Ashley Vaught | Erstwhile Flâneur, Philosopher

Read Viewed Consumed 2020-05

During the unhappy month of May 2020 I read and viewed perhaps less than I have for some time because I had no time …

2020-06-06
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Read Viewed Consumed 2020-04

ONE MAN testifies to his unquenchable virility by spending late hours in bed reading and watching movies.

2020-05-09
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Notes on Lampedusa’s novel “The Leopard”

Idle reflections on The Leopard, by Giuseppe de Lampedusa, which narrates several events in the life and afterlife of a 19th-century Sicilian noble

2020-04-23
On Literature, Books Reading Journal

Consumption, March 2020

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

2020-04-08
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

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

Reflections on an early film by the British film director Joanna Hogg, which I viewed in preparation for seeing The Souvenir (2019).

2020-04-05
On Film, Movies, Cinema Viewing Journal

COVID Information Compulsion

Early in the 2020 COVID pandemic, we “hunkered down” with our phones and devices, pathologically seeking information to momentarily pacify our data-addled souls.

2020-03-22
On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions

COVID Diary: Historical Ruptures

An elliptical reflection on the ruptures in time and history.

2020-03-19
On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions

Sexy Idea #1: Rousseau’s Noble Savage

Some ideas are “sexy,” ahem, because they baffle the imagination and excite the intellect (or vice versa). Rousseau’s noble savage is a case in point.