Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Art Art Art, Entertainment on Aug 5th, 2010
Miles wonders what sort of dad Captain Crunch might make. Jaclyn is cranky when she catches cold. Nicole is the MacGyver of the Connecticut woods. What else did we learn on Work of Art Episode 9?
Certainly very little about guest judge Michele Oka Doner. And why are we offered guest judges again? Might it be [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Entertainment on Jul 29th, 2010
They’re tired. They’re stressed. They’re young.
Work of Art Episode 8, “Opposites Attract,” offers a reasonable challenge balancing specificity and free reign – in itself a fitting representation of the parameters of this week’s project. The remaining six artists are paired in teams, and tasked with collaborating on dualities: male and female, Heaven and Hell, [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Entertainment on Jul 22nd, 2010
It came to me in my sleep. Oh, it was hardly a revelation. But it was some sort of clarity. Hmm. Sleeping. Was I channeling Miles?
Work of Art Episode 7 may have been titled Child’s Play, but it should have been called Infancy. And that’s the perfect metaphor to address this show in its current [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Language, Lifestyle, Morning Musing on Jul 20th, 2010
It’s the word that popped into my mind a few minutes ago. Intervention. I am late to writing today because I’ve been translating reviews from French into English for a painter. “Life intervenes,” I thought to myself, smiling, knowing that however much I want to start my day by writing – for myself – responsibility [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Business, Culture, Entertainment on Jul 19th, 2010
Buzz over a celebrity engagement. Buzz over bad behavior. Buzz over a new gadget, or political scandal. Hello Levi and Bristol? Mel Gibson? The iPhone4? Mark Sanford, or maybe even Al and Tipper Gore?
Buzz over our favorite television shows, like reality TV. Buzz over Erik and Miles, name calling on Work of Art.
Controversy causes buzz; [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Entertainment on Jul 15th, 2010
Welcome to the Work of Art Episode 6 smack-down! We’re about midway through Season 1, so isn’t it time to see if the contestants play well in groups?
Yes, indeed. It wouldn’t be the formula we love to hate if we didn’t stir the pot, turn up the heat, and watch our favorite personalities go at [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Entertainment on Jun 17th, 2010
You snooze, you lose?
When artist Miles Mendenhall is sleep-deprived, apparently he has a tough time of it. In this week’s episode of Bravo TV’s Work of Art, he sleeps through a critical part of the challenge – time during which the contestants are to salvage material from an appliance graveyard, with which to make sculptural [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyle on Jun 15th, 2010
I would say “I couldn’t help myself,” but I don’t care for that expression. I could chalk it up to needing to stay plugged into pop culture as a selfless act of serious journalism, but I don’t think you’d buy it.
Instead, I’ll cop to my addiction to Real Housewives of New York City, and admit [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Entertainment on Jun 10th, 2010
It’s early yet. But so far, so good.
Last evening’s debut of Bravo TV’s Work of Art: America’s Next Great Artist was not an entertainment FAIL. Nor was it a creative FAIL. In fact, Episode 1 rates a surprisingly pleasant thumbs up from this viewer. Less of a surprise was producer Sarah Jessica Parker’s arrival [...]
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Language, Lifestyle on Jun 5th, 2010
Do you believe you can change? Do you want to change – if not in a major way, then subtly – for instant gratification or something more enduring?
Let’s see. There’s my messy kitchen. My disastrous closets. Oh yes, I can think of a few things I’d like to change. May I borrow from the classics of [...]
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