Writing
Night Killer
Times Square, new York City. Piccadilly Circus, london. le Champs elys�es, Paris. A million watts of electricity turning night into day. We live in a society that prides itself on being twenty-four-hour, round-the-clock. We never close. Our culture has blurred the distinction between the two halves of the day so that, on a social level, night has become day.
Art for Art’s Sake
Why are artists the most selfish people in the world? The petulant behavior of rock stars is legion. The solitary painter locked in his garret creating his masterpiece with uneaten meals piling up around him is a well-worn clich�. Bad temper and tantrums are not only tolerated, but are often mistaken for a yardstick of talent.
Persistence of Vision
If you take a reel of movie film and unwind it, you'll find that it consists of hundreds and thousands of still pictures. The whole magic of the cinema is based on a peculiarity of the human brain. When presented with separate images in rapid succession, the brain ceases to discern them as separate images, rather it links them all together.
Return of the Sun
Take a look at any horoscope and you'll see that the astrological year always begins with Aries.
Why? logically, shouldn't the astrological year commence at the same time as the solar year? Why isn't G'di, Capricorn - the sign in which the first of January falls - the first sign of the year?
The Month of Tevet
The Philistines are the nation associated with the sign of the goat (g'dee).
