Blogs about: Modernism

à la New York

Shawn Zahedi wrote 2 hours ago: just rats in tuxedos ferociously nibbling on what’s left of life… neon lights, ritzy gut … more →

Tags: English, Poem, Poetry, Poems, Literature, Society, Culture, Modernity, New York

Sydney's Ugliest Building

Oink wrote 7 hours ago: UTS Tower, Broadway, Sydney. I used to study at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). UTS Towe … more →

Tags: Australia, Architecture, brutalist, Building, Drawing, sydney, tall, tower, Ugly

"Veramo" by Cesar Aira - giving modernism another chance

alicemg2013 wrote 8 hours ago: After my cry of protest about modernism (see June 5), my son handed me a short novel by the Argentin … more →

Tags: Argentina, Panama, novella, Humor, avant-garde literature

Fractional Reserve Fiat Banking

jay008 wrote 12 hours ago: Gold is the initial deposit, while paper notes function as the representative medium of exchange tha … more →

Tags: Books/Literature, Conspiracy, Culture, Economics, espionage, History, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology/Sociology

Meet the Bohemian bastard

foldingseats wrote 23 hours ago: Summer in February – film review ★★☆☆☆ Emily Browning and Dan Stevens The opening credits tell us th … more →

Tags: Depression, Love Triangle, Drama, Romance, Art, summer in February, Dominic Cooper, Downton Abbey, Munnings

Women with creative energy and talent, women with

aiyshamahmood wrote 23 hours ago: Women with creative energy and talent, women with a passion for literature, without the obligations … more →

Tags: gertrudestein, alicebtoklas, Literature, Love, writing, Paris, 1920s

Setting the graphic equalizer with Virginia Woolf and Stella Gibbons2 comments

whistlesinthewind wrote 1 day ago: I hear you’ve been going out a great deal,” said Lady Waters, with that air with which lesser women … more →

Tags: Books, Literature, 1930s, writing, vintage, elizabeth bowen, Stella Gibbons, Virginia Woolf, To the north

Warning! Warning! Category field breach!

mudakun wrote 1 day ago: As I read way too much manga online, I try to adopt M.J.Johnson’s earlier quoted dictum… … more →

Tags: Character mechanics, story mechanics, Whither Fujoshi-dom, the problems of creativeness, manly man manga, Gender Dysphoria, character mechanics, story mechanics, YAOI

Steven Meisel selling his stunning mid-century gem in LA....I'm trying to scrape things together! :-)

steveerle wrote 1 day ago: http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/06/photog_steven_meisel_asking_13_million_for_trousdale_modern.ph … more →

Tags: Rock'n'Roll, Fashion, Steve Erle, Press Reviews, SIREN STUDIOS, After Hours, Nature, POV, image

Last Words for the Spy Genre

mbabaian wrote 1 day ago: Notorious Previous to the taking the Film Genre class, I would call myself a movie fanatic. I loved … more →

Tags: Post #9, iconography, communism, female-spy, James Bond, Austin Power, post-modern, Reagan-era, thematics

Isolated Aliens

pandaplatter wrote 1 day ago: What is this world this world that we live in? What in the world is its ultimate mission? what is th … more →

Tags: Poetry, Philosophy, Poem, Reflection, Commercialism, World, isolated, Isolation, Alien

Bloomsday in New York

Colby Smith wrote 1 day ago: I wish I could say that I spent Bloomsday, the day on which the events of James Joyce’s weighty tome … more →

Tags: Literature, Ulysses, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist, University of Maryland, brian richardson, Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, Ireland

Final Garment

lauratollervey wrote 1 day ago: Here is my main Final Garment all completed ready for hand in! This was inspired by architect Frank … more →

Tags: University, Student, Fashion, Design, Final garment, Architecture, Traditional

Acerbic Rebound, Co-Oproduct Photoshoot

lauratollervey wrote 1 day ago: Unfortunately after just creating this blog, deadline day at university was looming, which left me l … more →

Tags: Fashion, Design, Photoshoot!, recycle, reuse, waste

Week 3: The Universe Calls and the Artist Answers

thelivingnotebook wrote 1 day ago: The third week of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron attempts to raise awareness about the univ … more →

Tags: notebook 2, The Artist's Way, Arts, God, Inspiration, Julia Cameron, Postmodernism, Synchronicity, writing

Papa..mama...my friend says, "I am an Athiest". Can I be one too, please?

zakiimtiaz wrote 1 day ago: Will it matter, if in the near future, our kids are confronted with Atheistic ideas in their school … more →

Tags: Reminders, Islam, World, ahesim

Václav Havel's 1978 warning to the West2 comments

quaesitor wrote 1 day ago: I’m trying to understand power – what it means, how it’s wielded, how it affects u … more →

Tags: 20th Century, 21st Century, Stories, Book Reviews, capitalism, Cold War, communism, corruption, Current Affairs, Czech Republic

Droll, Mischievous and Wonderfully Intelligent

agallix wrote 1 day ago: Douglas Glover, “Fifty Shades of Grey Matter: Fiction,” Numéro Cinq 8 June 2013 Droll, m … more →

Tags: about, andrew gallix, Casper David Friedrich, Clarice Lispector, Douglas Glover, EL James, Fiction, fifty shades of grey matter, Gabriel Josipovici

von Herkomer

isobelpwilliams wrote 1 day ago: Fame IS depressingly fickle.  von Herkomer was one of the most important mambers of the artistic com … more →

Tags: 'The Guards' Cheer', the last watch, Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, Roger Fry, The Council of the Royal Academy, The Royal Academy, the Tate


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