Torsade Literary Space On Taste: You and Society (part two)
My Curious Reading On Taste: You and Society (part two) Canonized taste in the matter of poetry. “A poem has to make me think…contain one striking image…illuminate the struggle of existence through intimate experience…” Such statements may be gropings after a true value. […]
The Yellow Press: a mini-biography of the Sugar King
My Curious Reading The Yellow Press: part one The Yellow Press was not a term the reading public coined for journalism; it was a term newspapers used to excoriate one another. The feuds erupted notably in the year 1898, when America entered its war with Spain over Cuba. That same year, the term […]
On Taste: You and Society (part one)
My Curious Reading You and Society (part one) Mt. Olympus Syndrome and Literary prizes Taste as Franchise Your taste, at the level of broad society, takes on characteristics from a pressure to conform, not to a group’s passing fancy (or your own passing […]
On Taste: You and Your Peers (part one)
My Curious Reading presents: On Taste: You and Your Peers (part one) The commonly received picture of very tasteful décor, or fashion, is monotonality, lack of pattern and trim; also, the color must be muted, neutral—with few exceptions, pale. White rooms, their occupants dressed in black…the classic mental picture of […]
On Taste: You, Yourself
My Curious Reading An appeal to the senses. You, Yourself Taste can be understood both as a system of aesthetics, and a guideline to propriety. Regarding what might be labeled presentation, all things seen and owned, taste has two aspects: preference, and received perception. That is, […]
Cats Gone By: Guilty Parties
Cats Gone By: Guilty Parties Lorenzo Seymour Bucky and Louis Bucky at Eighteen This spot by the register is a favorite with all the elderly kitties. They push up against the metal, and nod off. I was looking though an old photo album for art subjects. […]