by Pier Marton | Oct 16, 2011 | Care, Dance, Humor, Ideas, Music, Mystery, Sci/Nat, Teach
โWe canโt define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into that paralysis of thought that comes to philosophersโฆ one saying to the other: โyou donโt know what you are talking about!โ. The second one says: โwhat do you mean by talking? What do you mean by you?...
by Pier Marton | Oct 8, 2011 | Art, Asia, Care, Dance, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, Film, Highlights, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, KeyFilm, Mystery, Objects, Poet, Politics, Review, Sound, STL, Teach, Time, Video
โ more about non-violent media โ PEACE My short review:ย Are you familiar with Barthesโ โDegree Zero of Writing,โ Lรฉvinasโs philosophy of caress* or Ozuโs elliptical cinema? For the viewer of this astounding film these came to mind, but all that is required is the...
by Pier Marton | Oct 5, 2011 | Art, Books, Care, Death, Eco, Future Tech, Health, Humor, Ideas, Idรฉes, 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 Joeโs, Southwest Airlines and R.E.I., that keeps reminding customers that they are always rightโฆ a great...
by Pier Marton | Sep 26, 2011 | Asia, Books, Care, Eco, Ego, Health, Highlights, Ideas, Mystery, Now, Site
I amย sorry about the ?? instead of the Thai characters โ on my previous WordPress.com blog, it worked fine. I have tried some of the tips provided here โ http://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-converted-to-question-marks-on-save?replies=39 โ but I need...
by Pier Marton | Sep 18, 2011 | Antisemitism, Future Tech, Humor, Ideas, Idรฉes, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Spectacle, Travel, Wars
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by Pier Marton | Sep 14, 2011 | Death, Film, France, Humor, Ideas, Idรฉes, Jewish, Juif, Music, Poet, Politics, Racism, Shoah, STL, Wars
(older review of mine) Besides the homage to Gainsbourgโs musical talents, this film about one of France most famous singers is, as it should be, made by a connoisseur, a (multi-talented) French Jew, Joann Sfar, who understands what stands behind Gainsbourgโs purchase...