Saturday, May 02, 2009
Sepia Misdemeanor
My amazing friend Sara, who is sort of the Welsh Holly Golightly meets Noam Chomsky (here she is looking dewy, whilst I look, per letter writer below, Jew-y), recently came on a research trip to Oxford University with me for a film I'm doing. As of last month, Sara is technically my assistant in life, and she does a damn fine job - I always think of the scene in 'Airplane', when the customer goes up to the information desk and asks "What time is Flight 103 to Houston?" and the next customer goes up and asks "What is the average weight of a rabbit?"
This picture of me in the Magdalen College dining hall illustrates my essential trouble in life: "Do Not pass this point" "Right, hold my bag, I'm passing this point." "Do not step on lawn" "Mind my camera for me, love, whilst I just step on this lawn".
The most beautiful thing we both saw on our expedition to Oxford was this:
Stained glass windows in sepia! That's going right in the script. And hopefully, in some version ('Bruce Springsteen With Cat'?) in the house of my dreams.
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*Breakfast at Tiffany's* meets linguistics? That sounds intriguing...
I can't begin to tell you how much Noam Chomsky I've read in my life :)
PS: Coincidentally, I'm currently doing the "Gothic Novel" with my students (e.g. the Tell-Tale Heart :)...that window looks VERRRRY Gothic :)
"To the right and left, in the middle of each wall, a tall and narrow Gothic window looked out upon a closed corridor which persued the windings of the suite. These windows were of stained glass whose color varied in accordance with the prevailing hue of the decorations of the chamber into which it opened."
[E. A. Poe, "The Masque of the Red Death]
I warn you, I LOVE Poe :)
I can't begin to tell you how much Noam Chomsky I've read in my life :)
PS: Coincidentally, I'm currently doing the "Gothic Novel" with my students (e.g. the Tell-Tale Heart :)...that window looks VERRRRY Gothic :)
"To the right and left, in the middle of each wall, a tall and narrow Gothic window looked out upon a closed corridor which persued the windings of the suite. These windows were of stained glass whose color varied in accordance with the prevailing hue of the decorations of the chamber into which it opened."
[E. A. Poe, "The Masque of the Red Death]
I warn you, I LOVE Poe :)
This picture of me in the dining hall illustrates my essential trouble in life: "Do Not pass this point" "Right, hold my bag, I'm passing this point." "Do not step on lawn" "Mind my camera for me, love, whilst I just step on this lawn"And you shouldn't be any other way, my dear. 'Nuff said.
P.S.
That's a really "saucy" pic of S&Em, isn't it guys? ;-)
P.S.
That's a really "saucy" pic of S&Em, isn't it guys? ;-)
P.P.S.
Trouble? I need to be more like that! Ah, I used to be much bolder in my youth.
Now, I'm more of a soggy dish rag...
Trouble? I need to be more like that! Ah, I used to be much bolder in my youth.
Now, I'm more of a soggy dish rag...
Awww, has to be my most fondly remembered day in the last five years... it's just a big shame that I have the bone structure of Roy 'Rocky' Dennis in the above aesthetic documentation.
Roll on NYC
xSx
Roll on NYC
xSx
*Roy 'Rocky' Dennis*...gimme a break Sardine :-)
If that's you in the pic then you look NOTHING like that boy! (The Elephant man, my a@@ :)
The woman in that pic looks a lot like my friend Laura - and I find Laura very very pretty (Kate Winslet-ish).
If that's you in the pic then you look NOTHING like that boy! (The Elephant man, my a@@ :)
The woman in that pic looks a lot like my friend Laura - and I find Laura very very pretty (Kate Winslet-ish).
Sepia works every time.
Stone- the Punchdrunk promenade performance of "The Masque of the Red Death" at Battersea Arts Centre goes down as one of the best nights of my life.
Five floors of exploring Poe's stories wearing a mask, intertwining performances. You sit in a chair that's part of the script, you may end up with two of the characters kissing on your lap. Ends with being asked to dance in a frenzy of beautiful tragic characters. Can't describe it really. Let's just say at one point I got accosted in the opium den and had my fortune read.
Here's a link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3668321/The-Masque-of-the-Red-Death-A-night-of-delicious-terror.html
I've already booked six tickets to the follow-up in Manchester. Either my friends will go with me or I will go six times- ca m'est egal.
Stone- the Punchdrunk promenade performance of "The Masque of the Red Death" at Battersea Arts Centre goes down as one of the best nights of my life.
Five floors of exploring Poe's stories wearing a mask, intertwining performances. You sit in a chair that's part of the script, you may end up with two of the characters kissing on your lap. Ends with being asked to dance in a frenzy of beautiful tragic characters. Can't describe it really. Let's just say at one point I got accosted in the opium den and had my fortune read.
Here's a link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3668321/The-Masque-of-the-Red-Death-A-night-of-delicious-terror.html
I've already booked six tickets to the follow-up in Manchester. Either my friends will go with me or I will go six times- ca m'est egal.
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: 5:47 am
: 5:47 am
**Five floors of exploring Poe's stories wearing a mask, intertwining performances.**
You gotta be kidding! That sounds simply amazing...WOW!!!
Lemme guess, it's UK only?!?
You gotta be kidding! That sounds simply amazing...WOW!!!
Lemme guess, it's UK only?!?
**On arrival (in evening dress, preferably), you are issued with a carnival mask and a coin with which you will later be able to buy a cloak.**
Some of this (actually a lot of this :) reminds me of a scene of the film "Eyes Wide Shut"...
They seem to feature more of his stories, like incidentally the "Tell-Tale Heart".
Some of this (actually a lot of this :) reminds me of a scene of the film "Eyes Wide Shut"...
They seem to feature more of his stories, like incidentally the "Tell-Tale Heart".
Stone,
My sister Irene lives in a basement apartment,in an old Georgian house in Dublin. The owner lives upstairs. My sister's theatre group took over the whole house. They had a different Poe play on every level. You would have loved it.
Emma
Love stained glass, but this one is particularly special. My local church has a really pretty stained glass window in royal blues, dark pinks, bright yellows and reds. When the sun shines through it's magic. I remember making my version of a stained glass window as a child. Cardboard and the jewel toned, plastic wrappers from sweets.
Nothing wrong with looking Jewish. I'd love to look like you. No freckles, perfect curls and tanned skin. A minger you're not.
Sara looks like a little pixie.
My sister Irene lives in a basement apartment,in an old Georgian house in Dublin. The owner lives upstairs. My sister's theatre group took over the whole house. They had a different Poe play on every level. You would have loved it.
Emma
Love stained glass, but this one is particularly special. My local church has a really pretty stained glass window in royal blues, dark pinks, bright yellows and reds. When the sun shines through it's magic. I remember making my version of a stained glass window as a child. Cardboard and the jewel toned, plastic wrappers from sweets.
Nothing wrong with looking Jewish. I'd love to look like you. No freckles, perfect curls and tanned skin. A minger you're not.
Sara looks like a little pixie.
"P.S.
That's a really "saucy" pic of S&Em, isn't it guys?"---
Aw, no one caught on to my S&M joke. I ought to don some leather and spank someone!
Cathusmax,
that sounds like an amazing, unforgettable experience.
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That's a really "saucy" pic of S&Em, isn't it guys?"---
Aw, no one caught on to my S&M joke. I ought to don some leather and spank someone!
Cathusmax,
that sounds like an amazing, unforgettable experience.
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