Shutter Island and the Old Woman/Young Woman Illusion

[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”2″ medium_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading] ESSAYS [/vc_custom_heading][vc_separator sep_color=”color-467837″ el_height=”2px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image media=”4178″ media_width_percent=”75″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]SHUTTER ISLAND AND THE OLD WOMAN/YOUNG WOMAN ILLUSION The central character of Shutter Island is an FBI agent who arrives on a prison island reserved for mentally ill, criminal inmates. He is there to investigate a possible murder […]
Kurt Cobain and Edvard Munch

[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”2″ medium_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading] ESSAYS [/vc_custom_heading][vc_separator sep_color=”color-467837″ el_height=”2px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image media=”4129″ media_width_percent=”75″][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-934744″ type=”carousel” medias=”4132,4133,4130,4131″ carousel_lg=”5″ carousel_md=”5″ carousel_sm=”5″ thumb_size=”one-one” gutter_size=”3″ carousel_interval=”3000″ carousel_navspeed=”400″ carousel_nav=”yes” carousel_nav_mobile=”yes” stage_padding=”0″ single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″ lbox_title=”yes” lbox_caption=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]KURT COBAIN AND EDVARD MUNCH These two artists are the masters of sublimation, concerned with pain and isolation and mind sickness. […]
David Lynch and Kendrick Lamar

[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”2″ medium_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading] ESSAYS [/vc_custom_heading][vc_separator sep_color=”color-467837″ el_height=”2px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image media=”4084″ media_width_percent=”75″][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-934744″ type=”carousel” medias=”4087,4085,4088,4086″ carousel_lg=”5″ carousel_md=”5″ carousel_sm=”5″ thumb_size=”one-one” gutter_size=”3″ carousel_interval=”3000″ carousel_navspeed=”400″ carousel_nav=”yes” carousel_nav_mobile=”yes” stage_padding=”0″ single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″ lbox_title=”yes” lbox_caption=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]DAVID LYNCH AND KENDRICK LAMAR These are two of the greatest living artists. Each feels a strong obligation to create ethical, […]
Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s “Ugolino And His Sons”

[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”2″ medium_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading] ESSAYS [/vc_custom_heading][vc_separator sep_color=”color-467837″ el_height=”2px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image media=”4013″ media_width_percent=”75″][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-934744″ type=”carousel” medias=”4016,4014,4015″ carousel_lg=”5″ carousel_md=”5″ carousel_sm=”5″ thumb_size=”one-one” gutter_size=”3″ carousel_interval=”3000″ carousel_navspeed=”400″ carousel_nav=”yes” carousel_nav_mobile=”yes” stage_padding=”0″ single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″ lbox_title=”yes” lbox_caption=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] DOROTHEA LANGE’S “MIGRANT MOTHER” AND JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX’S “UGOLINO AND HIS SONS” The greater context of each of these pieces is […]
“Dead Man” and Bill Burr

[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”2″ medium_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading] ESSAYS [/vc_custom_heading][vc_separator sep_color=”color-467837″ el_height=”2px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image media=”3919″ media_width_percent=”75″][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-934744″ type=”carousel” medias=”3920,3922,3921″ carousel_lg=”5″ carousel_md=”5″ carousel_sm=”5″ thumb_size=”one-one” gutter_size=”3″ carousel_interval=”3000″ carousel_navspeed=”400″ carousel_nav=”yes” carousel_nav_mobile=”yes” stage_padding=”0″ single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″ lbox_title=”yes” lbox_caption=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] “DEAD MAN” AND BILL BURR For a handful of reasons, Jim Jarmusch and Bill Burr are deeply inspiring to many […]