Monthly Archives: August 2012

In The West

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Revery and Attention – “Every moment we expect the spell to break . . .”

“Voici des fruits, des fleurs, de feuilles, et des branches . . . “ Claude Debussy–Ariettes Oubliees (lyrics by Paul Verlaine) “C’est L’Exstace” “Green” “Spleen” Gabriel Faure–Melodies “Apres un Reve” “Nell” “This curious state of inhibition can at least for … Continue reading

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Bleak Is Beautiful

Bb Major 9

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Dear Bear!

Congratulations to Unsaid contributor Bear Kirkpatrick on winning the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation 2012 Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant. http://www.bearkirkpatrick.com

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Boustrophedonics III

He allowed the changelings to sing not just in the house while I myself pulled the bell, but he would not allow me to use any tools. He had given in written form for me to wait within the orchard … Continue reading

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bring it: unsaidmag@gmail.com

UNSAID searched for a soul that might resemble our own and could not find it. We rummaged in all the corners of the earth: our perseverance was useless. Yet we could not remain alone. There must be someone who approved … Continue reading

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Before Instagram

Claude Lorrain Erminia and the Shepherds (1666) * Tools For Having an ‘Immediate’ and ‘Authentic’ Encounter with ‘Nature’ In this first full-length study of a largely forgotten optical device from the eighteenth century, Arnaud Maillet reconfigures our historical understanding of … Continue reading

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Who argues with Krauss?

How do Danto and Krauss differ? Krauss’s “Originality” and “Expnded Field” both attack Historicism. By this I mean linear teleological, or linear and goal-directed, history. The idea here is that art is a set of institutional practices. The history of … Continue reading

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