by Pier Marton | Oct 5, 2011 | Art, Books, Care, Death, Eco, Future Tech, Health, Humor, Ideas, Idées, iOS, iPhone, Mac, Middle-East, Quotes, Software
Steve Jobs was so taken by a typography class in college that no detail was ever irrelevant (cf. below). Apple ended up being one of those companies, like Trader Joe’s, Southwest Airlines and R.E.I., that keeps reminding customers that they are always...
by Pier Marton | Sep 6, 2011 | Art, Books, Care, Dance, Death, Health, History, Mystery, Time
His first book, “The Story of Forgetting,” was translated into 12 languages. His second novel, “Storm at the Door,” is taking off too: One of the bravest and the most beautiful books I have ever read. Karen Russell in the NY Times....
by Pier Marton | Sep 5, 2011 | Art, Ego, Film, Health, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Politics, Spectacle, STL, Teach
Defending, once more, the underdog in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Thank you, Bill! BILL MCCLELLAN: A MAN OF THE ARTS ENDURES HARD TIMES “Not so long ago, Pier Marton seemed a picture of success. He taught at Washington University in the film and media studies...
by Pier Marton | Sep 4, 2011 | Art, Death, Film, Health, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Mystery, Poet, Review, STL, Theater
A short review: Restoration “Cracks let the light in” says Leonard Cohen; director Yossi/Joseph Madmony gambled on Sasson Gabay, the venerable Israeli actor, to trust the eloquence of his face to carry that light, and he won! A great many subtleties anchor...
by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2011 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Juif, Media, Middle-East, Now, Objects, Politics, Quotes, Roma, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women
For more about escaping language/words: the Dictionary of Imploded Meanings. If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn’t or who was stopped “dead in his tracks.” An excerpt from Beyond Belief (Against the Weapons of Mass Distraction):...
by Pier Marton | Aug 21, 2011 | Art, Care, Dance, Doc, Eco, Exp, Film, France, Idées, Mystery, Objects, Poet, Politics, Sci/Nat, Sound, Spectacle, Travel
Science is Fiction! His website/son site web et un court-métrage hommage. http://youtu.be/6pHd1n4mAm4 http://youtu.be/-pbjG8X0BxI http://youtu.be/MfMeXel1gDw http://youtu.be/vlgJ5Jk30zk EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...