It’s been a while since my electronic friend Carolyn has sent me more than the occasional “like” or “I’m still trying to figure out why I don’t have more time to”. I was pleased, therefore, to receive the following longer… Read More ›
Month: December 2013
On Shunga and learning how to feel what when
As revised in 2017 for publication in Art, Sex, Politics (Serving House Books). For the “source text” of this essay—an adaptation of an e-mail to a French friend—see Le Shunga et le savoir-sembler-sentir. This piece also has a companion: Balthus… Read More ›
Le Shunga et le savoir-sembler-sentir
Adapté d’un e-mail à une amie parisienne Drôle d’expo au British Museum : Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art. Des murs, des salles couvertes de tableaux et de gravures explicites si pas vraiment érotiques. Comme dans toutes les expositions, les visiteurs passent… Read More ›
Does reading interrupt life, or life reading?
A few new one- and two-liners to ring in a new format for Montaigbakhtinian. Lesson of the body surfer: The size of the wave matters and so does your position, and your courage. There is some connection between God, or… Read More ›