– and then three of them turn up at once.
Tag: 07.13.13
Who Really Killed The Humanities
“We are told that the lack of a formal education, mostly in literature, leads to numerous pernicious personal conditions, such as the inability to think critically, to write clearly, to empathize with other people, to be curious about other people and places, to engage with great literature after graduation, to recognize truth, beauty and goodness. These solemn anxieties are grand, lofty, civic-minded, admirably virtuous and virtuously admirable. They are also a sentimental fantasy.”
In Praise Of Anxiety
“Toss aside the bath water of anxiety and you will also be tossing aside excitement, motivation, vigilance, ambition, exuberance and inspiration, to name just several of the inevitable sacrifices. Get rid of anxiety? Even if you could — and you can’t — why would you want to?”
Can Heartless Movie Execs Also Be Tender Indie Producers?
“People from both camps have discovered some inventive opportunities for cross-pollination while maintaining church/state lines.”
Maine’s Public Radio May (Join The Club And) Jettison Its Classical Programs
“Classical music fans fear that MPBN will follow a national trend of taking music off its primary station — 90.1 FM in the Portland area — and moving it to a separate network to accommodate more news and talk.”
After Some Call For A Boycott Of ‘Ender’s Game,’ Movie Company Distances Itself From Author/Producer
Lionsgate: “We obviously do not agree with the personal views of Orson Scott Card and those of the National Organization for Marriage.”
John Hightower, 80, Besieged Art Director Of MoMA
“On the evening in May 1970 when he was being welcomed to his new job with a reception in the museum’s sculpture garden, a group of activist artists … crashed his party, heckled the guests and splashed about in the reflecting pool, demanding an end to the war in Southeast Asia.”
Art That (Actually) Makes You Puke
You’d think tales of nausea and vomiting would turn off art fans, but “the public seems to have an appetite for a mass-scale gross-out.”
Calgary Gets Some Good News – A Skyscraper! – During Flooded Summer
“Planned to be 60 storeys and 750,000 square feet, Telus Sky is a forceful and sophisticated argument for 21st-century urbanism. Its design, led by the well-travelled Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, is a tower with a twist.”
Barnes & Noble E-Reader Fire Sale Could Be Gold For Helping Kids Read
“The spread of e-readers, particularly cheaper ones, is encouraging. A 2012 study by Scholastic in the US found children accustomed to screens more willing to read e-readers than paper books, a contested finding, but not one that should be dismissed either