shy ones
her nose was fat and fruitlike, a nose for pratfalls and slapstick, not jetés and pirouettes and pliés and whatnot. but her lips were lovely, the color of cold meat, and her eyes, sunk deep in their sockets, were clear blue. when you looked into them, you half expected to see fish swimming around at the back of her head, shy ones.
i started keeping a journal almost two years ago. i used to write only when i was happy. then i realized that i’d look back and think that my whole life was happy, so i started only writing when i was depressed. and i realized that i wasn't always depressed, so i started to write every day. now i calculate i'm fifty per cent happy and fifty per cent depressed so i don't see the point of writing at all anymore . . . (10:07) . . . it hurts.
- charles d'ambrosio, "screenwriter," new yorker december 8, 2003
posted December 05, 2003 in printseats
walsh makes compelling observations about gallery installations, signage, lighting, and design. and when it comes to the public trust, he should have the last word: "some curators are apt to complain that seats spoil the look of an installation," he notes, "but what is the installation for, anyway? if we are serious about extending the attention span of our visitors, seats are the simplest, cheapest means to do it. that, and coffee. and toilets."
- john walsh, director emeritus of the j. paul getty museum, quoted by robin cembalest, "a matter of trust," artnews december 2003
posted December 05, 2003 in art, printcopywrong
"overprotecting intellectual property is as harmful as underprotecting it," wrote federal ninth circuit court of appeals judge alex kozinski in a recent copyright ruling. "culture is impossible without a rich public domain. nothing today, likely nothing since we tamed fire, is genuinely new: culture, like science and technology, grows by accretion, each new creator building on the works of those who came before. overprotection stifles the very creative forces it's supposed to nurture."
- fiona morgan, "copywrong: copyright laws are stifling art, but the public domain can save us," independent weekly december 3, 2003
posted December 05, 2003 in politics, print