A Tinge of Eros Hans van Manen Dutch Grandmaster at San Francisco Ballet Renate Stendhal
Postcards from Lake Tyrrell The colours change depending on weather, water levels, and time of day, adding to its mystique The Photography of Jon Rendell
Every One of Them Words Rang True A Complete Unknown James Mangold's film is the first traditional feature film biography of Bob Dylan Miles David Moore
The Guilty Pleasures of Gossip Girl The legacy of an iconic TV series Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
The Cabin Henry David Thoreau, the cantankerous son-of-a-bitch, has survived the rude pryings of theorists and illegitimati who claimed his patron sainthood for causes he would have abhorred. Michael Bettencourt
The Cinema Legacy No film before or since defined the nucleus of cinema, the art form of the 20th century, as this seminal 1941 masterpiece did. Arthur Danin Adler
talking shit So here it is, April 10. The day after my mother's birthday. She would've been 102. Good thing she's not here anymore to see how un-revolutionary Americans have gotten. Claudine Jones
Spirit In The Sky: The Gift That Keeps On Giving Norman Greenbaum's smash hit "Spirit in the Sky" was released in late 1969 and it has become the gift that keeps on giving. Les Marcott
Waves and Threads Timeless stories with modern psychological insight in clear contemporary language, simple yet polished to a sheen like the pearl that the collection's title echoes. Gregory Luce
The Greatest Rock Song I've heard it all at least once, listened to a lot of it a thousand times, and I've even played some of it backwards, so if you ask me what's the greatest Rock song I'll reply with: "Do You Feel Like We Do?" Patrick Walsh
Poets and the Purple Prose of Protest Karren Alenier
They Feed They Lion Philip Levine David Alpaugh
Kandinsky Was Not A Theosophist Let us "liberate" Kandinsky from the continually repeated claim that he was a theosophist. Lissa Tyler Renaud
Mimee Thanistha Nunthapojn มิหมี่ ธนิษฐา นันทาพจน์ Her interest in the meaning of materials, such as threads, silk, or gold thread, which convey the bonds and ties from the love and memories of women in the family. Janine Yasovant
Children Give Birth to Their Parents Although it may not lead automatically to maturity, I suspect that many people would not grow up at all if they had not decided to become parents. Brian George
writings
Seth Rogen Sends Notes To Ron Howard Altenir Silva A fic-review of the TV Series The Studio (2025) by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
imagery
Venetian Island The Art of David Wiley
The Art of SS. Burrus A Retrospective
When the Earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people will appear on the Earth
Patrick Nagel It's in the Eyes
media
Audio
Theatre Thoughts An entertaining array of audio essays on an array of theatre topics by an astute and entertaining essayist
You Don't Say! Occasional Musings by an occasionally amused writer
Video
Undress Me In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undress her, by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue
Light Fantastic Weighty matters of brain neurons and addiction, two kisses, single-malt scotch, the green dance of blue, yellow lasers
Ear Buds What happens when we love our devices — and they love us back
The Greed Gene A young couple is told by their genetic counselor that their child has the greed gene, there is nothing they can do
letters
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What Is Art? January 2008|●
View of the Arts January 2007|●
The Art of Sex in the Arts February 2006|●
State of the Art of the Arts October 2005|●
Special—Indexes
The Steiny Road Index of Karren Alenier's columns and writings|●
Writings Index of Arthur Danin Adler's columns and writings|●
Kandinsky Anew Index of the series by Lissa Tyler Renaud|●
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