In “Eisenheim the Illusionist” you are led to believe that you should follow the rule of the show and don’t tell, this is, however, a magician’s world. Millhauser has chosen his time frame with care: he tells us in the very first sentence that “[i]n the last years of the nineteenth century, when the Empire […]
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Following trends in fashion: is it worth it?
Posted in Art, Desire, Desperation, Fantastic, Obsession on Apr 10th, 2020
“Change in Fashion”’s imagery reminds me of The Handmaid’s Tale; color-coordinated by social class, the female body is hidden by long sleeves and “wings” to hide their faces when out of the house. This short story went on to tell us how the female body slipped deeper into the shadows yet became increasingly more provocative. […]
A letter from George Saunders to his students
Posted in Art, coronavirus on Apr 9th, 2020
Given that we have just read one of George Saunders’s stories, I thought you might appreciate the letter he recently sent to his students. It was reprinted in this week’s New Yorker: A Letter to My Students as We Face the Pandemic April 3, 2020 By George Saunders Jeez, what a hard and depressing and scary […]
Art as personal matters
Posted in Art on Apr 2nd, 2020
I don’t know if this is normal, but when I’m making art in any form, it contains a kernel of something extremely personal. I dress it up so it’s not immediately obvious– at least not to strangers– then present it to the world to be analyzed. (Y’all can look through my past stories and exercises […]