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Author Archives: Malcolm Farley
From Sontag’s Regarding The Pain of Others
What to do with such knowledge as photographs bring of faraway suffering? People are often unable to take in the sufferings of those close to them. […] For all the voyeuristic lure—and the possible satisfaction of knowing, This is … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Quotations
Tagged action, apathy, compassion, images of war and violence, power, Regarding the Pain of Others, suffering, Susan Sontag
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Gardener’s Diary
It’s been a very dry hot summer here. Fortunately, early August has suddenly gotten about 10 degrees cooler. Our garden looks green only because we’ve been watering the hell out of it (literally) every day for nearly 2 months. (It’s felt … Continue reading
Posted in Cahier, Cahier/Journal
Tagged baltimore orioles, crape myrtle, drought, elephant ears, franklinia, garden diary, gardening, gifts, heat, horticulture, hummingbirds, liatris, mandevilla, nature
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From Sontag’s Regarding The Pain of Others
To speak of reality becoming a spectacle is a breathtaking provincialism. It universalizes the viewing habits of a small, educated population living in the rich part of the world, where news has been converted into entertainment—that mature style of viewing … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Quotations
Tagged injustice, photography, reality, reality as spectacle, Regarding the Pain of Others, suffering, Susan Sontag, television, terror, war
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