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Dec 15, 2009, 9:22 pm
DRIP DRIP by Mel Kadel
This issue of Escape into Life caught me by surprise . . . I received an email from a friend, telling me about his band's latest EP, Hearts on Faces. After listening to the ... Comment - Like
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Dec 12, 2009, 8:56 pm
4. The Obscene Bird of Night, by Jose Donoso
The epigraph of the novel, The Obscene Bird of Night, is taken from a letter by Henry James Sr. to his two sons.Every man who has reached even his intellec... Comment - Like
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Dec 8, 2009, 4:17 am
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to ... Comment - Like
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Dec 6, 2009, 11:58 pm
Nicholas Hance McElroy, from The Heart is Bigger than the Gland
This last week I've been researching the next novel for "25 Profound Works of Literary Genius" . . . so expect that soon.
In the me... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2009, 4:27 pm
Paper Geography by Letha Colleen
We have another fantastic issue of Escape into Life for your entertainment and enlightenment this weekend. You'll find two excellent art essays, a poetry and illus... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2009, 1:30 am
After getting a Starbucks coffee (Border's was closing), I stepped out to have a cigarette.
We have two shopping malls in Bloomington, IL; one indoor, one outdoor.
Various stores have opened recen... Comment - Like
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Nov 21, 2009, 1:02 pm
Rene Margritte, Clairvoyance (Self-Portrait)
Reading the New York Times Book Review, one frequently comes across assertions like:But looking at her writing from this perspective misses the most intere... Comment - Like
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Nov 18, 2009, 11:13 pm
3. The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu (transl. Edward G. Seidensticker)
At this point in my series, 25 Profound Works of Literary Genius, which happens to be very early, you may be thinking "Why d... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2009, 11:08 pm
I've been busy editing the online arts journal, Escape into Life, and so I apologize for the brief hiatus since my last post . . .
The Blog of Innocence is still running, but the time between post... Comment - Like
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Oct 31, 2009, 2:29 am
James Toback has just given us an incredible documentary on Mike Tyson, the youngest Heavyweight Champion to ever win the World Title. My fascination with Toback's other films, such as Two Girls a... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2009, 3:23 pm
2. The Story of the Stone, by Cao Xueqin
Also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, this five volume work combines a Buddhist and Taoist cosmology and an 18th century aristocratic family saga in Chin... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 10:37 am
1. The Man Without Qualities, by Robert Musil
This book expanded my understanding of what a novel can do. As a writer, there has been no greater influence.
I've read it three times from beginning... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2009, 6:27 pm
I'm about to embark on a series of posts that introduce 25 Profound Works of Literary Genius.
Originally, I planned to provide readers with an enormous list all at once; and I had 50 works on the... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2009, 5:18 pm
Man Ray (Emmanual Radnitzky) (American, 1890-1976), Nancy Cunard, 1928If you're looking for love in a looking glass world, it's pretty hard to find. --Bryan Ferry
I've fallen in love with ... Comment - Like
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Oct 5, 2009, 12:50 pm
When it comes to art, I have a bias towards the vividly imaginative. Certain illustrative works are windows into childlike worlds, where color, whimsy, and spirits abound. The separation between fine ... Comment - Like
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Oct 4, 2009, 11:42 am
Famous Authors:
Oscar Wilde
Henrik Ibsen
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Anton Chekov
All of these photographs were found in 100 Years Ago: The Glorious 1890's by Diana Claitor Comment - Like
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Oct 3, 2009, 11:07 am
I watched Basquiat, the movie, last night. A couple weeks ago I posted some of the artist's work on this blog. I knew about him, and had seen snatches of his paintings before. But I didn't kno... Comment - Like
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Sep 30, 2009, 10:39 am
My roommates are moving out today . . . They lived with me for three months. I can recall the first couple days we were living together . . . the house abounded with joy, they even gave me a present. ... Comment - Like
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Sep 28, 2009, 12:09 pm
I recently took a trip to Chicago, and almost every time I go to Chicago now, I make it part of my schedule to visit the University of Chicago Seminary Coop Bookstore. This wonderful bookstore has boo... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2009, 1:21 am
Gustave Baumann (1881, Magdeburg, Germany - 1971, Santa Fe, New Mexico) was a printmaker and painter, and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America. (Wikipedia) Comment - Like
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Sep 23, 2009, 1:28 pm
I was simply astonished watching this Larry Lessig TED Talk. Not only do Lessig's ideas coincide with my own, but the issues he raises are almost exactly the same as I have raised in several essay... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2009, 8:33 pm
The New York Times just ran an excellent review of six design and illustration books . . . These are some highlights. Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2009, 5:00 pm
Artists/Titles From Top to Bottom:
Correggio: Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Hubert Robert: The Fountains
Alexei Alexevich Morgunov: Title Unknown
Fernand Lungren: The Café
Pa... Comment - Like
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Sep 16, 2009, 4:12 pm
September 12, 2008 - September 16, 2008
One Year Later
This post was adapted from The Big Picture. Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2009, 9:23 pm
"Beauty is Relative", the picture of the monkey, was selected by Charlotte Cotton, Curator and Head of the Photography Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), to be displayed at th... Comment - Like
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Sep 13, 2009, 9:22 pm
I'm recovering from a multimedia kick. I don't know what got over me, but suddenly I wanted music to go with everything I posted . . .
Making the Blog of Innocence Mixtape kept me highly enter... Comment - Like
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Sep 12, 2009, 12:47 am
You got it, here is the first Blog of Innocence Mixtape . . . if you like it, please share with others . . .
Innocence Mix 1
Cheers,Lethe
Free Download Available Here
Track List:
1. Surround Me Wit... Comment - Like
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Sep 11, 2009, 4:02 pm
Tiziano Vecelli, c. 1490-1576
Paintings (from top to bottom):
Entry of Mary into the TempleDanaeThe Three Ages of ManSalomeThe Venus of UrbinoBacchus and AriadneThe Worship of Venus
Liffe, Liffe, Lan... Comment - Like
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Sep 10, 2009, 7:33 pm
Metamorphosis 1, Philip Glass
Metamorphosis 2, Philip Glass
Metamorphosis 3, Philip Glass
More MC Escher Images can be found at Thypott Art Comment - Like
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Sep 10, 2009, 12:32 am
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
A Basquiat GalleryObituaryNew Art, New MoneyA Quick Killing in Art Comment - Like
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Sep 9, 2009, 6:42 pm
There is nothing in this world which does not speak. Every thing and every being is continually calling out its nature, its character, its secret; the more the inner sense is open, the more capable it... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2009, 4:28 pm
A poem hovers between the finite and the infinite. It lives in this place between worlds. If it's too much a part of the infinite then nobody would be able to understand it. But if it's too ea... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2009, 9:26 pm
Deth P. Sun is a painter/illustrator currently residing in Oakland, California. He's originally from San Diego, California, and moved up to the Bay Area for schooling. He received his BFA from the... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2009, 7:00 pm
I've never heard of the Scottish artist and musician Momus (real name is Nick Currie). But recently a reader left two links in the comments on Escape into Life . . . the lyrics of Currie's son... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2009, 9:17 pm
I read about Jonathan Twingley in the New York Times Book Review. He has a novel-in-pictures coming out called The Badlands Saloon.
From the Times, "Depicting one summer in the life of an art student... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2009, 12:21 pm
Admittedly, my last several posts have been somewhat gloomy. In "The End of Solitude/The Dawn of Isolation" I talk about how the Internet is my only island of social connection; in "My Health is Not t... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2009, 2:45 pm
Colin Brant
1995 The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
MA, MFA in Painting
1989 University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
Graduate Certificate in Art
1987 University of Californi... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2009, 2:10 am
Ever since I quit smoking, I've felt a vague sense of my own weak constitution. I've always had a strong body, usually fit, and spells of tiredness never pulled me into a thin fog during the d... Comment - Like
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Sep 4, 2009, 3:11 pm
Denis Ichitovkin
Born 1977 in Perm.
1994 – graduated from Perm Art College.
2001 – graduated from I.E. Repin Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
2001-2004 – probationer at I... Comment - Like
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Sep 3, 2009, 10:14 pm
Hannah Davis, What we had both forgotten
The End of Solitude
From William Deresiewicz's "The End of Solitude", an essay written for the Chronicle of Higher Eduction.
This is what the contempora... Comment - Like
About five years ago, I began writing reflective personal essays in which I examine my perception of reality. These essays and their evolution can be found here. In a spirit of inquiry and innocence about the world, I record my non-fiction, personal essays on this site. I attempt to see the world with fresh eyes.
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