Philosophers have wrestled with the question for millennia. That doesn’t mean they’ve answered it to everyone’s satisfaction, and it doesn’t mean the question has gone away. So I’m asking again: What is Beauty? The Mona Lisa has intrigued viewers for centuries. Here’s another character with an enigmatic look. A scene of quiet domesticity. And another. Statuesque … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Blood Moon, Tomato Moon
What is it about us as a race of storytellers that we would dub an eclipse like last night’s a “blood moon”? Why blood? An asseveration of our savage history? The legacy of our need to scare children and adversaries? An unconscious attempt to affirm, and perhaps by doing so … Continue reading
Hard and Soft
Here are a couple of images I found near Sedona a few weeks back. Same character, different angles. Note how the starkness of the foreground sandstone in the first image impacts the look and feel of the distant butte in one way, and how when the same subject is wrapped … Continue reading
Not for Sale
When we’re not paying attention, legislators with poor impulse control and a near-total lack of liviousness (my antonym for obliviousness) climb from their subterranean lairs, pincers open, and prepare to strike. They’ve been sitting in a meeting somewhere with cigar-chomping dollar mongers who know there’s gold to be gathered by … Continue reading
Roadside Revelry
There are rest stops and there are Rest Stops. This one is worth a pullover even if you’re in a hurry and your styrofoam coffee jones isn’t calling your name. In totally unrelated news: If you’ve been tempted to read my novel Shriek but haven’t yet taken the opportunity, I’m making … Continue reading