Continue Reading Art in Hiding Freeportism as a tool of speculation When I first came across the term Freeportism I wondered what it could possibly mean. Finding out made my heart sink. Did someone…
Continue Reading Tales of Spelunking Neanderthals re-visited Leave it to Heuer to read about one of the most fascinating discoveries of the last decade and have her wonder about…
Continue Reading A Week of Questions Nicely wrapped I find myself frequently asking “I wonder what, or why, or how…..” – often totally mundane reactions to something interesting I see…
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Continue Reading Wittgenstein’s Handles You won’t find it on Netflix, but there is a strange and delightful movie by Derek Jarman on Wittgenstein. http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/iwittgensteini_watch_derek_jarmans_tribute_to_the_philosopher_featuring_tilda_swinton_1993.html I came across it…
Continue Reading Pen Pals Charles Darwin's correspondents Creation, a 2009 movie about Charles Darwin, failed miserably at the box office. American distributors then and now refused to pick it…
Continue Reading The Human Condition The Philosophy of Hannah Arendt I remember receiving two presents for my 11th birthday. One was permission to treat my straight lanky hair to a curling iron….
Continue Reading Sailing the Seven Seas There are two categories of Dutch movies: one kind is populated with a lot of nasty Nazis and the other is swarming with patriotic colonialists sailing…
Continue Reading Ahead of her Time Netflix carries a movie How to make an American quilt that was scripted after a novel by Portland author Whitney Otto. One of…
Continue Reading Confessions of a Netflix Streamer I admit I watch a lot of Netflix. Mostly thrillers and mysteries. I tell myself it is to keep my languages up,…
