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Non-fiction

Events

Two things– a quotation from Andy Warhol (unexpected) and the death of my grandfather– have given me course to re-examine the definition of “event”. From AW, it comes quite simply: “Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone’s got to take care of all your details.” I propose the following definition: […]

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Music

LCD SIMSYSTEM

My very first mashup! ENJOY

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Architecture Photography

Parrish Art Museum

The Parrish Art Museum is doing a fantastic job of delineating a history of art specific to Southhampton. On display are artists, native and migrant, who have contributed to the area’s now-iconic imagery of nature, building, and lifestyle since 1900 with their work. Included in that roster are William Merritt Chase, Esteban Vicente, Eric Fischl, […]

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Poetry

Definition of a City

A city is a place Where one can’t scream in peace.

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Art Non-fiction

The Private Lives of Ideas

Browsing Book Court’s New York Review Books shelf, one of my favorite publishers of late, I encountered its edition of The Unknown Masterpiece from Honoré de Balzac. Though he kept it short and sweet and I enjoyed it very much, none of the story has stayed with me closer than the epigraph (such is the curse of excellent […]

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Non-fiction

Boredomology / Thaasology

Dr Teresa Belton has released an insipid article which advocates a need for more boredom in our generation. While the article is itself boring and meek, I tend to agree with its closing statement. But it is a state to be approached gingerly. The history of boredomology (thaasophobia is supposedly the fear of boredom, so […]

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Non-fiction Physics

Potential

Be it all in my head or in fact actually widespread, I need to share this mini exposé on the meaning of potential energy, and its implications. I can thank Konstantinos Alexakos for tuning my brain to these frequencies.  As taught in high school, potential energy is maybe misconstrued as ACTUAL energy, something substantive, a FORM of […]

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Architecture Fiction

The architect takes questions

“It is important to let others lead from time to time, to not assert your leadership which, I admit, sometimes feels made up.” As the leader of the lecture and the reason all comers came, he walked third in the procession down the lawn, kicking up orange leaves. Johnson’s glass house looked on from the side. It […]

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Music

Your Inner Black Woman

Thanks to a slew of sexy music out there, we sometimes veer very close to the edge of an identity crisis. Herewith I present a silky, milky, dip-sticky compilation of individuals who have felt the same. This is my “Your Inner Black Woman” mix.

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Art

On Bernini

For me, there is no better remedy to an uninspiring day than an excursion to the Met. I have been there over fifty times and am still discovering things. I brought my sketchbook– there were architectural thoughts nervously brewing which needed a playful nudge. I lucked out, because the Bernini Sculpting in Clay exhibit was just up in […]