Arts – coldhearted scientist وداد

Stig Stasig

08/08/2023

Rigensgade 5, this is where I want to go in Copenhagen, to see his photography. All of it, but in particular the Soviet portraits. Axé.

The Three Voices of Poetry

07/08/2023

T. S. Eliot, in The Atlantic, 1954. I got it from SMT. Axé.

In addition to everything else, I must do AAUP business, but what I am doing is writing a piece about magical realism for my own pleasure and instruction. I read an old article by Cornejo Polar about migrant subjects and realized: THAT is also Vallejo’s kind of voice, speaking from everywhere (and not from a … More Vallejo, the migrant

La dama de Elche

13/02/2021

This is such a lovely photograph of the Dama de Elche. She and Cybèle are my favorites. Axé.

Revista DYN

11/12/2020

Here is a detailed description. And they have that Amerindian number. Note: “The third number was released already in autumn 1942 with Paalen´s essay “Art and Science” about the Goethe-Newton debate on light, adapted to the dangerous imbalance of scientific and artistic notions in the modern world in view of the atomical danger. It contained … More Revista DYN

Tarot

15/10/2020

Words to look up are Menenghello and Minchiate Etruria, a Tarot I think I would really like. I will do this while I get in touch about the blinds and my car key. I am also going to investigate Scenes of Subjection. AND consider it for my other essay. There are more books to investigate, … More Tarot

Carne y arena

30/09/2020

In my study group we read an interesting paper about this that said it was reformist and not revolutionary. Axé.

Walters Museum, and student evaluations

07/07/2019

Last summer I visited this museum and received its lovely magazine. Sticking with me in particular are the ceramics of Roberto Lugo and John Singer Sargent’s watercolor The Alhambra Vase. In the store, a bronze reproduction of a Chinese owl figurine, eight inches high. ∞∞∞∞∞∞ How to get high evaluations? Old and new suggestions include … More Walters Museum, and student evaluations

Pushkin House-Musuem 23.VIII-16.IX

26/08/2018

Here is the poster for my cousin Alexei Aizenman’s centenary exhibit at the Pushkin House-Museum on Arbat, in Moscow. You should really go if you are in town. In other news Gukira is a good blogger with an interesting post on Freire; I am told he is also the author of the best piece on … More Pushkin House-Musuem 23.VIII-16.IX