A Building Roam

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Monday, January 27, 2014

Brain Pickings spotlights an Alan Watts classic

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I could probably piggyback a Brain Pickings post at least once a week or so. It's surely one of the finest blogs on the internet and a ...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Falling Down the Kubrick Rabbit Hole

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Since first hearing about the documentary Room 237 about a year and a half ago, I've become increasingly interested in the artform o...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The Indigenous Arts of Moondog

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I don't know how it took me all this time before I finally discovered Moondog. But, thanks to the glory of the internet, once I taste...
Monday, January 6, 2014

Catching Up and Looking Forward

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Happy New Year! I must apologize for yet another extended absence (more than 2 months without any posts here) as my life continues to unde...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Short Reviews for Books Read in 2013

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In loosely chronological order... 1. Masks of the Illuminati by Robert Anton Wilson This was my first experience of RAW's fictiona...
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Monday, October 21, 2013

Indian Well with Escher-esque Stairs

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Via New Scientist : Between AD 600 and 1850, more than 3000 step wells were dug, by hand, in the Indian provinces of Gujarat and Rajast...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Finding Glimmers of Hope in Another Lost NY Mets Season

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All hail Lagares, the biggest bright spot on another losing team. Another New York Mets season is about to be put in the books and with ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Picasso's Guernica

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I recently re-watched one of my favorite films of all time, Children of Men , and the appearance of Picasso's Guernica caught my eye...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Saturn Returns

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There have been a few periods of long neglect in this blog's three-plus years of existence, but none which have coincided with as muc...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Further (Belated) Bloomsday 2013 Thoughts: A Quick Look at the Rumbold Scene

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Despite the air of its lofty reputation being one of haughty, high-brow , ivory tower academic density and seriousness, Ulysses is a da...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Discovering New Old Minds: Remedios Varo and others

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Personaje Astrale by Remedios Varos (1961) Somehow I've only just recently heard of this woman . The internet is a glorious place....
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NYC native, nomadic world traveler, food-for-thought gourmand, baseball fanatic, hip hop head, heavy reader, James Joyce enthusiast. "A Building Roam" is my vehicle for writing about all of these and more. Leave a comment or email me here.
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