"Advertising power houses use psychoanalytic techniques under the rubric of “theater of the mind,” and only the marginalized think to argue with success." Jonathan Beller (Cinematic Mode of Production) "In the case of the Sagrada Família, being a man with such a powerful imagination, Gaudí was constantly making changes to it as the building progressed. They’ve started work on it again now, adding new things as it nears completion, and it will probably end up looking completely different. The man from whose imagination it grew has passed on, so I think it’d be best not to work on it any more but to leave it unfinished." Ando Tadao (Art It) “What is represented in ideology is therefore … [Read more...]
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We Are of All Men Most Miserable
December 4, 2024 by 2 Comments
"We are all interpreters, and the world is our text. We interpret to survive, for although the world is our text, it is not an open book." George Stade (NY Times, review of Frank Kermode's Genesis of Secrecy) "Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ … [Read more...]
