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Joe Pollack, 81, dies today.

by Pier Marton | Mar 9, 2012 | Books, Death, Film, Food, Jewish, Review, STL

Joe Pollack, beloved writer/critic, has died today. It is a sad day for St. Louis. His last film review posted by his wife Ann, after his death this morning. An earlier review of Food, Inc. – the movie. Harper Barnes on Joe Pollack. Click to email a link to a friend...

Alter Goldman Interview (Le Père de Pierre & Jean-Jacques’s Father)

by Pier Marton | Mar 6, 2012 | Antisemitism, Books, Ego, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Politics, Racism, Spectacle, Wars

English Below Entretien avec Alter Goldman (L’homme qui est entré dans la loi : Pierre Goldman) Wladimir Rabi (Editions La Pensée Sauvage, supplément à la revue “les temps modernes” numéro 353, décembre 76) Voici comment le père s’exprime malgré son allergie “à toute...

Learning Jargonese (Hiding Behind Words)

by Pier Marton | Mar 3, 2012 | Books, Death, Eco, Future Tech, History, Human Rights, Humor, Media, Poet, Politics, Sounds, Teach, Text, Time, Wars

From the Battle of Ideas Conference in 2008 The language of politics today seems to be all hat and no trousers, with politicians muttering about ‘inclusive diversity culture’ and the ‘values vacuum’, or holding forth on ‘sustainable development’, ‘extraordinary...

Les Enfants Cachés en France de Natalie Zajde

by Pier Marton | Feb 14, 2012 | Antisemitism, Books, France, Health, History, Juif, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Women

Nathalie Zajde dessine le portrait d’une vingtaine de ces enfants cachés, anonymes ou célèbres, comme Boris Cyrulnik, Serge Klarsfeld, Saul Friedländer, André Glucksmann… Elle a aussi publié Enfants de survivants et Guérir de la Shoah. Click to email a link to a...

EVERYTHING depends on YOU…

by Pier Marton | Feb 10, 2012 | Asia, Books, Care, Death, Ego, France, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Mystery, Poet, Racism, Software, Spectacle, Teach

… the good and the bad. You are in charge, even if you are dying. To be remembered till the end… – Samuel Beckett ” Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” “I can’t go on, I will go on.” – Don Miguel “Don’t Take Anything Personally....

Carnage – Polanski’s Film

by Pier Marton | Feb 9, 2012 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Ego, Film, France, Humor, Jewish, Juif, Politics, Review, Shoah, Spectacle, STL, Theater, Wars, Women

At The Tivoli Theater in St. Louis for one more week… My review: “Civilization is what makes you sick.” – Paul Gauguin Some people profess to teach the humanities, others purport to have become specialists in civility, teaching and publishing on the topic, and one...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus