You should read this for 3/4/2018: Art and Film I happened to catch part of a NOVA special on tombs in the Himalayas, in the “Mustang” region of Nepal called Secrets of the Sky Tombs. I was intrigued by some of the prohibatory rituals intended to keep the dead from…
You should read this for 2/23/2018: Undersea paper art, Amazon, money laundering and fake books; Old English glosses and The Tremulous Hand scribe, wine, Sicilian culture, and caves. The Gate to Hell is a gas, and women who scribe. Art and Film Colorful Paper-Cut Sculpture Captures the Diversity of a Coral Reef Get…
You should read this for 2/17/2017: Art and Film Lego’s New Hogwarts Great Hall Set Is Going to Magically Drain My Wallet Books, Writing, and Language When Books Read You, a Defense of Bibliomancy Amazonian Language Once Spoken By Thousands – Now, Only One Food and Drink Nick Evans of…
You should read this for 2/10/2017: Art, Film, and Music In Conversation: Quincy Jones I’m not really sure what to make of this err . . . interview? Performance ? Confessional? It’s interesting though. Books, Writing, and Language via mirabilis.ca: The BBC on Spain cracks King Ferdinand’s 500-year-old secret code…
You should read this for 2/3/2018: Art and Film Gallery removes naked nymphs painting to ‘prompt conversation’ Manchester Art Gallery takes down work by Waterhouse and asks public to post reactions February from the DaCosta Hours. This is a 15th century manuscript illuminated by Simon Bening, of Ghent. Books, Writing,…
You should read this for 1/27/2018: Books, Writing, and Language Ursula K. Le Guin, the spiritual mother of generations of writers; John Scalzi pays tribute The speaking of her name and of her words goes on, and will go on, today and tomorrow and for a very long time now….
You should read this for 1/20/2018: Books, Writing, and Language Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for tea How to Keep a Zibaldone, the 14th Century’s Answer to Tumblr The Fascinating History of 10 Extra Letters the English Alphabet Used to…
You should read this for 1/13/2018: Art and Film Some amazing photos from DownEast Magazine’s 2018 Reader Photo Contest. These are not professional photographers, but they took pictures as if they were. January from the Da Dosta Hours, work of Simon Bening c. 1515. This medieval illuminated and beautiful book…
You should read this for 11/4/2017: Art and Film ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ at 25: Through the Wormhole With the Cast and Creators Books, Writing, and Language Bookstore Chains, Long in Decline, Are Undergoing a Final Shakeout Another reason to buy local. Bookstores like libraries provide a real service…
You should read this for 12/30/2017: Books, Writing, and Language Via Twtter @Sarah Mei: Sarah Mei quotes her favorite Simon & Schuster editorial comments on Milo Yiannopoulos’s contracted-then-rejected book. She then posts selections from the editorial comment, which are revelatory and amusing. It’s just as horrific a MS as you’d…