Tolkien & “The Silmarillion”: cultural influences & mythopoeia in the shaping of an epic
Tolkien & “The Silmarillion”: cultural influences & mythopoeia in the shaping of an epic by Pauline Park “The Silmarillion” is J.R.R. Tolkien’s […]
Category: arts and culture
France 2015: Paris & Versailles
Paris: rue Rambuteau (4ème) France 2015: Paris & Versailles I lived in Paris from January through June 1992 but did not have the […]
Korea 2015: return to the motherland
Korea 2015: return to the motherlandby Pauline Park In June 2015, I returned to Korea for the first time since I left […]
“Would You Still Love Me If…” transgender-themed play (10.11.15)
“Would You Still Love Me If…” thoughts on a transgender-themed play by Pauline Park As an openly transgendered woman and a transgender […]
10 books that helped shape my life
10 books that helped shape my life I’ve had two different friends ask me to post to Facebook a list of 10 […]
Gaza mourns in angst & pain
The unprecedented assault on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military this week brought to mind a hymn whose text was […]
Burgundy & the Four Great Dukes of the West
Rogier Van der Weyden’s only surviving miniature depicts Duke Philip the Good & his son Charles (the future ‘Charles the Bold’) receiving the […]
Gauguin: exoticization, primitivism & paganism
“‘Gauguin: Metamorphoses,’ which opens on Friday at MoMA in New York, recasts the artist as an altogether darker figure, closer to Edvard […]
Norsk
Norsk II (Norwegian II) – Våren 2018 (Spring 2018) 1 Fjerde leksjon Session Four God kveld og velkommen til fjerde time! Good […]
15 favorite operas and 15 more
15 Favorite Operas and 15 More: Reflections on the Love of a Lifetime By Pauline Park I have been listening to opera […]
Henry VII & the Tudors on TV
Henry VII & the Tudors on TV I just discovered “The Shadow of the Tower,” the 1972 ‘prequel’ to “The Six Wives […]
Conchita Supervia & the Golden Age of Opera
Conchita Supervía & the Golden Age of Opera Conchita Supervía (December 8-9, 1895-March 30, 1936) was one of the great opera singers […]