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690. from the bed
Decadent Tranquility | October 29th 2009 by Trée
From the bedand sheets still warm,before arcadian songand flushed horizon,when he sits uprightand breaths the waking kitchena rectangle of silvered basin her silken curves risingin mauve morning pastels.Water falls from pewter faucetarching rain mel read more
Casa De Areia (House Of Sand)
World Blogosphere.com | October 27th 2009
Brazil | 2005 | Directed by Andrucha Waddington Logline: The plight of a woman, and her feisty daughter, over the span of nearly sixty years, as she tries in vain to adapt to a life in a desolate landscape of shifting sand dunes. This is a stu read more
I remember the Sunday School Trip.
Pyatshaw Papillons | October 27th 2009 by Anne Macgregor
This old photo taken in the early '50s shows my mother on the right, my friend Isabel at the back with her mother wearing the light coloured coat and another woman with her two daughters and we were on the Sunday School summer trip, (or picnic) to t read more
Iconic Beach Girl #2: Jennifer O'Neill
kikidoll at the beach | October 18th 2009 by kikidollswim
Ah, the summer of '42.No matter what year of your birth, who hasn't fallen head over dunes in love with that film, that haunting score by Michel Legrand, and that tousled haired brunette bride, Jennifer O'Neill?The film was made in 1971 and follows t read more
Prologue...or Chapter 1
The Works of Allan C.V. | October 5th 2009
On a dark and dismal desert night a shadowy figure rides across the dunes, leaving the city behind her. Bodies could still be seen strewn through the city streets. She glanced back at the partially destroyed palace. Proud towers lie in pieces, bodies read more
The Saudi Female Without Protection
American Bedu | September 28th 2009 by American Bedu
All she was doing was minding her own business and enjoying herself. After all, she was out in the desert where some of the “in-town” restrictions, such as driving, did not apply. She could have an opportunity to feel the fresh air on her fa read more
U of M Film Audition for 'Yoshiko on the Dunes' - 29 Talent Chose…
One Source Talent: Modeling and Acting Blog | September 25th 2009 by One Source Talent
29 of our Michigan talent were chosen to audition for the University of Michigan SAC honors thesis project, "Yoshiko on the Dunes". The film centers on a young woman, Yoshiko Imamura, an aspiring artist who gives up her dreams to appease t read more
Dreamchasers Stage Race Camp in October
iRunFar | September 22nd 2009 by Trail Goat
Looking for a change in running scenery this fall? Want to learn how to stage race from the world's best? If you answered yes to either question, get yourself to the Dreamchaser's Stage Racing Camp to be held from October 6 to 11 on the western slope read more
Perfect Cape Cod Weekend
Mary Richmond Design | September 20th 2009 by Mary Richmond
What could be better than a few days off to enjoy perfect Cape Cod days in September? Maybe there's something but I don't know what it is....We were supposed to be away in the Adirondacks this week but too much work came up that I couldn' read more
“Yoshiko on the Dunes” Casting for Short Film – University…
Detroit, Michigan Casting Calls, Production Jobs, Crew Calls… | September 3rd 2009 by Michigan Acting
Yoshiko on the Dunes A University of Michigan SAC honors thesis project being shot this fall, is seeking actors & actresses. The film centers on a young woman, Yoshiko Imamura, an aspiring artist who gives up her dreams to appease the wishes of h read more
American Heavy Metal Weekend
The Post-Pessimist Association | August 30th 2009 by Greg
Four days off and this was supposed to be the weekend of awesomeness: hiking, photography, blogging, whatever else goes into a weekend of awesomeness. Instead, Friday saw a catastrophic hard drive crash and torrential rain, so everything went out the read more
no and no one
the last disciple first | August 28th 2009 by paul harrison
walking to the food courtand some woman comes rushing behind mesays, warrenmr. flynn ! mr. flynn !excuse me, are you mr. flynn ?uh nobut thinking how she'd reminded meof that time long agoon the train to the coastall fucked upwe'd been tripping for 2 read more
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld
History-Book-Scout | August 16th 2009 by Gisela Kretzschmar
Obviously a very promising debut author with a new release that looks like a pageturner:First published in USA: Pantheon Books; 25 Aug 2009. Number of pages: 304pp. ISBN-10: 0307378462 ISBN-13: 9780307378460 Book Description:Set in the haunting lands read more
Woman in the Dunes vs Onibaba
Spektralanalyse | August 3rd 2009
Hiroshi Teshigahara vs Kaneto Shindô - Japan, 1964Sand vs SchilfHier die Sandbank, der Sandsturm, das Sandgrab. Dort die Schilffestung, das Schilflabyrinth, das Schilfgrab. Hier ein urbaner Forscher, der gefangen gehalten wird, der in Interaktion mi read more
Kobo Abe Is Pretty Great, So Far
Conversational Reading | July 29th 2009 by Scott Esposito
If you know Kobo Abe, it's probably as the guy who wrote the book that became the movie about a Japanese businessman trapped into a giant hole in the desert, where he is forced to shovel sand and eventually comes to see his prison as his home. I watc read more
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