Ashley Vaught | Erstwhile Flâneur, Philosopher

Read, Watched by Ashley Vaught

Fearless February 2023 Reading, Watching

The fight for my consciousness took place on the page and on the screen, through reading and viewing. Was bloody.

2023-03-06
Idle Reflections

Newly Reading/Viewing January 2023

The New Year January 2023 of reading/viewing with Stendhal’s "Charterhouse of Parma" and Hamaguchi’s 2022 film "Drive My Car"

2023-02-04
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

G.I.Joe and “G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra” (2009): Some History

Idle reflections on the G.I.Joe action figures and comic books as formative influences of my childhood

2023-01-23
Idle Reflections Way Back

Conscientiously Reading, Watching December 2022

In December I started a new position as an SEO associate at Sagapixel. In the 45 days that have followed it seems so much like I’ve been unable to raise...

2023-01-05
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Cultural Consumption, 2022-Style! Best of!

The best books and films of 2022, some description thereof, as well as a few of the worst.

2022-12-31
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Jane Eyre: Post-Colonial Christian Zealotry?

Reading "Jane Eyre" for the second time revealed a quite different— quite Christian and not postcolonial—one from what inhabited my memory (and imagination).

2022-12-26
On Literature, Books Reading Journal

November 2022: Reading, Watching

Some transcendent moments. In reading Brontë, Borges, Sebald, Masters. Watching "The Getaway" and "Breaking Away". Others, not transcendent even a little.

2022-12-03
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Realism Lite: “Midnight Run” (1988)

Realism lite, how film and television suggest serious violence without actually including it, is exemplified in the 1988 buddy film “Midnight Run.”

2022-11-29
On Film, Movies, Cinema Confessions of a Bad Movie Watcher

Female Friends: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s "Happy Hour" (2015)

Three curiosities about the lovely 2015 Ryusuke Hamaguchi film about female friendship, "Happy Hour"

2022-11-15
Idle Reflections On Film, Movies, Cinema

Pleasures in Reading: Edgar Lee Master’s “Spoon River Anthology”

From the "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters, excerpts and commentary on the experience of its reading

2022-11-10
On Literature, Books Idle Reflections Reading Journal

Odious October 2022: Reading, Watching

Started reading W.G. Sebald, for the first time. Who turned me to "The Hunter Gracchus," by Dr. K. Also, Edgar Lee Master’s "Spoon River Anthology" … okay, perhaps not odious