This is a great site with many excellent paintings.
Check it out, if you are interested in the era, or the art of the era.
Josef Fluggen, “The Last Resource.”
Arts & Letters
Feast of St. Thomas More
(I highly recommend Peter Ackroyd’s balanced and brilliant biography, The Life of Thomas More
Siegel’s Brain’s Day Off
Noted internet alcoholic Stephen Green takes the pseudo-intellectual Alan Siegel to the woodshed for Siegel’s pompous and error filled critique of the John Hughes ’80s classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Here’s my take:
Siegel is simply revealing his own egocentrism in his review. In the guise of lambasting Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, he is really shouting, “This movie isn’t about me! It doesn’t make people think about me and how I should be more important!”
Siegel wants people to care more about the political issues Siegel is publicly identified with and by extension to make Siegel more important. Virtually all leftist criticism of art comes down to this dynamic. They like art about themselves and art that makes them feel more important. It’s kind of disturbing how deeply the modern American Left has absorbed the world view of the fascist and communist wherein politics was the only valid purpose of art.
I think Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a great movie because it explores universal human themes.
Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011), Writer, Soldier
I recently read Fermor’s two travel books, set during his walk from Holland to Constantinople in 1933-34, A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
Fermor’s greatest feat was kidnapping the German commander on Crete during World War II.
This site is dedicated to Fermor’s life and career.
Old Mastery
Wise words from two old masters…
