And Yet So Far Away

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau - The Eiffel Tower, 1898


'When good Americans die they go to Paris.'

Oscar Wilde

To Awaken, Perchance To Dream

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (1844-1910) - The Dream, 1910


'The eye which dreams does not see, or at least it sees with another vision.'

Gaston Bachelard

Six Images In Search Of An Exhibition II

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (1844-1910): The Armchair Jungle

Surpris!, 1891




La Charmeuse de serpents, 1907




Combat de tigre et de buffle, 1908




Nègre attaqué par un jaguar, c. 1910




Forêt tropicale avec singes, 1910




Cheval attaqué par un jaguar, 1910

The Week in Review

Films:

Éloge d'lamour (In Praise of Love), 2001 - d. Jean-Luc Godard
Notre musique, 2004 - d. Jean-Luc Godard

La Jetée (The Pier), 1962 - d. Chris Marker
Sans soleil (Sunless), 1983 - d. Chris Marker

Double Indemnity, 1944 - d. Billy Wilder
The Lost Weekend, 1945 - d. Billy Wilder
Sunset Boulevard, 1950 - d. Billy Wilder
Some Like it Hot, 1959 - d. Billy Wilder

Television:

Smallville: Fourth Season

Books:

Meetings with Remarkable Trees - Thomas Pakenham
Mythic Woods: The World's Most Remarkable Forests - Thomas Pakenham
Remarkable Baobab - Thomas Pakenham
Remarkable Trees of the World - Thomas Pakenham

Music:

String Quartets - Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartets - Belá Bartók
String Quartets - Elliot Carter
String Quartets - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartets - Arnold Schoenberg
String Quartets - Dmitri Shostakovich