During the 17th and 18th centuries, Holland was one of the richest countries on Earth - and when there are rich people, there are artists and artisans who craft and sell to them. A new painting style emerged, the still life (or nature morte in French), that was all the rage. Sumptuous displays of...
(2.5) First off, I had to keep a list of characters noting who they were and how they were related to one another because there were so many of them. This was ugly, mean, surreal, vulgar, hellish - Hollywood as the bowels of humanity. Everyone's an opportunist, and anything can be exploited and r...
1 Samuel 20:18 The following interview took place in 2010 and was redacted in the fall of 2013. I’m a gay man who happens to have had a handful of relationships—“serious” ones—with women. The last of these partnerships was unique in that it was the only union to produce ...
Tom-Tom poked her head in the room, groggily clocked the paramedics, & went back to sleep. Rikki borrowed Dr Phil’s old VW & followed the ambulance down. The winds were furious. The city below was bright & its landmarks brilliantly identifiable, like a city in a dream. He felt like he...