Dylan Thomas occupies a singular corner of twentieth-century poetry: a writer for whom sound was not ornament but ontology. He is, perhaps above all else, a poet of voice—of syllables struck like bells, of syntax uncoiling into chant, of images that are felt in the mouth before they settle in the mind. He is myContinue reading “Dylan Thomas: The Music of Meaning”
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Great Are the Myths – Episode 5
Basquiat & Warhol: Collision, Collaboration, and the Making of Modern Myth
Art history is rich with encounters between generations, but few have provoked as much fascination, controversy, and enduring debate as the working friendship between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. On one side stood Warhol, the established oracle of Pop, a man whose silkscreens of soup cans, celebrities, and consumer logos had redefined art’s relationship toContinue reading “Basquiat & Warhol: Collision, Collaboration, and the Making of Modern Myth”
The Examined Life: Wim Wenders and the Radical Ordinariness of Perfect Days
On toilets, cassette tapes, and the philosophical weight of a life lived well Forget about the Oscars, Perfect Days (2023) is all you need this week. There is a scene near the midpoint of Wim Wenders’s Perfect Days in which Hirayama, a cleaner of public lavatories in Tokyo, lies on his futon in the amberContinue reading “The Examined Life: Wim Wenders and the Radical Ordinariness of Perfect Days”
Great Are the Myths – Bonus 2
The Canopy Bed: A History of Privacy, Prestige, and Design
Few pieces of furniture have carried as much symbolic weight as the canopy bed. Known in Danish as the himmelseng — the “heaven bed” — it is at once functional and ceremonial, an object that has provided warmth, privacy, and authority across centuries. To trace its history is to follow the evolution of domestic lifeContinue reading “The Canopy Bed: A History of Privacy, Prestige, and Design”
Things My Therapist Taught Me…
On Hierarchy, Belonging, and the Strange Relief of Being Understood There are moments in a therapy session when something is said so plainly, so without drama, that you feel almost cheated. You expected the revelation to arrive with more ceremony — a swelling of strings, perhaps, or at least a lengthier preamble. Instead it comesContinue reading “Things My Therapist Taught Me…”
Great Are the Myths – Episode 4
Bunny Mellon: The Quiet Architect of Taste
Some lives unfold in public, demanding attention with noise and spectacle. Others shape the world quietly, through gardens planted, rooms arranged, and the cultivated art of discretion. Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon belonged firmly to the latter category. For decades, she remained a figure of mystery and allure: heiress, horticulturalist, collector, designer, and confidante to presidentsContinue reading “Bunny Mellon: The Quiet Architect of Taste”
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