personal writing – SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES

by MMB June 13, 2014 0

Famous Men for Father’s Day: An Author, an Astronaut and a dead Absurdist

Manly books about famous men In celebration of Father’s Day coming up, here are some books about men I admire thatContinue Reading

Questions to Nick Cave of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

You are one of the funniest writers out there. Would you say humour is an important aspect of your writing? Who has inspired your humour? December 10, 2019

I’ve always seen you as something of an underrated humourist. Do you see comedy as an essential art form? LUKE, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA How important is humour to you in your art? ALEX, BATON ROUGE, USA Who in your band is the funniest? BRADLEY, BALTIMORE, USA Dear Chris, Luke, Alex and Bradley, There is […] The post You are one of the funniest writers out […]

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Art of the Title – Review of Film Title Sequences

Melancholia (2011) December 10, 2019

“Life is only on Earth. And not for long.” — Justine Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia is a meditation, a cri de coeur, and a science-fiction character study that bends time and space. Much has been made of the film since its release in 2011. From the film’s infamous entry into the public consciousness at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival press conference when Von Tr […]

Semi-Permanent Sydney 2019 (2019) November 6, 2019

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty" wrote English poet John Keats in 1819. "That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." For creative directors Hazel Baird and Heidi Berg, however, Keats's eternal chiasmus is incomplete; their truth is so much more. In their opening to Semi-Permanent Sydney 2019, Truth is a savior and a shadow […]