Spirited Away: A Very Short Review
Somehow over the years I have missed all things Miyazaki. I blame this on my children, who were never interested in anime or Japanese film.
Somehow over the years I have missed all things Miyazaki. I blame this on my children, who were never interested in anime or Japanese film.
One of the things I do when I do a Big Apple theater run is I vary my diet. (I think the last time I
When you think of actor Hugh Jackman, does the image of Wolverine flash into your mind? Then you’re not a musical theater fan! He’s starring
Sometimes it takes a while for the stars to align. After red-hot tryouts in Edinburgh, the UK, and Chicago, SIX, the new musical, was supposed
People in Europe do not worry about reusing old stuff. The continent is packed full of old stuff. Every time they dig for a parking
Roof tiles fascinate me. Robert Heinlein said once that a house’s job, broadly speaking, is to keep off the rain. And to do this you
This is a particularly nice example of shuffling and reshuffling an ancient building. The picture is of one of the gates into Diocletian’s palace, visible
When the Emperor Diocletian decided to retire, he built himself a palace on the other side of the Adriatic. This got him out of Rome,
The reuse of old structures fascinates me. And there is nowhere like Europe for upcycling buildings. They’ve been doing this since the Neolithic. I have
The last time I came this way I was only about 5 hours north of Barcelona, in southern France. Everyone said I should go visit
When do you know that a work is finished? I’m sure everyone reading this has seen Sleeping Beauty, the Walt Disney movie. You recall that
A painting with water has reflections. It’s one of the favorite things painters do to show off. Reflective or clear things, like glass vases or
I love to paint clouds. Like John Constable, I’ve done pages and pages of cloud study. The Chinese painters specialize in one subject: horses, or