From Review:

“Elder examines how artists such as Brakhage, Artaud, Schneemann, Cohen and others have tried to recognize and to convey primordial forms of experiences. He argues that the attempt to convey these primordial modes of awareness demands a different conception of artistic meaning…”

http://www.amazon.com/Body-Vision-Representations-Recent-Poetry/dp/0889202761

Yes, ok, many will find this heavy going but as someone […]

Social media certainly connects us to whoever is on the other end of the line, and so extends our social networks in amazing ways. But this can come at the expense of deeper personal relationships. When it feels like we’re up-to-date on our friends’ lives through Facebook or Instagram, we may become less likely to call […]

Deconstruction…

My stats tell me that this pic posted on my tumblr over two years ago was (again) the most reposted and liked of all my pics in the last twelve months.

http://tantriclens.tumblr.com/post/56859895886/posted-by-tantriclens-choices-of-a-female

Why does one image stand out over another? The subject? The straight […]

I am constantly appalled by the lack of imagination in stock photographs that often illustrate great articles online. Even in major publications. As a photographer and a blogger I make an effort, why cant editors?

From the comments: As a freelance writer, I browse through stock photos quite a bit. I’m AMAZED at what passes for […]

“Another unary photograph is the pornographic photograph (I am not saying the erotic photograph: the erotic is a pornographic that has been disturbed, fissured). Nothing more homogeneous than a pornographic photograph. It is always a naive photograph, without intention and without calculation. Like a shop window which shows only one illuminated piece of jewelry, it […]