Monthly Archives: June 2016

Morning Side Park Fashion Shoot

Posted on June 29, 2016 by zjb

We stopped to watch on the walk home a couple of weeks ago on Morningside Avenue. I took these photographs from a discrete distance. I like the sense of utter normal mixed with the strange and set up.

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Religion & The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)

Posted on June 29, 2016 by zjb

Regarding De Beauvoir’s classic The Second Sex one could easily quote the old rabbinic adage about Torah, “Turn it, and turn it, for everything is in it. Reflect on it and grow old and gray with it. Don’t turn from … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

New Jersey Turnpike (Summer)

Posted on June 28, 2016 by zjb

On the way home from Street, MD, the northern section of the New Jersey Turnpike is my favorite driving experience. It’s the high speed blend of concrete and metal. On a hot day in late June, the city shimmers in … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Nazi Detector App (Daniel Sieradski)

Posted on June 28, 2016 by zjb

Love him or hate, from the twisted and fearless mind of Daniel Sieradski, it’s the Nazi Detector App. Right off his op-ed against anti-BDS legislation, you can read the latest here at the Forward. A technological tool for gutter politics, … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , | 1 Comment

The Danger of (Over)Interpretation: On Adorno’s Plea Against Artistic Semblance and “Micrological Study”

Posted on June 26, 2016 by zjb

Naturally, this bit by Menachem Feuer about Adorno and autonomous art reminds this reader of Talmud –especially the passage from p.101 about splintering.

Posted in uncategorized | Leave a comment

Donald Trump is a “Baby Christian”

Posted on June 25, 2016 by zjb

According to James C. Dobson, an important Evangelical leader,  Donald Trump has recently come “to accept a relationship with Christ” and was now “a baby Christian.You can read it here. So what in God’s good name is a baby Christian? Thank … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged | 1 Comment

Anti Neoliberal Brexit

Posted on June 24, 2016 by zjb

I think I’m getting it. Along with racism and xenophobia, Brexit is a vote against the very “neoliberal” economic order that we are supposed to despise with such rigor. As it turns out, Brexit would not have been won without voters … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Good Luck, UK

Posted on June 23, 2016 by zjb
Posted in uncategorized | Leave a comment

Silicone Flesh (Anish Kapoor)

Posted on June 21, 2016 by zjb

From a distance, these new works by Anish Kapoor are gross and only so-so. But up close, they are bright, turbulent and beautiful. Made out of painted silicone and wax to simulate flesh and fat.

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

(Photographs) Facts on the Ground (Shimon Attie)

Posted on June 20, 2016 by zjb

My initial thoughts going to see Shimon Attie’s recent show Facts on the Ground were going to be a little unkind. The reproduced images that I saw beforehand looked flat, and the use of text and illuminated light boxes looked gimmicky. And … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments