Monday, December 21, 2020

Charles Shere 1935 - 2020

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Charles died quietly at home in the country on December 15, 2020, with his family around him. Obituaries have been published in: San Franci...
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Sunday, September 20, 2020

Pessoa on death

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 A morte é a curva da estrada, Morrer é só não ser visto. Se escuto, eu te oiço a passada Existir como eu existo. A terra é feita de céu. A ...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Reading Baldwin, 1

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James Baldwin: Go Tell It On the Mountain   (1953) Library of America no. 97 (ed. Toni Morrison),  pp. 1-215 Giovanni’s Room (1956) op. cit....
Monday, July 06, 2020

From my 1975 Journal, an account of an elaborate party

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(16 May) [John] Fitzgibbon had called the day I was working on the grant application for The Bride, to invite me to his Bride-based event ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Memorable visuals, 3: Gardens: The Villa Garzoni

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The Villa Garzoni in Collodi, near Lucca, was the first Italian hillside garden we visited. Many gardens have impressed me: Het Loo, the Alc...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Memorable visuals, 2: Sculpture. Le Cheval majeur

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The Large Horse , bronze, by Raymond Duchamp-Villon, one of Marcel Duchamp’s older brothers, who was destined finally to take sculpture in...
Friday, June 12, 2020

Memorable visuals, 1: Painting: De Melkmeid

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A Facebook friend challenged me to post a work of art a day, one I have seen in person or has greatly affected me, and incorporates the vis...