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The Blog of Innocence

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The Blog of Innocence is a chronicle of essays and meditations on social technology, science, writing, art, and life. I'm an essayist, novelist, and occasional poet.

Added on: Aug 31st, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Chris
Listed in: Non-Fiction Philosophy
Tags: philosophy essays novelist meditations social technology art and life

Recent Posts

Escape into Life: Issue no. 4

Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 16:51 in art, poetry, illustration, magazine, escape into life

Paper Geography by Letha ColleenWe have another fantastic issue of Escape into Life for your entertainment and enlightenment this weekend. You'll find two excellent art essays, a poetry and illustration double feature, and a musical blend.What is Gen...
On Genius

Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 22:50 in art, philosophy, genius, language

Rene Margritte, Clairvoyance (Self-Portrait)Reading the New York Times Book Review, one frequently comes across assertions like:But looking at her writing from this perspective misses the most interesting part: her sentences. No one writing in Englis...
New Issue of Escape into Life

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 23:32 in magazine, arts and culture, escape into life, online arts journal

I've been busy editing the online arts journal, Escape into Life, and so I apologize for the brief hiatus since my last post . . .The Blog of Innocence is still running, but the time between posts may vary. My next post will follow the series 25 Prof...
British Illustration: Late 1970, Early 1980

Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 16:28 in illustration, vintage, 1980, 1970, vintage illustration, british illustration

Images from Best British Illustration '80 ...
What is Character?

Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 01:25 in black and white, muhammad ali, mike tyson, robert downey jr., james toback

James Toback has just given us an incredible documentary on Mike Tyson, the youngest Heavyweight Champion to ever win the World Title. My fascination with Toback's other films, such as Two Girls and a Guy and Black and White, eventually grew into a f...
The Story of the Stone

Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 07:13 in literature, book reviews, cao xueqin, "the story of the stone"

2. The Story of the Stone, by Cao XueqinAlso known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, this five volume work combines a Buddhist and Taoist cosmology and an 18th century aristocratic family saga in China. At the center of the story is Bao-yu, a precocio...