I was reading Of Human Bondage the other night after I met a pretty girl from Portland. Philip described the paintings of El Greco, specifically his “View and Plan of Toledo, as those which led him to understand that life is about vivacity and virility. Only two of El Greco’s landscapes exist today. The one… Continue reading El Greco’s “View of Toledo”
Category: art for art’s sake
>Ode to Work
> Recently I’ve been thinking about work. Not just work, but reconciling public opinion and the drive to get ahead in the rat race with my own intuition and creative drive. And I’ve realized that they don’t have to be necessarily reconciled. All it takes is work. If you are a young writer who wants… Continue reading >Ode to Work