And the divisions loom larger as well: “Though Austen lovers are outwardly polite about this particular issue, there is a clear divide between the sort of Janeites who like to exchange learned scholarly remarks, and the sort of Janeites who like to dress up in nonlearned period outfits.”
Tag: 08.03.17
Reading Mrs. Dalloway When You’re The Same Age As Mrs. Dalloway
It’s … intense. “My life has been scattered across the earth like sand, and I long to gather all the grains together and have them around me in one place, as Clarissa does at her party.”
Montreal’s Art Biennale Can’t Pay Its Debts And Is ‘All But Dormant’
The biennale owes $200,000 to artists, installers and others who created the 2016 event, and now public funding has dried up for 2018 and possibly 2020 – “To accept a grant and not pay the artists is a cardinal sin in the eyes of every arts council that ever was.” How did it come to this after a grand, ambitious beginning?
Why Do Women Turn Their Backs, And Lose Their Heads, On Book Covers?
And, more importantly, is this a problem? Anna Solomon: “We’ve internalized the establishment’s dismissal to the point where we can write a book about women, and maybe about children, too, and sex, and then feel pissed off when women and children and sex show up on our covers.”
Can Writers Reveal People With Better Insight Than Psychologists Can?
“Everyone from pop-psych authors to business-school professors to astrologers has come up with her own system for sizing up people. If it were possible, wouldn’t one method have prevailed by now? In fact, two recent paradigm-breaking studies suggest that personality traits can shift slowly yet drastically over time, and quite quickly after therapeutic interventions. This is a legitimate question for theoretical mathematicians, but in the science of personality (unlike mathematics) perception trumps precision most of the time. This fluid state of affairs is often captured best by writers, who tend to have an agenda when delineating characters.”
This Machine Is Why Music Sounds So Generic Right Now
“A lot of this aural blandness has to do with technology. It begins with the producer who relies on a computer rather than live instrumentalists and ends with the devices we use to consume our music, which cut out the dynamics captured in the recording studio.”
We Need More Artists In Government – Now An Initiative To Encourage Them
“That’s where Artist Campaign School comes in: we’ll train you in everything you need to know to get your political campaign up and running. From fundraising to putting together policy statements, we are bringing together top-tier campaign veterans who will provide you with practical knowledge and set you up for a successful bid.”
The Average Hit Pop Song Now Has Four Writers And Six Publishers
“In the 1960s, an average hit song on the Billboard Top 10 had an average of 1.87 writers and 1.68 publishers each year. Songwriting duos were common, and creativity a simpler endeavor. Now, popular mainstream songs have (on average) at least four writers and six publishers each. And that, ladies and gentlemen, underscores the challenge that the music industry faces in licensing and rights administration.”
Why We Need Amateur Theatre
As much as the themes of the show resonate with professional performers and dancers, it takes on a new level of connection for amateur performers who connect with its sentiments: For them, “What I Did For Love” means something wholly different and unique. Am-dram relies on love from every side; the hunger to be involved should be enjoyed and appreciated.
Nine Audacious Museum Designs That Never Got Built
Artnet makes a list…