“Frequently claimed by critics as the best Venezuelan film ever made, El pez que fuma, (1977) was produced in the midst of the Oil Boom era and has since become a potent metaphor for the decadence at the height of Venezuela’s economic splendor.”
his boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom …
Beautiful essay and paintings from Robert Beck.
“I am not a hero. I am not a special person, because no one should ever think you have to be special to help others. I did what any decent person would have done.”
They’re not meant to last very long, these votives, these penny candles.
Autumn thoughts on inheritance, impermanence, and learning to harmonize.
Mike Ladd’s ekphrastic poem in response to Bowen’s courageous self-portrait.
“The humans, human-animals and animal-animals in my books are the deliverers of the spirit of my work, and its substance — character, humor, wordplay, story, color, and visual pleasure.” An interview with Calef Brown.
A poem from Mike Ladd reflecting on time, memory, love and ephemerality
An excerpt from Bonnie Yochelson’s wonderful biography of photographer Alice Austen.
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