movie.September 05 2010
Richard is currently reading: Cascade Experiment: Selected Poems (Paperback)
by
Alice Fulton
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bookshelves: currently-reading
Richard is currently reading: Jung's Map of the Soul: An Introduction (Paperback)
by
Murray Stein
bookshelves: currently-reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
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David Bowie - Interview Dick Cavett Show 1974 PT 2/2
September 03 2010
August 31 2010
August 30 2010
August 29 2010
Xul Solar: Mwi Waiteyu (My wait for you), 1961
August 27 2010
Tú y Yo (Spanish, means "You and I"); by Argentine artist Xul Solar, 1923 -- I'm still working it out... (via :: MUSEO XUL SOLAR ::)
I've read a few bios of Bowie and I always find them fascinating. Bowie is famous for re-inventing himself constantly and this bio does a good job of sketching out the various phases in his career. It seemed to rely a bit too much on the obvious touchstones and anecdotes of his life, so there wasn't much new in the book. Even so, it was an enjoyable read and it got me enthralled once again in Bowie's creativity and constant searching for the new.
As the author points out several times in the book, very few people can *be* Bowie. For a start, most of us don't have the awesome hair that Bowie had! While that sounds shallow, the fact is that his looks and great mane of hair were key parts of his success - can you imagine a bald Bowie in the 70's? Of course not. The point is, Bowie pretty much had it all as a rock star in the 70's: talent, extreme creativity, a nose for the new before it became mainstream, an explorer's sensibility, sex appeal, great hair, good skin, lithe almost alien body, masculinity, femininity, etc.
What the rest of us can take from Bowie is the inspiration of his always searching creativity and (ironically perhaps) that he found himself while projecting many personas. The personas were stage, performance, theater. But he found himself and his place/impact in the world -- or more accurately he keeps searching for that.
All of us have an "inner Bowie" and this book was a solid reminder of that.
As the author points out several times in the book, very few people can *be* Bowie. For a start, most of us don't have the awesome hair that Bowie had! While that sounds shallow, the fact is that his looks and great mane of hair were key parts of his success - can you imagine a bald Bowie in the 70's? Of course not. The point is, Bowie pretty much had it all as a rock star in the 70's: talent, extreme creativity, a nose for the new before it became mainstream, an explorer's sensibility, sex appeal, great hair, good skin, lithe almost alien body, masculinity, femininity, etc.
What the rest of us can take from Bowie is the inspiration of his always searching creativity and (ironically perhaps) that he found himself while projecting many personas. The personas were stage, performance, theater. But he found himself and his place/impact in the world -- or more accurately he keeps searching for that.
All of us have an "inner Bowie" and this book was a solid reminder of that.
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