The Creative Act: A Way of Being (2023)
“I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.” —Rick Rubin Just look at that beard. Music producers are known for finding a particular sound, but Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating […]
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Even with so many great moments of absurdist slap-stick silliness, it never devolves into mere farce.
Russia (Part 2)
From Russia With Love The next morning I awakened at around 9:00 to an amazing sunrise. The sun was a bright fluorescent orangey-pink muffled by purpley-grey misty clouds over the Neva and the City, and since we were so far north, it didn’t just rise UP, but also sideways, so it was over some buildings […]
