Archive for May, 2009

-Mr. Martin’s book also has the heft to deliver penetrating thematic analyses of each García Márquez work, even if literary criticism is not its first concern. “No one writes,” “solitude,” “autumn,” “funeral,” “death foretold,” “labyrinth,” “kidnapping”: these are all words used in García Márquez book titles and, as Mr. Martin asserts, words that imply some [...]


visual

20May09

in my art, i’m trying to learn a language that’s not my own. it’s constantly reaching the level of fluency, but it always retreats. there are just some forces that will always keep it unfinished, missing pieces. i can speak the language of a foreign culture, i can visit that country but i can never [...]


spotted

11May09

yes, you are spotted. ive spotted you so many times, you and your ridiculous tan even though it’s winter, and your ridiculous tattoos that are so hot because theyre all black and white but they are also plentiful. i found you. i always felt your droopy eyes on me in dhall, theyre black and don’t [...]


misanthrope

04May09

-”Quechua Indians from rival communities fist fight as part of the Thinku festival rituals in Macha, Bolivia, Monday, May 4, 2009. When the dry season begins, Quechua Indians from the poorest, northern Bolivian province stop working in the fields and celebrate the Thinku, a week-long series of ritual fights, meetings and religious celebrations. The blood [...]


declassified

04May09

mexican suitcase:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/arts/design/30capa.html
LA public arthttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/arts/design/03fink.html