“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 Apéritif: Bellini Cocktails (Peach Nectar & Prosecco)
Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:
Reading: The Upstairs Delicatessen by Dwight Garner
Listen to a great interview with Dwight Garner: 'The Upstairs Delicatessen' tells of Dwight Garner's lifelong love of reading and eating (via WBUR)
Listening: The New Young Kings of Midnight by Gitane Demone & Paul Roessler
Looking: The Art of Yui Sakamoto
Viewing: Fellow Travelers (Showtime) — starring Matt Bomer & Jonathan Bailey, created by Ron Nyswaner, based on the novel Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon
Tasting: Season 2 of Julia (HBO Max) — created by Daniel Goldfarb, starring Sarah Lancashire, David Hyde Pierce & Bebe Neuwirth) PLUS Recipes from our new favorite Youtube channel: Julia Child on PBS!
Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:
Reading: Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop by Martin Puchner
Inside a Harvard Professor’s Ambitious Work of Cultural History (via InsideHook)
Listening: The New Young Kings of Midnight by Gitane Demone & Paul Roessler
Looking: The Art of Shawn Michael Warren
What It Was Like to Paint Oprah for the National Portrait Gallery (via Oprah Daily)
What the Purple Dress in Oprah Winfrey's New Portrait Really Means (via BBC)
Viewing: A Murder at the End of the World (Hulu) — created by Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij, starring Emma Corrin, plus a great ensemble cast including Harris Dickinson, Clive Owen, Brit Marling & Joan Chen
Tasting: Season 2 of Julia (HBO Max) — created by Daniel Goldfarb, starring Sarah Lancashire, David Hyde Pierce & Bebe Neuwirth) PLUS Recipes from our new favorite Youtube channel: Julia Child on PBS!
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: “What's one of YOUR favorite animated films?” Here are some of the great responses from the comments:
Ryan Wildstar chose The Jungle Book!
Ryan Elston chose Spirited Away!
kde chose Fantasia & Sleeping Beauty!
Katie Kleinhesselink chose The Last Unicorn, The Secret of NIMH and Jan Švankmajer’s Alice!
Del Mar chose Fantastic Planet, Watership Down and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
And speaking of holiday films, Andrea Engstrom chose Klaus!
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 three fantastic new TV series that all concluded this week: Fellow Travelers, A Murder at the End of the World and season 2 of Julia.
So, our question for the table this week is:
What's one of YOUR favorite TV shows of 2023?
Tell us your choice in the comments and we’ll share some of your responses on next week’s podcast!
Also, don't forget to stop by The Epicurean Vagabonds Substack on Wednesdays, to check out our revamped Mid-Week Libations! Now with audio segments featuring Ryan & Ryan!
And thank you for joining us for Season Two of Aesthetic Arrest!
Cheers to that!
Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Julia Child, Fellow Travelers, A Murder at the End of the World & The New Young Kings of Midnight by Gitane Demone & Paul Roessler