How much can be communicated in a room of quiet? Since March 14th, Marina Abramovic has sat in silence, across from strangers who stand in line to commune with her, in her MoMa exhibit called “The Artist is Present.” No gestures, facial expressions, or talking. Some stay minutes, others longer. In addition to a live […]
Fear of Wasted Time
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! I love you! I thought this post might be the perfect Mother’s Day gift–for those of you “done” being parents (are you ever really done?), for those of you in the throes of parenthood, or for those of you who do not have kids. Did I wrangle everyone up? Imagine: you’re […]
What 10 Books Have Influenced How You Look At the World?
We have winners for the two up-for-grab issues of Books & Culture, May/June 2010 issue! Renae and Lindsey. Congratulations, you two! If you’ll e-mail me at comment4elissa at gmail dot com and provide me with your addresses, I shall send them straightaway. Happiest of reading to you. John Wilson, my editor at Books & Culture, […]
Soultribes and Stuffed French Toast
I’ve been sitting in the peanut gallery for a while on the first topic (heavens, what’s there to wait for with the Stuffed French Toast??), simply because I was wary at first. The next best thing isn’t always the next best thing, and you know, I was a little timid to get involved. Rachelle has […]
Extraordinary Women
The Time Magazine list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World is always fascinating, because for every person listed, you know there are thousands of unknown others who are also humbly changing the world. To my delight, under the Heroes section, Ang Lee (the Taiwanese-born director of Brokeback Mountain) applauds a Taiwanese woman, […]