An old hand, and two young hands

In the latest (12/21) New Yorker, two cartoons that especially caught my eye: one by a very old hand in the business, George Booth (now 94); the other by two young women (roughly 30), Sophie Lucido Johnson and Sammi Skolmoski (both of whom are writers as well as artists). The Booth is an absurd literalization of the idiom (put the) cart before the horse. The SLJ/SS is wryly funny as it stands, but gains immeasurably if you know about a particular children’s book. Booth, carts, and hors...

Birds as Characters in Fiction (75 books)

Listopia Birds as Characters in Fiction Fiction with birds as characters. Includes animal fiction, animal fantasy, anthropomorphic fiction, and xenofiction. All Votes Add Books To This List 1 Beak of the Moon by Philip Temple (Goodreads Author) 4.28 ...

CITIZEN KANE: T for Technique and T for Tragedy

Citizen Kane is the greatest movie ever made, but it’s not the greatest movie Orson Welles ever made. In his lifetime, he described the movie as a millstone around his neck. No one could ever appreciate anything else he made because it was always held to that impossible standard. With some distance and critical reappraisal behind us, now we can see that he never really failed to live up to the promise of Citizen Kane. If anything, he surpassed it. Kane reinvented filmmaking, but it looks down...

Purple Reign - contradictory use of the Royal color Purple in Disney animated Villains

The Erosion of Family in the ‘Poltergeist’ Films

"We’ve been trying to hold ourselves together as a family," says Diane Freeling (JoBeth Williams) to a team of paranormal investigators in 1982’s Poltergeist. By the time she utters those words in the film, director Tobe Hooper and producer/co-writer Steven Spielberg have shown the Freelings — matriarch Diane, patriarch Steven (Craig T. Nelson), teenage daughter Dana (Dominique Dunne), middle child Robbie (Oliver Robins) and the youngest daughter, Carol Anne (Heather O’Rourke) — to be a tight...

Christogram (Blessing)

Christogram (Blessing) This is a gesture known as the Christogram, and is considered the original "sign of the cross." The fingers are positioned to form the Greek letters ICXC, an abbreviation of the Greek name of Christ: IHCOYC XRICTOC. This gesture is ubiquitous in Renaissance images of Christ and the apostles, as well as in portraits of Saints and clergy. The Christogram is used today as a traditional gesture of blessing by priests in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Curiously, the s...

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Boy With Green Hair, The (1948) – FilmFanatic.org

I wonder if there is any sort of intertext with this film and the film Black and Blue, or the movie Blue (not the blue-screen one but the more recent one). -zas Boy With Green Hair, The (1948) "Green is the color of spring… It means hope, a promise of new life to come." Synopsis: A young war orphan (Dean Stockwell) living with a kind older man (Pat O’Brien) wakes up one morning to discover that his hair has turned green. Though ostracized by his friends and neighbors, he remains ...

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Skip to main content CultureWhy Are My Fellow Whites Still So Awful at Naming Children?Ensley? Kashton? Kairo? KAYCE?! Drew Magary on the terrible baby-naming epidemic of 2018. By Drew MagaryMay 17, 2018​Photo Illustration by Alicia Tatone You don’t need me to tell you that white people are feeling overly emboldened these days. It’s 2018 and the whites are out here being whiter than ever: watching Young Sheldon, calling the cops on black people for ordering cake pops, listening to Florida Geo...

Ends of the Earth - and the Quest for water

Finding Our Bearings with Art

Finding Our Bearings with Art Nowadays people believe that scientists exist to instruct them, poets and musicians to delight them. That these have something to teach them does not occur to them. – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Vermischte Bemerkungen We have come some way from the days when a stone torso fixed a poet and lead him to speak of its gaze, one that saw, even read him head to toe. For many if not most, it is now the reader or viewer or listener that sets the terms of such encounters, a...

Black Widow

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2Black Widow (idea)See all of Black Widow, there are 7 more in this node.(idea)by TheDeadGuy Sat Sep 28 2002 at 4:58:33 Slow death on two legs. Sure, there may be a male variety, but the female variety is the course of study in today's class. We're not misogynists here. We're students of the game of life. There is a broader definition of the black widow which makes her out to be the kind of villain that kills her mate, mimicking the behavior of ...

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Purple Camouflage semiotics from Philosopher AI

What is the history of purple camouflage?Purple camouflage first appeared in the early 19th Century with a minor surge at the end of World War II. The idea behind purple was that it would be more effective against nature, though this did not prove to be correct, as it had much less effect than green. It also turned out that many of the original purples were too bright for use in war zones and so they faded easily on dead bodies or other objects after being exposed to sunlight.The next major d...

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Philosopher AI - What is the symbolic representation that the color yellow serves in literature and film?

Philosopher AI - What is the symbolic representation that the color yellow serves in literature and film?SourceURL: https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/what-is-the-symbolic-representation-that-the-color-571a19 Philosopher AINew topicWhat is the symbolic representation that the color yellow serves in literature and film? ➹ Share ⟳ Try againI believe that the color yellow is symbolic of a child's naivety. It shows inexperience, and innocence in literature and film. For example, when we s...

Philosopher AI - Consistent symbolism of the color red in literature and film

Philosopher AINew topicConsistent symbolism of the color red in literature and film➹ Share ⟳ Try againHumans are utterly incapable of seeing anything as it is. Our perception is colored by countless things, such as our upbringing and culture, which tend to skew how we see the world in a particular way.31 Aug 2020, 20:22If we were to take a completely neutral stance and strip away all biases, then I would venture to suggest that the color red is not only associated with love in humans, but als...

Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?

Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?SourceURL: https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/what-is-the-literary-significance-of-a-missing-fin-0ab935 Philosopher AINew topicWhat is the literary significance of a missing finger?➹ Share ⟳ Try againFirstly, I have read the work of the philosopher Edmund Burke. He speaks about how people act and perceive one another in society. His theories on human nature derive from a basis of experience as well as observation.29 Aug...

Lugh (person) by Tlachtga - Everything2.com

Lugh (person) by Tlachtga Lugh Lamhfada "Lugh of the Long Arm" aka: Samildánach (CMT), Lug Lonnannsclech (CMT), Lug Laebach (Gwynn, III, 7) God of arts, warriors, and sovereignty. Etymology The origin of "Lugh"--and that of his Gaulish counterpart Lugus--is still a matter of debate. It may derive from *lug- "oath, pledge", which would fit with his role as a first function god in a Dumezilian structure. Alternately, it has been derived from the Proto-Indo European *leuk- "light", here perh...

Type Descriptions — The Enneagram Institute

The Nine Enneagram Type DescriptionsClick on any of the titles below to read detailed descriptions about each of the nine Enneagram types. 1 THE REFORMERThe Rational, Idealistic Type: Principled, Purposeful, Self-Controlled, and Perfectionistic2 THE HELPERThe Caring, Interpersonal Type: Demonstrative, Generous, People-Pleasing, and Possessive3 THE ACHIEVERThe Success-Oriented, Pragmatic Type: Adaptive, Excelling, Driven, and Image-Conscious4 THE INDIVIDUALISTThe Sensitive, Withdrawn Type: Exp...

Connie Reeves (person) by zgirll - Everything2.com

Connie Reeves (person) See all of Connie Reeves, no other writeups in this node. by zgirll (10 y) CC Rep: 23 ( +24 / -1 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Thu Aug 21 2003 at 15:13:01 "Always saddle your own horse." That was the motto of Connie Reeves, a legendary cowgirl who died in Texas yesterday at the age of 101 after being thrown off her favorite horse. Connie taught horseback riding at Waldamar Camp for Girls for over 70 years, finally retiring at the age of 96. Along with riding techn...