Archive for the ‘Visual Art’ Category

Catching Glimpses of the Commonplace

“I realize the impossibility of capturing every single ordinary moment and that catching those real moments is innately challenging, but it is that struggle makes those stolen images so much more powerful.”

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David’s Dropped Stone

I knew Gianlorenzo Bernini was a great sculptor — one doesn’t escape Rome without being marked by that belief, especially if one’s rooms are situated across from the Ponte St. Angelo, bedecked as it is with 12 life-size marble angels of his making — and I knew he was devout (see: St. Theresa in Ecstasy), but this David bothered me.

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Caught and Taught

What is there to be seen in the flood of digital imagery?

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It’s an Introvert’s World

As early as your first steps and words, people begin to tell you things about yourself.  What you’re good at.  How you should behave.  How you can improve.  People uplift you. People put you down.  It’s hard to figure out who you are when you barely have time to decide for yourself.  But once you [...]

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Why I Shoot Film

I thought I knew what I was in for when I started shooting film, but I had no idea.

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Eclipsing the Object

How to avoid a work of art.

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The Beautiful Beach: A Photo Essay

The gulf will always be there and the beaches are just as beautiful as they’ve ever been.

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Where Are We Now?

The image of the Starving Artist in the garret has been supplanted by the Savvy Artist-Administrator in the office, on the stage, and on the iPhone.

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Works (and Cities) in Progress

How the GoggleWorks arts center inspires pride and hope in the city of Reading, Pennsylvania.

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Laid Bare: Snow, Photography and Truth

Maybe there are times to simply accept the truth of life as it is, not as it ought to be. Perhaps these imperfect images are the truest signposts of a world to come, indications of the need for rebirth.

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