A Black and White Night
I’ve been watching a film lately called A Black and White Night, a comeback concert benefit for Roy Orbison made in November 1988, the month before he died of a … Continue reading
Keywords
There are two main attitudes towards words. The first, older attitude is magical. Knowledge is power, and knowing the name of a force, entity or process gives you power over … Continue reading
Crime, Punishment and Compassion
A lone man walks down a dark and seedy LA street at three am, and pushes open the scarred and dingy door of a dilapidated rooming house. The night clerk … Continue reading
Reading the poems of Homer
Of course there’s nothing very original here, it’s all been said before, but I find the topic one of the utmost fascination, and have read the poems and associated literature … Continue reading
Travelers
The shape of the world we live in is determined by the extent we explore it. We can explore it in many ways, through speculation, artistic creation and scientific experiment, … Continue reading
Stalker
Watching Tarkovsky’s Stalker was not an enjoyable experience for me, but it did make something about his achievement much clearer. In this film, and in most of his work that … Continue reading
Pioneers at Broulee
Many of the early settlers to America, Australia, Canada and other parts of the world came to their new country with no resources but the ability to work hard. We … Continue reading
