“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: Peroni Gran Riserva Rosso
Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:
Reading: The Centaur by Algernon Blackwood
The Centaur was published in 1911 and is in the public domain. Download a free ebook version (multiple formats) via Project Gutenberg!
Listening: Kimono My House by Sparks (50th Anniversary!)
Looking: The Art of Arnold Böcklin (1827 - 1901)
Centaurs & Fauns:
Mythology:
Viewing: The Color of Pomegranates (1969) — written & directed by Sergei Parajanov (available via Criterion)
The Color of Pomegranates: Parajanov Unbound by Ian Christie (via Criterion)
Tasting: Cherry Cream Cake from Someg Bakery in Tirana, Albania!
Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:
Reading: The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Why Fear Is Driving the Current Era of Racial Backlash (via Time’s Person of the Week Podcast)
‘We are all mixed’: Henry Louis Gates Jr on race, being arrested and working towards America’s redemption (via The Guardian)
Listening: The Vienna Recital by Yuja Wang
Looking: The Art of Wangechi Mutu
Wangechi Mutu at Gladstone Gallery / Works for Sale (via Artsy)
Check out the exhibition, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined, at the New Orleans Museum of Art (currently on view until July 14th, 2024!)
Viewing: My Dinner with Andre (1981) — directed by Louis Malle, written by & starring André Gregory & Wallace Shawn (available via Criterion)
My Dinner with André: Long, Strange Trips by Amy Taubin (via Criterion)
Tasting: Cherry Cream Cake from Someg Bakery in Tirana, Albania!
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That’s it for this week! What are your reading, listening, looking, viewing and/or tasting recommendations?
Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: The Centaur, The Color of Pomegranates, Kimono My House, My Dinner with Andre & Cherry Cream Cake!