“Some may try and tell us that this is the end of an era. But what they overlook is that in America, every day is a new beginning, and every sunset is merely the latest milestone on a voyage that never ends. For this is the land that has never become, but is always in… Read More Ushering in the Next 50
“As the media theorist Marshall McLuhan pointed out in the 1960s, media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to… Read More Time for a Change
“It’s a queer thing is a man’s soul. It is the whole of him. Which means it is the unknown him, as well as the known.” – D.H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature Buenos Aires – As noted about a week and a half ago, I expect(ed) a few more interviews about Casa SaltShaker… Read More It’s a Queer Thing…
“You shouldn’t speak until you know what you’re talking about. That’s why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? They hand me a script. I’m a grown man who puts on makeup.” – Brad Pitt, Actor Buenos Aires… Read More Interviews…
“I’m not going to make calf’s brains. But at a certain point, I’d like to retain the permission to do something that’s delicious — to have the chance to win them over.” – from The Finicky Gourmet by Alexandra Jacobs, in the NY Times Buenos Aires – There’s no question that I’ve invited this surplus… Read More Aversity or Adversity…?