Posts Tagged ‘Memes’
A Paucity of Hope
Turns out that running a political campaign on a vague, all-inclusive slogan like "Hope" can be a dangerous game. For the idealistic among us, Obama's call for us to unleash our hope meant unleashing that latent desire for a new kind of politics. For the needy, hope could mean emergency help right now, on the line. "Hope for me is I'll finally [...]
The Universal Rules of Framing Part II. What Does The Proscenium Frame?
English man of letters Samuel Taylor Coleridge crafted the phrase “willing suspension of disbelief” to describe what it takes for us to be able to take a fresh look at something. When we settle into our seats in a theater and gaze up at the proscenium, that framed and draped window where a play or movie or opera is about to come alive, we are [...]
The Universal Rules for Framing
A few years ago, my son Max and I were at the Guggenheim in New York, spiraling our way down through a show of Very Important Paintings. It was one of those shows that just wasn’t working for either of us. But we like to discuss what we’re looking at, just for the pleasure of comparing perceptions. I suggested we talk about the framing and [...]
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