“The aesthetic experience is a simple beholding of the object . . . you experience a radiance. You are held in aesthetic arrest.” - Joseph Campbell
Aesthetic Arrest is our weekly dip into the Epicurean pleasures we’ve been enjoying lately. Cheers to that!
This Week’s Aperitif: 2022 St. Michael-Eppan Schulthauser Weissburgunder Pinot Bianco, Südtirol, Alto Aldige, Italy
Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:
Reading: A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
Listening: The Ones Ahead by Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Also, check out the beautiful documentary: Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story! Click here for multiple streaming options. Trailer:
Looking: The Art of Edmund Dulac (1882 - 1953)
[Click on the individual images to see them full screen]
Viewing: Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch — hosted by Afua Hirsch (BBC iPlayer)
Tasting: 2017 Pico Maccario Gavi, DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:
Reading: An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Listening: The Ones Ahead by Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Looking: The Art of Hassan Hajjaj (aka “The Andy Warhol of Marrakech”)
[Note: Most Instagram images below are severely truncated or cropped. Click on the images to view the artworks at full size. Be sure to click on the actual image itself or you may get an error.]
Viewing: War Pony — directed/co-written by Riley Keough & Gina Gammell, co-written by Franklin Sioux Bob & Bill Reddy, starring Jojo Bapteise Whiting & Ladainian Crazy Thunder
Tasting: Ryan Widstar’s Spaghetti alla Bolognese & 2017 Pico Maccario Gavi di Gavi, DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
That’s it for this week! But we want the dinner party to continue! So each week we are asking a “dinner party” question for everyone joining us here at our table. Last week, we asked: “Who's one of YOUR favorite singers and activists?” Here are some of the great responses from the comments:
Ryan Elston chose Tori Amos!
Ryan Wildstar chose Peter Gabriel!
Ace Farren Ford chose Sun Ra!
Andrea Engstrom chose Dolly Parton!
Thank you everyone for your wonderful responses! That was last week . . . but we don't want this week's dinner party to end either!
So here is this week's question for the table:
This week we talked about the gorgeous illustrations of Edmund Dulac, who famously illustrated books like The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, Stories from Hans Christian Andersen and Stories from The Arabian Nights.
So, our question for the table this week is:
What was one of YOUR favorite illustrated books as a child?
Tell us your choice in the comments and we’ll share some of your responses on next week’s podcast! And thank you for joining us for Season Two of Aesthetic Arrest!
Cheers to that!
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