Is there a copy of Janet Malcolm’s “A Girl of the Zeitgeist” floating around in the Internet? I would like to read it.
“Sischy once said to me, ‘My greatest love is Conceptual art. I may be even more interested in thinking than in art.’ She added, ‘René and I used to have an argument. He’d say something like, ‘Well, that work is really beautiful,’ and I’d say ‘So?’ and he’d say ‘Well, you hate art if you say ‘So?’ about something being beautiful,’ and I’d say—and I’ve come to realize that it’s more complicated than this—’Well, maybe I just hate art when the only thing going for it is that it’s beautiful.’”—Janet Malcolm (1986) | New Yorker
Lemme know if you have an Oct. 20, 1986 issue of the New Yorker.
Man was made for the highest activity, which is, in fact, his rest.
What Does a Conductor Do? by Justin Davidson | NYMag
In the concert hall, I have seen conductors who look like they’re hugging pillows or digging up sod, making moves that appear barely related to the score, getting magnificent results. (I have also seen leaders of crystalline precision make dull and brittle music.)
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Lifting the baton feels a little like getting ready to push off from the top of a ski slope, in that I’ll move in the right direction whatever I do, and also because fear will cause disaster.
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Ernest Hemingway: war hero, big-game hunter, ‘gin-soaked abusive monster’ by James Campbell
