The Friday Film – John Cage “Water walk”
I hope you love it as much as I do 🙂 Continue reading The Friday Film – John Cage “Water walk”
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The Monday Poem – Lady Love
Lady Love She is standing on my lids And her hair is in mine She is the form of my hands And the color of my … Continue reading The Monday Poem – Lady Love
Louise Bourgeois – ‘I Transform Hate Into Love’
‘I Transform Hate Into Love’ Continue reading Louise Bourgeois – ‘I Transform Hate Into Love’
5 Days of Oscar Wilde – 4: The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877
That ‘Art is long and life is short’ is a truth which every one feels, or ought to feel; yet surely those who were in London last May, and had in one week the opportunities of hearing Rubenstein play the Sonata Impassionata, of seeing Wagner conduct the Spinning-Wheel Chorus from the Flying Dutchman, and of studying art at the Grosvenor Gallery, have very little to complain of as regards human existence and art-pleasures. Continue reading 5 Days of Oscar Wilde – 4: The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877
The Monday Poem – pretenders
My Top 10 Weird Fiction Authors
Weird Fiction is one of my favourite genres to read and there’s no shortage of great authors in this field if you look hard enough! In no particular order, here are ten wonderfully weird authors. Premendra Mitra – The Discovery of Telenapota” by Bengali author Premendra Mitra is a good place to start if you want to skip over some of the more famous authors in The Weird. You won’t find much of Mitra’s work in English, and nothing at all in the U.S. apart from this tale. It’s a hallucinatory trip into rural India where you get to do some fly-fishing, fall … Continue reading My Top 10 Weird Fiction Authors
3 Random Books from My Shelves
I’m not really sure what to say, as I would imagine most people who visit Examining the Odd have read some or all of Gaiman’s work! Since this book is a collection of short stories (and wonders!), I decided to randomly choose one of the pieces too. The chosen piece was The Fairy Reel, one of the “wonders”, since it is a poem rather than a short story. I’ve heard people liken this poem to a Keats ballad. Continue reading 3 Random Books from My Shelves
The Beautifully Ornate Book Covers of Days Long Gone
I often judge a book by its cover and sometimes I’m wrong, often I’m right. But oh how I wish book covers could go back to … Continue reading The Beautifully Ornate Book Covers of Days Long Gone
Wise Words from Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet and peace activist, revered around the world for his powerful teachings and bestselling writings on mindfulness and peace. He is the man Martin Luther King called “An Apostle of peace … Continue reading Wise Words from Thich Nhat Hanh
The Peculiar Illustrations of Ishihara Gōjin
They can also be called rather homoerotic, stimulating a world of emotions and evoking almost trancelike fantasies… Gojin’s triggering imagery almost endues a lucid dream, where the dreamer knows he is dreaming… Here’s a selection of Gojin’s illustration, enjoy! Continue reading The Peculiar Illustrations of Ishihara Gōjin
