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About Me

art: making, thinking, talking, teaching, breathing... related... philosophical musings... a strange obession with politics and history... and film... music is the soundtrack of life...

My Interests

art, politics, film, music, text, sound...

I'd like to meet:

From History: Martin Luther King, jr., John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Gertrude Stein (even though she would hate me), E.E. Cummings, Socrates, Aristotle, Abbot Suger, Siddhartha, Jesus, and any philosopher worth his or her salt, Caravaggio, Joseph Beuys, Artemesia Gentileschi, etc., etc., etc. ... Contemporary: Jimmy Carter (to say thank you for being a great human being), Christian Boltanski, Laurie Anderson, Leslie Dill (again), ok... Johnny Depp and Peter Gabriel...anyone with passion and love for what they do and/or an interesting mind...

Music:

John Lennon, Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Doc Watson, Autour de Lucie, Johnny Cash, BeauSoleil, Andrew Stoltz, the Beatles, Exuent, etc., etc., etc...

Movies:

It's A Wonderful Life (my religion), the Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, White Lightening, Dead Man, Harry Potter III, Amelie, Mirror Mask, Closer, Schultze Gets the Blues, and too many more to name... but I'm also a huge fan of trailers (often better than the film)... a great one... Art School Confidential (much better than the film)...

Television:

I don't watch alot of television... the History Channel, David Letterman (still), Craig Ferguson and the Family Guy... that about covers it.

Books:

... all the Harry Potter Books, The Once and Future King, the Mary Stewart Merlin Triology, Flannery O'Conner, Elaine Pagels, John Dominic Crossan; other than that mostly books on history... far too many to mention...

Heroes:

Martin Luther King, jr., Ghandi, Jimmy Carter, anyone who works for peace, equatity and a world worth living in...

My Blog

Friends from distant locales...

Well not that distant... Charisse is just in Chicago but I haven't seen her in ages. She came to town to visit and we had lunch. I got to meet her husband and daughter. I hope I spelled everyone's nam...
Posted by lane on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:41:00 PST

last night I had this dream

Last night I dreamed I was in Birmingham in the old Joe Bar. There were lots of people there. It was some kind of after opening gathering. I think it had been my opening and it seemed to have gone wel...
Posted by lane on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:39:00 PST

i'm a nerd...

I just finished the last Harry Potter book...Harry has seen me through some pretty tough times. I first discovered him during my dad's illness in 2002... I will miss him. I don't know what mental cott...
Posted by lane on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:49:00 PST

help lucy ii find a home

Please check out the bulletins concerning lucy ii... She's my dad's cat and needs a home... please help if you can.
Posted by lane on Fri, 25 May 2007 09:36:00 PST

Check out CIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-HC-XBbkHYI'm not sure how well this reflects the school... but check it out anyway...Sending loving, healing thoughts to Michael G...
Posted by lane on Mon, 14 May 2007 03:07:00 PST

It's a long week

This week is never ending... never ending... sigh.I haven't had time to grade and I know my students are going to have a fit. To be honest I took the last two nights off (sort of - long story) -- but ...
Posted by lane on Thu, 03 May 2007 07:45:00 PST

now ends winter

It's not snowing... and the sun is shining... and I don't think it'll snow again until October.I'm at the computer after an evening of openings. I really can't explain my life to you. Everyday there a...
Posted by lane on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:03:00 PST

springtime in Cleveland

I haven't had time to post lately... It's been ridiculously hectic. This time of year school is even more nuts than usual. Everyone wants something... I feel bad... I end up neglecting my students bec...
Posted by lane on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:21:00 PST

pop idols...

Ok... so I'm paying way to much attention to the Anna Nicole thing. I couldn't stand to watch her on television... she always seemed stoned. So now... that weird part of the brain that causes one to s...
Posted by lane on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:22:00 PST

talk about the weather... and often...

It's a balmy 5 degrees here right now... The low tonight -1...I never knew cold before. Thank God I have my soviet era German military coat to keep me warm... best thing my second ex-husband ever did ...
Posted by lane on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:56:00 PST