Notes from a pad in Oslo
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20060222  Feather Shirt and Branches, acrylic on canvas, 1997 Paintings | Joe Sorren 
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 20060218  Darkride Hot, acrylic on wooden panel, 2003 Paintings | Tim Biskup
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20060217 Currently Reading...  Tori Amos: Piece by Piece by Tori Amos and Ann Powers Booklist Review: Amos' music is the stuff of legend, literally: haunting music paired with lyrics that often mix mythology with the deeply personal. Her first book is a series of conversations between herself and journalist Ann Powers, with contributions from the people closest to her, such as her husband and the members of her band. The conversations run the gamut: Amos muses on everything from mythology and religion to songwriting to the hardships and joys of touring. But what really makes the book brilliant is Amos' interest in examining the roots of creativity and femininity. Her ruminations on creativity will resonate with any artist who has ever felt a kind of divine inspiration. Her observations about the challenge of the reconciling of the sexual and the sacred in women are equally astute. Amos also reveals a great deal about her personal history and family influences, from the maternal grandfather who shared rich Cherokee stories with her to the paternal grandmother who sought to control Amos' behavior through religion. Amos frankly discusses finding her own space and power in a world full of mixed messages and judgmental attitudes. Fans will also particularly enjoy the sections in which Amos analyzes the specific inspirations for several of her songs. Not just utterly engrossing, Amos' book is inspiring. First Line: Our mother is the ground we stand on, and the earth itself is our mother.
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20060216  The Prophet, bronze, 1919 Sculptures | Stanislav Szukalski
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20060213 The 78th Academy Awards Nominees for Best Foreign Language Film  Don't Tell Italy Directed by Cristina Comencini When a disturbing childhood memory surfaces, an actress undertakes a painful exploration into the past she has repressed. For Sabina, the sudden recollection of an act of molestation by her father leads her to visit her brother in America, where she will learn the truth about their troubled family history.  Joyeux Noël France Directed by Christian Carion On Christmas Eve, 1914, three groups of soldiers fighting in the trenches of France lay down their rifles and celebrate together in the barren stretch of No Man's Land that separates them. Beginning with an exchange of songs, the French, German, and Scottish soldiers search for a way to overcome--if only briefly--the conflict that divides them.  Paradise Now Palestine Directed by Hany Abu-Assad Over the course of twenty-seven hours, two young Palestinian men prepare themselves for a suicide bombing mission. For Said and Khaled, everyday life comes to an abrupt end when they are contacted by the guerrilla group to which they both belong and begin the process of taking their leave of family and friends.  Sophie Scholl - The Final Days Germany Directed by Marc Rothemund As they are distributing leaflets calling for an end to the war, twenty-one-year-old Sophie Scholl and her brother, Hans, are arrested and taken to Gestapo headquarters. There, over the last few days of her life, Sophie is interrogated about the details of her participation in the resistance group known as the White Rose.  Tsotsi South Africa Directed by Gavin Hood A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg finds a chance for redemption. Tsotsi--a nickname meaning "thug"--is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected until he discovers an infant in the back seat of a car he has stolen.
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20060210  The international jury of the 49th annual World Press Photo contest selected a colour image of the Canadian photographer Finbarr O'Reilly of Reuters as World Press Photo of the Year 2005. The picture shows the emaciated fingers of a one-year-old child pressed against the lips of his mother at an emergency feeding clinic in Niger. A devastating swarm of locusts and the worst drought in decades left millions of people short of food in the African state. The picture was taken in Tahoua, northwestern Niger, on 1 August 2005. Photography | World Press Photo of the Year 2005
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20060207  Marionettes | Scott Radke
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