by Pier Marton | Oct 16, 2011 | Care, Dance, Humor, Ideas, Music, Mystery, Sci/Nat, Teach
“We can’t define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into that paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers… one saying to the other: “you don’t know what you are talking about!”. The second one says: ‘what do you mean...
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
– more about non-violent media – PEACE My short review: Are you familiar with Barthes’ “Degree Zero of Writing,” Lévinas’s philosophy of caress* or Ozu’s elliptical cinema? For the viewer of this astounding film these came to...
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 26, 2011 | Asia, Books, Care, Eco, Ego, Health, Highlights, Ideas, Mystery, Now, Site
I am sorry about the ?? instead of the Thai characters – on my previous WordPress.com blog, it worked fine. I have tried some of the tips provided here – http://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-converted-to-question-marks-on-save?replies=39 – but I need...
by Pier Marton | Sep 18, 2011 | Antisemitism, Future Tech, Humor, Ideas, Idées, 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, Idées, Jewish, Juif, Music, Poet, Politics, Racism, Shoah, STL, Wars
(older review of mine) Besides the homage to Gainsbourg’s 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...