Author Archives: ergene
where is the source of luminescence/
living in a world of saturated essence I carried an inner radiance I cherished
Read moreJohn Updike, in defense of the amateur reader
In this country now, public considerations of literary effort fall into two camps: There are those who, in newspapers and magazines, review the new books that are simultaneously appearing in the bookstores, and there are those who, in universities and colleges, present to students works of established merit. The former, in that even an adverse [...]
Read morenew year
When I say “have a wonderful new year”, I mean I want you to find yourself full of wonder, amazed by the beauty of the world around you, by the love of those you keep close, by the power of the music you make, allowing yourself to be forever changed and transformed, and like an [...]
Read morecircularity
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. – T.S. Eliot
Read morePhaedrus (Tippett)
Socrates says in the Phaedrus: There is a third form of possession or madness, of which the Muses are the source. This seizes a tender, virgin soul and stimulates it to rapt passionate expression, especially in lyric poetry. But if any man comes to the gates of poetry without the madness of the Muses, persuaded [...]
Read moreThe Unread: Mark Medley
Mark Medley Dec 9, 2011 The National Post Recently, I began to read Moby-Dick for the first time. I was inspired to take Melville’s 1851 classic novel off the shelf, in part, by the fact that three related books had come across my desk in short succession: Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding; Matt [...]
Read moreRob Giampietro (from Sophie)
Rob Giampietro on Design, Writing, and Pedagogy: Justin Kropp’s interview with Project Projects principal, Rob Giampietro, who gives insight into the graphic design process and the evolution of the discipline. Giampietro concludes with a series of advice for those just starting to build a studio; tips that can in the main be applied to entrepreneurs [...]
Read moreZeami, student-actor’s progression
“There is a principle that ‘at each level of accomplishment, there are new levels of fresh experience that the actor must encounter for the first time, as though he were a beginner, and then never forget.’ This means that, for the actor, from his beginnings through the height of his career and into his old [...]
Read moreThe Peggy Glanville Hicks Address
Simone Young (The Australian, August 6, 2010) Peggy Glanville Hicks Address (edited version). August 2, 2010 Sydney. Questions are regularly raised as to the relevance of classical music, or the classical arts in general, in an age where statements of policy, intention, emotion, commitment or criticism are reduced to a punchy line of no more [...]
Read moreto transfigure the everday
Truth is some sort of an absolute. If we begin to tell lies for any cause, however good, we hurt ourselves, whether we know it or not. Beauty is another absolute. When we let the common level of our social link sink away too far from the beautiful and the comely, we suffer as sharply [...]
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