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“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” –Ecclesiastes (Sorry, nice haircuts, non-stop selfies, and Vogue photo shoots don’t help a country in troubled, dangerous times.)

A basic continuum and duality. Was watching a DVD of beautiful Japanese gardens and recalling those I’ve visited in the past. The overall peaceful, harmonious, civilized feel to such a pace/context. How time is magically slowed down as you watch … Continue reading →

she wore a glove. (An old joke. Humor: the pleasure of deception or irony. Playing games with expectation and assumptions.)

(Heinemann, 1961 dj) Graham Greene is, arguably, England’s most prolific, popular, successful best novelist from the 1930s to ’60s, he, the author of The Power and the Glory, Brighton Rock, The Third Man, The Heart of the Matter, Travels with … Continue reading →

-The child is the father of the man. -Strongest minds/Are often those of whom the noisy world/Hears least. -A man of hope and forward-looking mind/Even to the last! -They flash upon that inward eye/Which is the bliss of solitude. -That … Continue reading →

(nice, informative Duke DVD, 2012) A labor of love by several U.K. scholars including Jonathan Wordsworth (a relative). Shot on location with scenes at Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount as well as beautiful landscapes familiar to Wordsworth. Wordsworth’s poems are well-read … Continue reading →

(left: the script signed by Wallace Shawn; right: highly recommended: the Criterion version with interviews with the 2 stars of the most famous talking-heads movie ever made) The great 1981 film classic directed by Louis Malle. Daring–consisting mainly of 2 … Continue reading →

George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-four, forecast many things that have become truths and truisms today. Here are some quotes from that book and others by one of the most unappreciated authors of the twentieth century: The essence of being … Continue reading →

(t-shirt from Johnny Clegg concert; artist: South African’s Norman Catherine ) The Truths and Wisdom of the Many Famous To get to an entry/selection: look up by month and year in right-hand column on any of blog’s pages. Worth Remembering, Dec. … Continue reading →

Just finished watching an exuberant, over-the-top 1999 Royal Shakespeare Company live presentation on DVD of this play by Shakespeare, and had a familiar feeling as I watched (which I’ve had before through much of Cymbeline and Pericles). This play which was heavily … Continue reading →