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Sontag: Silence

john baker, March 22nd, 2012. One comment.

The scene changes to an empty room. Rimbaud has gone to Abyssinia to make his fortune in the slave trade. Wittgenstein has first chosen schoolteaching, then menial work as a hospital orderly. Duchamp has turned to chess. And, accompanying these exemplary renunciations of a vocation, each man has declared that he considers his previous achievements [...]

Beyond the UK Border

john baker, July 9th, 2011. 3 comments.

South American Tango dancers, denied entry to the UK by our government’s anti-artist immigration laws dance their farewell at Glasgow airport.

Butterfly of Hope

john baker, June 15th, 2011. 2 comments.

I’ve sent my butterfly in solidarity with girls and women in #Nicaragua. Have you? http://bit.ly/butterfly50 #mariposa #demanddignity #fb

Yo-Yo Ma plays; Lil Buck breakdancing

john baker, May 24th, 2011. One comment.

Some guys having fun with grace and elegance:

Marilyn Munroe and the Actors Studio

john baker, March 14th, 2011. No comments.

Marilyn was introduced to Lee Strasberg early in 1955. Strasberg had been the artistic director of the Actors Studio since 1948 and was principally known for the Method, an approach to the art of acting based on the teachings of Konstantin Stanislavsky. Marilyn Munroe was deeply concerned with her identity throughout her life. Babtised as [...]