Even when I walked into a town not knowing a soul there, Ireland was the least lonely place I’ve ever lived or traveled in. Conversation is a priority: I’ve seen two cars, heading opposite directions, block the road while the drivers chatted. I’ve taken two…
The Talk to Strangers Campaign is a phrase I’ve been circling around ever since I visited Ireland, discovered that folks there are not only willing but warm in their conversations with strangers, and decided that the lack of this practice must be what was troubling…
Today I had one of those famous “driveway moments” with this piece. If you’re short on time, I recommend starting it at minute nine, where Daisey discusses media and storytelling, in part: …as a media literate society, everyone should understand in their bones…that every single…
“We’ve been telling each other tales of otherness, of life beyond the grave for a long time. Stories that prickle the flesh and make the shadows deeper, and most importantly remind us that we live, and that there is something special, something unique and remarkable…
“The basic idea in Moretti’s work is that, if you really want to understand literature, you can’t just read a few books or poems over and over … Instead, you have to work with hundreds or even thousands of texts at a time. By turning…
“All of life is lived through story…Story is how we make meaning of our lives. Every waking moment we’re bombarded by story,” said playwright Bryan Delaney, speaking to an audience in the Round Room at Dublin’s Mansion House during the March 17th, 2014 event We…
“Fusing art, politics, and history, Riefenstahl had composed a symphonic ode to domination. For the American filmmakers, living in a rowdy democracy, no such grand synthesis was possible, or even imaginable. But how do you create war propaganda in a democratic country? Do you just…
“So even if criticism can be reductionist, concerned with ‘-isms’ and occasionally nonsensical interpretations of one’s work…there can be something to engaging with people’s frustrations, figuring out how it can make your art better. Maybe it’s what’s going to happen in the new world, where…
“…those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences. They are not. Audiences want to see them, and, in fact, they make money.” Watch Cate Blanchett’s Academy Award acceptance…
“Television is not the new novel. Television is the old novel.” Read the full post at NYTimes.com.