09/30/2013
Category: Idle Chatter
Field notes on arts, culture, and everything else from our critic-at-large.
09/23/2013
Writing and Whistle-Blowing
Politically toned writing
by Morgan Meis
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09/09/2013
The Storytellers
The Grimm side of fairytales
by Morgan Meis
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08/09/2013
An Opportunity for Renewal
Selling masterpieces from the DIA won't save Detroit from their enormous debt, but maybe some humility might help
by Morgan Meis
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07/29/2013
The Inner Light
Meditating from the floor of the Guggenheim with James Turrell's "Aten Reign"
by Morgan Meis
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07/15/2013
Worship at Tiffany’s
Color, light, impurity, and devotion in Louis Comfort Tiffany's forgotten chapel.
by Morgan Meis
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06/19/2013
Of Harmony and Regret
Albert Bierstadt captured an Emersonian scene of the Hetch Hetchy Canyon, a scene we can no longer see.
by Morgan Meis
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06/05/2013
Surrender to Proust
100 years since Swann’s Way was first published, the work still baffles us. Maybe the best way to enjoy it is to relinquish our usual sensibilities.
by Morgan Meis
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05/08/2013
The First New Atheist
200 years after his birth, Kierkegaard’s philosophies are more relevant than ever.
by Morgan Meis
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04/29/2013