“Centuries ago, people also felt overwhelmed by too much information. They thought it was terrible to print in books, and even people like Thomas Jefferson thought the downfall of the world would be all these people reading novels and entertaining themselves.”
Tag: 02.19.16
Some Forms Of Dementia Can Elicit – And Explain – A Creative Flowering
“What if the failure of language itself were the cause of the enhanced creativity, one form of expression compensating for the loss of another?”
We Might Have Just Witnessed The End Of The ‘Album’
“The Life of Pablo is starting to feel like a full-scale attack on the very ontology of the album itself: its primacy in the music industry’s sales model, its status as the foremost object of music criticism, its presumed value as the supreme container for artistic expression, its existential legitimacy as anything other than a nostalgia-driven anachronism. “
The (Deeply) Serious Injuries Elite Performers Just Dance Through
“The screw that kept her foot together caused Ciapponi to limp, so she had it removed. The pain and uncertainty that came with that surgery made Ciapponi wonder if she had to start rethinking her career. She had no idea if her body could recover and become strong enough to do what she had spent 16 years training to do. Since she is Canadian, even her ability to stay and dance in the United States was in question.”
Reclaim Your Musical Life From The Algorithms!
“Listening is creative and personal, and with Discover Weekly I am aware of being profiled by forces I do not know and cannot see. I am being given an ongoing accessory for someone of my type. Often I hate the results, even if I like half the songs: I feel intensely frustrated by what it has reduced me to.”
Has Steven Spielberg ‘Saved’ This British Actor From A Life In Theatre?
Mark Rylance: “Whenever I mention the other films I’ve made to Steven Spielberg, his eyes go a bit glazed. Because in his mind he’s rescued me — rescued me from the slums of the theater! You know, discovered me, bless him.”
Harper Lee Dead At 89
“With her near-total retreat into private life in the mid-1960s, Ms. Lee had become, along with J.D. Salinger and Thomas Pynchon, one of the great literary enigmas of the 20th century. Often she was called a recluse, a description that was intriguing but inaccurate. Ms. Lee – Nelle Harper or just Nelle to friends – simply rejected celebrity.”
What The Times Did The *First* Time The Met Produced An Opera By A Woman
“The Metropolitan Opera has just scheduled a work by a woman for the second time ever. Let’s hope she receives a warmer welcome than her predecessor.”