I've been reading a book about the foundations of Dada and Surrealism. I haven't gotten very far, since each page is loaded with information to process, as one attempts a translation of the visual workings of the brain into something coherent and legible. The two art movements are often lumped into the same category due [...]

Behind the scenes - The Housewife For the umpteenth time I have re-watched Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, a film about the connection between two people out of place in both physically their surroundings and metaphorically in their lives. Bob is the old actor, distanced from his wife and kids and distracted by Charlotte, the [...]

Dakhla When you sit in the window seat you can build an initial judgement of the city you’re about to embark in. You can see the greenery, the cars, the little-ant like people, the architecture. When you sit in the aisle however, you can only learn from what you casually read on Wikipedia the night [...]