• On Literature, Books

Notes on Lampedusa’s novel “The Leopard”

5 years ago

Idle reflections on The Leopard, by Giuseppe de Lampedusa, which narrates several events in the life and afterlife of a…

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Consumption, March 2020

5 years ago

Amidst the struggles of the era of COVID, one man kept consuming films and books ... valiantly.

  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Joanna Hogg’s “Unrelated” (2007): The Desire to Belong

5 years ago

Reflections on an early film by the British film director Joanna Hogg, which I viewed in preparation for seeing The…

  • On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions

COVID Information Compulsion

5 years ago

Early in the 2020 COVID pandemic, we "hunkered down" with our phones and devices, pathologically seeking information to momentarily pacify…

  • On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions

COVID Diary: Historical Ruptures

5 years ago

An elliptical reflection on the ruptures in time and history.

  • Faves

Sexy Idea #1: Rousseau’s Noble Savage

5 years ago

Some ideas are "sexy," ahem, because they baffle the imagination and excite the intellect (or vice versa). Rousseau's noble savage…

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Consumption, February 2020

5 years ago

What I consumed during the month of February, in periodicals, novels, books, television shows, and films

  • On Literature, Books

Krasnahorkai’s “The Last Wolf”

5 years ago

A reading journal entry on Lázló Krasnahorkai's "book" The Last Wolf, which is really two small books.

  • On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions

If Birds are Dinosaurs

5 years ago

What are the consequences of the Overton Window in paleontology that dinosaurs precede the bird?

  • On Literature, Books

Captivating corruption: Single sentence exegesis

5 years ago

Single sentence exegesis.