Tag Archives: Park Slope
The truth and words
Of Writers and Authors Words are everywhere. They surround us very much like the air we breathe. Sometimes they are visible, in bookstores, in grocery stores, or on bill boards. Sometimes they are invisible: you see the leather seats, but … Continue reading
The truth and oral history: The Double Life of the Interview
BROOKLYN READING WORKS org. Louise Crawford guest curator John A. Guidry THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011 8:00 – 10:00 PM Where: OLD STONE HOUSE at J. J. BYRNE PLAYGROUND 5th Avenue in Park Slope between 3rd and 4th Streets (718) 768-3195 … Continue reading
Filed under ideas, journalism, knowledge, life, literature, media, Park Slope, writing
Another year and we remember, 2010
For three years, from 2007 to 2009, I was able to look out of my living room window every September 11 and see the Tribute in Light over downtown New York. Last year, I posted photos by my neighbor and … Continue reading
Truth and Rocket Science – guest stenographer
Photograph courtesy of Visual Stenographers: Atiba T. Edwards + Emma Raynor The Scoop Photographs from Truth and Rocket Science—some already published on this site and some from my archives—are now being featured on the blog “Visual Stenographers,” which is published … Continue reading
Filed under art, ideas, journalism, media, Park Slope, politics, truth
E/F – The glass (or cup, as it were) of coffee
Thomas Pynchon once imagined a conversation between Mason and Dixon (of the “line” fame, not the knitters, or the pollsters) that is as true in the twenty-first century as it must have been in the eighteenth. Mason asked Dixon, How … Continue reading
Filed under fiction, freedom, ideas, individuality, life, Park Slope, philosophy, politics, revolution, struggle, truth
The truth and type-casting
There are two kinds of people: those who follow and those who don’t. Of followers, there are two kinds: those who stay put, and those who go somewhere. Of followers who go somewhere, there are two kinds: those who are … Continue reading
The truth and the still
The still photograph is not so still. The photograph asks questions. It suggests a story. It presents an idea in a language without words. It is even as it signifies. Video killed nothing, and the still photograph survives (even as … Continue reading
Filed under art, beauty, Brazil, freedom, ideas, journalism, life, media, Park Slope, philosophy, politics, truth
The Park Slope 100
truth and rocket science has been included on this year’s “Park Slope 100,” a list compiled by Louise Crawford on her blog, “Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.” Anyone from the neighborhood is familiar with Louise and her work, whether in … Continue reading
Filed under ideas, journalism, life, Park Slope, truth
The truth and change, 3b: From Gilgamesh to Pharma
This is the concluding post in the series, The truth and change. As part 3b, it offers a final alternative future. In 3a, I looked at how technology is bringing out the futures within our minds and imaginations. The virtual … Continue reading
