"Amish Barn" by Jack Jeffers, 1980 The more I think about it, the more I realize photography is a complicated business – philosophically speaking. The other day I went to an exhibition called "End of an Era: The Photography of Jack Jeffers" where the picture above called my attention. Its title is “An Amish Barn” and, apparently, the people who owned the barn in the...
The classy, not-creepy predecessor of Black Swan. I watched The Red Shoes a couple of years ago when I was really into ballet. I wonder how many guys who hate ballet watched it only because Martin Scorsese vouches for it. This 1948 classic follows the career of a promising young ballerina, Victoria Page. She entered the most prestigious company in the world under the direction...
The Classics Club asked: "What classic piece of literature most intimidates you, and why? Are you intimidated by the classics, and why?" I love the classics and consider them to be the most rewarding books. So, in general, I don't find the category "the classics" very intimidating. But there are some titles and authors that are very intimidating to me. I divide them in these three...
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Last month I was happy to receive two awards from my sweet blogger buddies, Angela from Aj Arndt Books and Eva from Fancy Windows. Thank you so much girls! As George Constanza would say "I'm busting, Jerry, I'm busting!" This means a lot to me because I love these girls' blogs. Angela’s book blog offers book discussions and news plus a free ebook every month which is pretty neat....
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After all those horror movie marathons you went through during Halloween it's time for a couple of laughs. Total Film is having a pool about the greatest comedy one liners. Naturally, I had to make a list of my own. While I was reading the list I realized many of the lines didn't sound so funny because I hadn't seen the movie. Funny how...
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A young hare by Albert Düurer, 1502 Albrecht Dürer was a German painter and printmaker from the 16th century. He is considered to be the most important artist of the Northern Renaissance He produced several altarpieces, religious works, portraits and cooper engraving. He also wrote theoretical works on Art in German, rather than in Latin which was the norm. Here's some interesting information about...
