10/22/2020
time machine: 22 Oct
10/22/2018
Watching the Skies
When Star Wars hits too close to home
by Paul Crenshaw
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10/22/2014
Looking Good
In Thomas Struth's retrospective, sometimes his "precise looking" helps history flow. Sometimes it freezes it dead.
by James Polchin
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10/22/2012
The Art of the Art Heist
Painting symbolism
by Morgan Meis
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on walking
September 15, 2014
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Are cars turning human beings into quadrupeds? Or is there room for walking after all?
August 22, 2014
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In need of a burst of creativity? Go for a walk.
June 23, 2014
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How to overcome the argument that walking is too slow.
and the living’s easy
August 2, 2010
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Bathing suits. Bah! Humbug!
April 25, 2008
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The disappointment of going to the seaside on the cusp of summer.
August 6, 2007
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Why "Umbrella" is one (and "Zombie" wasn't).