Tag: artists
The Last Showgirl: Choosing A Life Committed to Art Is A Lonely and Defiant Road
There always comes a time in an artist’s life—whatever kind of artist they might be—when they reach “a certain age,” look around and suddenly realize [Read More…]
Showing Up: Far From Glamorous, Art Life Is Utterly Middling
There is an idea of art. Or rather, the “art life.” That it is somehow both debauched and glamorous—and also infinitely more exciting than the [Read More…]
Where’d You Go, Bernadette?: The Artist That Doesn’t Create Becomes A Menace to Society, But The True Artist IS A Menace to Society
A far cry from the likes of Slacker or A Scanner Darkly, Richard Linklater’s underrated adaptation of Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette? is perhaps [Read More…]
Does Tama Janowitz’s Slaves of New York Still Resonate in Modern New York?
Tama Janowitz, a member of the literary Brat Pack crème de la crème, released the novel, Slaves of New York, in 1986. A selection of intertwining stories, [Read More…]
