“The sundial, created by Moore in 1965 as a working model for a larger sculpture, was taken from the grounds of the Henry Moore Foundation in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, overnight between 10 and 11 July. Said to be worth up to £500,000, the distinctive artwork was found at an undisclosed location after a televised appeal for information last Thursday.”
Tag: 07.22.12
Asterisks Only Bollocks Up The Issue (Just Fucking Go Ahead And Swear)
In a British trial, most newspapers have been excising the accused’s swearwords with asterisks. This is a problem: “First, people are being denied a full and accurate report of what the entire case hinged on: the swearing was central, not peripheral. Second, the shocking force of the language used is surely diminished by reducing it to asterisks. Third, readers are being treated as children, unable to cope with the reality – however unpleasant – of what, we now learn, highly paid professional footballers say to each other on the pitch.”
The UK’s Volunteer Libraries May Endanger Author Royalties
“The government is facing anger from authors shocked to discover that they are not entitled to royalties for books borrowed from libraries run by ‘big society’- inspired volunteers. Such libraries are mushrooming as community groups are forced to step in to save their local libraries from closing as a result of spending cuts”
Theatre Critics Don’t Know Much About Their Subject. Why Is That OK?
“If you flip the dial around to reality and competition TV shows, you’ll see chefs and restaurant owners commenting on food, fashion designers sitting alongside fashion editors checking out new designs, interior designers celebrating the designs of others, famous models telling wannabe models how to model, etc. In the newspaper, you can read poets’ reviews of new books of poems, and major fiction writers describing the merits of the latest big novel. … Why aren’t more theater practitioners critics?”
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: Now We’re All Artists And Writers
“Writers and artists have always been self-conscious consumers and filterers of experience, saving it and using it for artistic purposes later on. Perhaps Facebook and Twitter and Instagram incline more and more of us to respond to our experiences as only artists once did – perhaps in that sense the optimistic view that all of us are becoming creators is really true.”
Box Office Stats Aren’t Here Today. Does Anyone Miss Them?
“Warner and other studios did the right thing in muzzling the box-office machine this weekend. Counting dollars is trivial in light of the tragedy in Colorado. But then, is it any less trivial this weekend than the other 51 weekends of the year?”