Recent Reads

I am endeavouring to be better with keeping track of my reading; unsurprisingly, much of my reading has been non-fiction like the glorious catalogue for the tarot exhibit at Accademia Carrara, which is not only full of gorgeous plates, but there are even English translations of all the essays in the back (ah, those blue…

Surreal Noir: Ep2 on YouTube!

Episode Two is now live! EPISODE TWO Original Audio 25 Aug 21 Episode Two: Surreal portraiture—-Muse or artist? Can you fall in love with a picture? Can you fall in love with someone from a picture? What about self-portrait? How do you conjure the image of yourself? How much do you reveal? How much do you…

Charlotte Brontë: The Professor

An impulse at the Oxfam Book Shop — AKA my local kryptonite dealer (must weed some more to donate)! Undoubtedly it’s due in part to the end of my career as a tenured professor (though in this story it is ‘professor’ in the French sense of teacher). Anyway, I always enjoy spending some time with…