Going to a museum has always been an experience like going to church. Same reverence, quietude required. Except that at a museum I know what I’m contemplating.
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A collection of idle reflections — namely, asides and whatnot put down and published.
The Limey (1999): Mise-en-Scène and Glib Dialogue
“The Limey” is essentially a father-daughter story of a very strange sort, in at least two discrete dimensions. Masterful in mise-en-scène; a dilettante in dialogue.
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- 2024-05-25
- Idle Reflections
The Arden Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
On the second series edition of the Arden Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra”, both this particular 1991 printing as well as on the content more generally
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- 2024-01-07
- Idle Reflections New Acquisitions
Delicious December 2023: Read, Watched
The greatest hits of the last month of December: Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Broken Code by Jeff Horwitz, My Darling Clementine by John Ford and Memories of Murder by Bong Joon-Ho.
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- 2024-01-06
- Idle Reflections
Reading Aloud: Ben Lerner’s “The Rescue”
Reading aloud a poem published in the New York Review of Books September 21, 2023 issue.
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- 2023-09-24
- Idle Reflections On Literature, Books Reading Journal
“An Ideal Craftsman”: Psychological Horror from Walter de la Mare
“An Ideal Craftsman” follows a young boy down to the larder, happening upon a crime scene.
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- 2023-06-17
- Idle Reflections On Literature, Books Reading Journal
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.
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- 2023-03-06
- Idle Reflections
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
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- 2023-01-23
- Idle Reflections Way Back
Female Friends: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s "Happy Hour" (2015)
Three curiosities about the lovely 2015 Ryusuke Hamaguchi film about female friendship, "Happy Hour"
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- 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
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- 2022-11-10
- On Literature, Books Idle Reflections Reading Journal
Upcoming: An Excellent SEO Presentation, Colorado ASMP, Saturday, May 14th
Announcement for the ASMP Colorado event at which I will be giving a presentation entitled "Top 7 SEO Tips for Photographers"
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- 2022-05-11
- Idle Reflections
Tour of Turret Two of the USS New Jersey
The Turret Two Tour of the USS New Jersey was a moment to reflect on the astounding machinery of war.
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- 2021-11-21
- Idle Reflections On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions
Bad Poetry Morning
Repeatedly not finishing a sentence. Either subject or predicate but not both. Becomes some poetry itself.
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- 2021-01-17
- Idle Reflections
Impactful is not a word!
Grumpy old man weighs in on the frequently used term impactful, which he contends, contrary to overwhelming empirical evidence, is not a word. And honestly, he’s right.
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- 2020-01-21
- Idle Reflections
Why Hamilton is Great
Finally some explanations why this play is so important!
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- 2019-12-05
- Idle Reflections