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Like The Second Coming, Leda and the Swan ends with a question. There is no resolution. All human beings, like Leda, are caught up moment by moment in the "white rush" of experience. For Yeats, the only salvation is the shapeliness and stillness of art.
"Not owning any Sonny Rollins records is like not owning any Aretha Franklin records--his sheer physical presence is something no aural sensualist should live without." -- Robert Christgau.
Where does thinking really take place?
Barbara Tversky proposes that thought isn't confined to language but can emerge directly from the body.
Tversky is Emerita Professor of Psychology at Stanford and Columbia Teachers College.
Tap here for her full interview. https://t.co/fLlWCNUIur
"Sade’s performance, with its abrupt dynamics, vocal subtleties, and final cry of pain, is positively shattering. It represents modern popular culture at an absolute peak of quality and achievement."
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No music fan who lived through Prince’s sensational Purple Rain period in 1984 will ever forget it. We were all drenched in the florid extravagance of his swashbuckling self-presentation and the searing confession of his half-crippling melancholy.
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Ten years ago Prince passed away at the age of 57.
Here’s Prince performing "Purple Rain" in Syracuse (1985)
Absolutely brilliant. Watch the whole performance, you won't regret it.