Marapixia

Ah downtown

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:55:38 -0400

Ah downtown

Photo

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:59:57 -0400

nevver: The National Trust

Thu, 30 May 2013 02:26:44 -0400

nevver:

The National Trust

Ah chicago.

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:35:54 -0400

Ah chicago.

realgrumpycat: Grumpy Cat

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:43:57 -0400

realgrumpycat:

Grumpy Cat

nevver: Alive without breath, Keng Lye

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:14:46 -0400

nevver:

Alive without breath, Keng Lye

nevver: Choctone

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:03:45 -0400

nevver:

Choctone

nevver: The Year in Pies

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:50:20 -0400

nevver:

The Year in Pies

Love those 70s fonts.

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:28:57 -0400

Love those 70s fonts.

nevver: Red State Yep. That reminds me, I need to renew mine.

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:34:06 -0400

nevver:

Red State

Yep. That reminds me, I need to renew mine.

oliviagiovetti: I’m not sure I have fully recovered yet from...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:24:01 -0400

oliviagiovetti:

I’m not sure I have fully recovered yet from the Met’s Parsifal. I’m not sure I’ll ever fully recover from it and its transfixing and transporting vocal, musical, and visual beauty. It’s the kind of mesmerizing power that makes you want to run off to the woods of Montsalvat and devote your life to some sort of Higher Purpose, even if by nature of being Jewish guarding a holy grail isn’t exactly the most appropriate choice.

On the other hand, though there’s a spiritual dimension to this particular Parsifal experience in all its simplicity and starkness. But it’s not necessarily a religious rite. This is Grotowski or Brecht at the opera. It’s all-encompassing and miring in its totality. One of the best nights I’ve had at the Met ever, and certainly one of the best in recent years. Jonas Kaufmann was heartbreaking in his transformation from brash angry young man to holy fool; Peter Mattei’s utter commitment to the physical breakdown of Amfortas was staggering (no pun intended). And René Pape’s Gurnemanz could start a religious following in and of itself.

What’s most affecting about this Parsifal, however, is what it creates in the individual (despite the group mentality that comes with Wagner, religion, and opera on the whole). The colors of the nebulous clouds matched my own personal synesthetic experiences of the music, and the overall effect left me nostalgic for something simpler, more innocent, and more childlike, perhaps something I never even experienced myself as a child. But it isn’t a warm nostalgia, rather it’s the realization of something missing — and emotional phantom limb syndrome. When the male chorus fall to their knees at the sight of the grail, that impetus extends into the audience. I wanted to lie in the aisle of the Met and soak the music in the way a heroin junkie will sprawl out listening to Billie Holiday. Perhaps not the effect Wagner would have gone for, but his judgment has always been a bit questionable.

(Photos by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera)

All my wisdom is from food receipts.

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:38:13 -0500

All my wisdom is from food receipts.

Photo

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:14:54 -0500

nevver: What we’re reading

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:14:01 -0500

nevver:

What we’re reading

Yeah found it. #central&fullerton

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:09:38 -0500

Yeah found it. #central&fullerton

nevver: Great Lakes States

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:26:03 -0500

nevver:

Great Lakes States

adrldtrt: Save Detroit Kickstarter (by...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:27:11 -0500

adrldtrt:

Save Detroit Kickstarter (by DetroitBlankCity)

Fucking brilliant.

littlepawz: Home….be it ever so humble…

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 23:26:21 -0500

littlepawz:

Home….be it ever so humble…

50 Collective Nouns

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:15:24 -0500

50 Collective Nouns:

nevver:

Business of Ferrets
Labor of Moles
Mustering of Storks
Shrewdness of Apes
Gam of Whales
Smack of Jellyfish
Host of Angels
Fusillade of Bullets
A Baptism of Fire
Quiver of Arrows
Tissue of lies
Murder of Crows
Unkindness of Ravens
Dule of Doves
Clowder, Cluster, or Clutter of Cats
Kindle of Kittens
Mute of Hounds
Pass of Asses
Ostentation of Peacocks
Team of Ducks (when flying)
Paddling of Ducks (when on water)
Trip of Goats
Sloth, or Sleuth, of Bears
Charm of Finches
Hill of Beans
String of Ponies
Hand of Bananas
College of Cardinals
Shock of Corn
Band of Men
Knot of Toads
Wedge of Swans (when flying)
Parliament of Owls
Superfluity of Nuns
Abominable Sight of Monks
Untruth of Summoners
Doctrine of Doctors
Damning of Jurors
Sentence of Judges
A Rascal of Boys
A Gaggle of Women
A Gaggle of Gossips
An Impatience of Wives
A Tabernacle of Bakers
A Poverty of Pipers
A Fighting of Beggars
A Neverthriving of Jugglers
A Herd of Harlots
A Worship of Writers
Hastiness of Cooks
more

daily-owls: By ~assumed-name

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:38:18 -0500

daily-owls:

By ~assumed-name