Top o’ the Heap Is Still a Heap
I am on page 311 of the Contemporary Classics 40th Anniversary edition of The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. For those of you who may not have this edition, that means … Continue reading
Beauty/Boundaries
I submit to you Exhibit A: beau-ty: 1. the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory … Continue reading
Satisf[r]action
A long time ago I wrote an article on the pleasure/power of gazing. Using Laura Mulvey’s seminal essay on “Visual Pleasure in Narrative Cinema” and Alfred Hitchcock’s landmark film Vertigo, I explored … Continue reading
See[Gaze]ing
I went up to the water a little afraid of my horizon. If the earth tipped just the slightest bit, the shallow edge would pocket me in an instant. I … Continue reading
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