Tag Archives: hemingway

I culture you: Take your vacation

Posted on August 2, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

You’ve been working very very hard, haven’t you? Poor thing, I know exactly how you feel. You know what you need? You need a little vacation. Go ahead — take a some time off. Relax. How you relax is a … Continue reading →

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Kill your Buddha

Posted on October 1, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

I try not to too often use this soapbox as a dispensary for artistic advice (my good friend Robin K. has that all sewn up for writers over at More Ink and for visual artists at Ink and Alchemy). But … Continue reading →

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Les Mis will unman us all

Posted on January 9, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

I dreamed a dream where I could go to the movies without publicly embarrassing myself. I’m a highly empathetic person, you see. When I see pain, I feel pain. And although I’m thoroughly masculine—truly as masculine as masculine can be—my … Continue reading →

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Ernest Hemingway: The Spanish Earth (1937)

Posted on March 10, 2012 by editor, facilitator, decider

What a cool find, and thanks as always, YouTube. This documentary provides not only one of the few surviving recordings of Hemingway’s voice (he narrated it), it also represents one of his only willing collaborations with the film industry (he … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 8, 2011 by editor, facilitator, decider

That’s Ava Gardner up there, making the moon eyes. Pretty much every candid picture you see of Hemingway is just like that – he’s the undisputed center of attention. Now a couple of movies, Midnight in Paris and Hemingway and … Continue reading →

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In praise of the green fairy (from afar)

Posted on May 7, 2011 by editor, facilitator, decider

Maybe it’s the rain. As we we enter our third or fourth week of gray, unrelenting drizzle, my mind turns introspective, nihilistic and utterly self-destructive. And since I lack the strength of will to open a vein, or even to … Continue reading →

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