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 | 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 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 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 | Antisemitism, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Mystery, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time
Protestant church officials in Austria and Germany lobbied the West German government to try to help Adolf Eichmann after his 1960 arrest. In a letter to the foreign affairs department of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Eichmann was described as...