Tag Archives: beauty

Robert Vaughan’s Askew

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Mark Kerstetter

ASKEW: not in a straight or level position: her hat was slightly askew | the door was hanging askew on one twisted hinge. wrong; awry: the plan went sadly askew | the judging was a bit askew. I probably know … Continue reading →

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What is a Man?

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Mark Kerstetter

Part One Having recently stumbled across the film When Nietzsche Wept (I enjoyed it) and encountered the idea—again—that Thus Spoke Zarathustra is his most popular book—some say his best—I felt like leaving this note here about why I think it … Continue reading →

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Gombrowicz on Beauty

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

Art is what we do. Culture is what is done to us.—Carl Andre, 1967 I have concluded my second tour of Witold Gombrowicz’s Diary but I don’t know how to conclude my notes. Reading the Diary was a consistent challenge, … Continue reading →

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Nature Is Cruel, Staros

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Mark Kerstetter

In terms of fashion, the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever is fixed in time and place. Its disco beats, big collar polyester shirts, bellbottoms and platform shoes place it squarely in late 1970’s big-city America. The economic milieu of the … Continue reading →

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Badiou on Beckett

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Mark Kerstetter

rest then my mistakes are my life the knees draw up the back bends the head comes to rest on the sack between the hands my sack my body all mine all these parts every part —Samuel Beckett, How It … Continue reading →

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