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AITKEN: Weird and surreal time to be creating, often working with fragments. Process of creativity now is almost like welding little pieces of information together. . .an endless kaleidoscope. For me, the creative process is an attempt to navigate this and perhaps temporarily make some sense of it.

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"Images in Kohei Yoshiyuki’s series Koen (‘The Park’) push boundaries of visibility and human perception. They activate our vision where it usually fails – in the dark. . .taking his camera on vespertine prowls of Tokyo’s public parks, furtively capturing Peeping Toms he found watching people engaged in sexual acts"

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The theatrical creative spectacles / The clothes / The energy drama / The music / The men

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"soundstage recreations of Mexico City and Ecuador, shot in the famous Cinecittà Studios in Rome, are as unreal as they appear in the novel."

& Referencing Jean Cocteau's 1950 film ORPHEUS makes for my perfect wake-up material on a Friday morning in LA. Insightful piece on Luca Guadagnino's great new film of Wm Burrough's 1985 novel QUEER (written in '52).

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Cinematography by Roger Deakins - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

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They just don't come any better. Films and people.

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Brand new painting by longtime friend & colleague, DAN McCLEARY.

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Francis Bacon - Portrait of George Dyer and Lucian Freud, 1967

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Finally catching up with this one - & it was everything its reputation purported it to be. I understand Part 2 is even better. The original novel is probably my most fav sci fi book.