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Contemporary Profiles: Guy Delisle
By Geo Ong Travelogues have for some time now been my favourite things to read. These written accounts provide so much for me: entertainment, insight, and most importantly, inspiration. A handful of my favourite books are travelogues. Furthermore, a good … Continue reading
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Tagged animators, artists, books, burma, burma chronicles, contemporary profiles, graphic travelogues, guy delisle, illustrators, jerusalem, myanmar, pyongyang, shenzhen, travel writers, travelogues
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Contemporary Profiles: Terrence Malick
By Geo Ong It’s a bit odd to call Terrence Malick a contemporary artist. After all, his debut feature film Badlands was released in 1973. In terms of career span, Malick’s productivity rate is a bit comparable to Thomas Pynchon, … Continue reading
Contemporary Profiles: St. Vincent
By Geo Ong She’s a bossa nova acoustic virtuoso. She’s a lounge singer. She’s a Disney-esque score composer. In the same song, she’s a grunge rocker. She’s St. Vincent. She’s a young musician from Dallas who has so far put … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, annie clark, arrested development, artistic convergences, Bossa Nova, classical music, contemporary profiles, dallas, disney, film scores, grunge, guitar, human racing, jazz, john wayne, lounge music, marry me, music composing, st. vincent, the bed, the party, the strangers, what me worry
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Contemporary Profiles: Walton Ford
By Geo Ong As we speak, there are people out there tilling their creative fields in amazing and innovative ways. These artists are found in nearly every medium, from painting to music to journalism to culinary arts. The Urchin Movement … Continue reading
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Tagged art books, books, charles darwin, contemporary art, contemporary artists, contemporary profiles, falling bough, john james audubon, madagascar, monographs, narrative in painting, natural history, naturalism, painters, painting, paintings, pancha tantra, pigeons, taschen, walton ford, watercolours
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