Rereading it in preparation for the class, I was struck by a simple but surprisingly deep question: what does it mean for something to be haunted? Not on the surface, but as part of a deeper cultural question. What does it make sense to think of as being haunted?
Read MoreThere’s something there – something in the use of representational art works and artists in a genre virtually defined by the unrepresentable quality of its subjects – but where are we?
Read MoreHere we are again! The summer drags, kicking and screaming, to its close; I once again have only the worst tan lines; the kiddos are going back to school.
Read MoreThe work continues, and we try to make things better where we can — and when we can’t do that, we distract ourselves!
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