From the star of Swimming with Sharks today . . .
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Earlier . . .
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
For Your Consideration: California Navel-Gaze . . .
Art by Marcela Nowak, Performance by Kiernan Shipka
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Art by Marcela Nowak, Performance by Kiernan Shipka
Art by Marcela Nowak, Performance by Kiernan Shipka
Friday, April 18, 2025
For Marcela de las Leyendas …
Photo or Art — Which Becomes a Legend Most?
From tonight's NY Times obituaries for musician Nino Tempo
and for illustrator Robert E. McGinnis . . .
Tempo appeared, uncredited, in a Breakfast at Tiffany's bar scene
(above, cropped to emphasize Hepburn).
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Photo or Art — Which Becomes a Legend Most?
Photo or Art — Which Becomes a Legend Most?
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Choreography for Marcela de las Leyendas
"Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one." — Roethke
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Saturday, December 14, 2024
On Location with Marcela-234
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Monday, September 11, 2023
Variation on a Theme of Marcela Nowak
— Adapted in 2021 from art at the home of Marcela Nowak. A variation:
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Monday, March 2, 2026
Friday, December 12, 2025
Color Fields
For those who prefer art that is less tightly structured
than that of today's previous post . . .
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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Resonance Art Event: Dies Natalis
March 9, 2025, in this journal . . . "Resonance" —
" 'Resonance' represents an intricate and multi-faceted experience
that pushes the boundaries of conventional art and collaboration.
Conceived by the visionary studio of Gregory and Judith Beylerian
in collaboration with the acclaimed multimedia artist Marcela Nowak,
this exceptional event brought together diverse attendees to engage in
a fully immersive experience aimed at creating resonance amongst the
participants."
— https://www.issuewire.com/a-multi-dimensional-journey-resonance-art-
event-unveils-an-immersive-fusion-of-art-human-connection-and-metaverse-
1777395622653633 … September 18, 2023.
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Sunday, July 13, 2025
Booting the System*
The Painted Tongue — Detail of a July 12, 2025, photo by Marcela Nowak.
Compare and contrast — The Photographed Tongue , from today.
*
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Saturday, July 12, 2025
The Painted Tongue
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
A 50-Minute Hour* for Mossy and Tangle**
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Monday, June 2, 2025
Annals of Art Marketing:
TikTok Tactics
Another approach . . .
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TikTok Tactics
TikTok Tactics
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Not So Nobel . . .
In memory of comic book writer Peter David, who reportedly died
on May 24, here is a sequel to this morning's post The Nobel Eye . . .
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Saturday, May 24, 2025
En Recherche de Pynchon’s Preterite*
* See a post of May 18.
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For May 24: Case Study Notes
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Friday, May 16, 2025
“Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November” —
Moonshine Lullabies
Meanwhile . . .
" A faithful cork tries desperately to be reunited with the neck of his
champagne bottle, only to discover he should have aimed for
a different bottle all together."
In other entertainment news . . .
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Moonshine Lullabies
Moonshine Lullabies
Sunday, April 27, 2025
The Milagro Beanfield Line
"When you come to a fork in the road . . ." — Yogi Berra
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Friday, April 25, 2025
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Palme d’Or
The above date from September 2019 suggests a review of that month.
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Saturday, April 12, 2025
Jon Hamm Returns Tonight as SNL Host*
Possible material . . .
Pizza Geometry: The Fourth Quarter —
Pizza photo credit: Marcela Nowak on Instagram
* https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/
snl-tonight-host-musical-guest-new-april-12-2025
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Monday, April 7, 2025
Street of Dreams
This post was suggested in part by the phrase "animation player"
in this morning's post "Sneak Preview."
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MN and the Dial of Destiny
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Monday, March 17, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025
Bridge of Sighs
For Neurodivergent Math Campers
Detail from the previous post —
Related photography memory . . .
Scholium for Apple TV, whose series "Prime Target" just ended —
See as well the "Bridge of Sighs" post of Thursday, Feb. 27.
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For Neurodivergent Math Campers
For Neurodivergent Math Campers
Sunday, March 2, 2025
For Oscar Day Afternoon
The rest of the text from Marcela Nowak today . . .
I started a new painting and wanted to share the process with you all!
Also, this is my first time doing a voiceover, and recording and listening to
my own voice is so stressful—it took way too many tries to get this right.
And as always, the early stages of my paintings make me question all my
life choices. They don’t start looking right until they’re at least 70% done…
but that’s just part of how it comes together…
#artist #arttok #abstractart #artprocess #painting
#timelapse #artistsoftiktok #art #artwork
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
For Oscar Week: Documentary Shorts
Some may prefer greater depth in their calendar-related viewing.
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Sunday, February 23, 2025
Prior Art
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
Art Spin: “Harmonious Resonance” Revisited
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
The Gulf Stream of Consciousness*
* . . . and the Gulf of Steve Martin —
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Saturday, December 28, 2024
For Holy Innocents Day: Open-Ended Architecture
— Photo by Marcela Nowak
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Monday, December 16, 2024
For Students of the Forked Tongue* — Types of Ambiguity
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http://log24.com/log/pix24/
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http://m759.net/wordpress/?p=113559
("Hurly Burly: Code for Something")
* Vide "The Forked Tongue."
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Sunday, December 15, 2024
Harmonious Resonance* … The French Version —
Saddle Guitar
"December 15, 2024 / 7:59 PM EST / CBS News" —
* Title of a guitar-related art piece by saddle designer Marcela Nowak.
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Saddle Guitar
Saddle Guitar
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Chrome* Square
"Where past and future are gathered" — T. S. Eliot
* The UI/UX meaning of "chrome." See the previous post, "Chrome Cube."
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Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Back to Koreatown
Current events suggest revisiting Koreatown —
Koreatown (Los Angeles) photo by Marcela Nowak.
A different, digital, rewind … back 10 years in this journal … yields —
Click the above geometry image to enlarge it.
Related narratives . . .
Vide the Disney tale of Sith tetrahedron and Jedi cube, and, in this journal,
posts tagged "Congregated Light."
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Saturday, November 30, 2024
Ah . . . *
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Monday, November 18, 2024
The Purloined Letter*
See as well . . .
* Q.V. — " 'There is a game of puzzles,' he resumed, 'which is
played upon a map. One party playing requires another to find
a given word — the name of town, river, state, or empire —
any word, in short, upon the motley and perplexed
surface of the chart.' " — Edgar Allan Poe
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Friday, November 15, 2024
Art for Stephen King: The Swirling
Related cinematic art … the 2022 TV series "The Resort"
and the 2022 film "Stars at Noon."
"Swirls of red radiate a symphony of joy, love, and passion,
inviting observers to delve into the depth of human emotions."
— Marcela Nowak at Medium.com, August 12, 2023.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Group Theory: The Romance of Alias and Alibi*
Alias:
Victor at 194 Tower Avenue in "The Penguin"
Alibi:
Marcela_234 at Likewise.com
Romance in Numberland:
* Technical terms from pure mathematics —
For scholia on "the cube is being moved around," vide . . .
http://m759.net/wordpress/?s="Stack+Exchange" .
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Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Color Tray
Image credit: The singer of "Deep Blue," Sara Arlene,
in a Facebook story of November 12, 2024.
"Swirls of red radiate a symphony of joy, love, and passion,
inviting observers to delve into the depth of human emotions."
— Marcela Nowak at Medium.com, August 12, 2023.
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Monday, October 28, 2024
Another Day, Another Dance
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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Monday, September 30, 2024
September Song, Day XXX:
“One, two, three . . . But where is the fourth?”
The "Where is the fourth?" question above is also by Plato.
One possible answer . . .
Other possible "fourth" locations . . .
Pizza photo credit: Marcela Nowak on Instagram
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“One, two, three . . . But where is the fourth?”
“One, two, three . . . But where is the fourth?”
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Documentary Shorts: Operation Pinocchio
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Sunday, July 7, 2024
The Titanic Avatar
See also Avatar in this journal . . .
. . . and a post of March 29, 2024 . . .
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In the March 21 Netflix series "3 Body Problem,"
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Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Sunday, June 16, 2024
A Steinhauer Legacy
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Friday, June 14, 2024
Dreamcatcher Date . . . From the Portuguese
Good question. Not-so-virtual . . .
See as well a Log24 remark in an update . . .
from the above NYU thesis-week date.
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Monday, June 10, 2024
Manifest O
"Old men ought to be explorers." — T. S. Eliot
"Every shade I choose is intentional, chosen to evoke specific feelings
within those who view my work. Blue strokes embody tranquility, a
gentle touch that calms the nerves like a whispered secret. Swirls of
red radiate a symphony of joy, love, and passion, inviting observers to
delve into the depth of human emotions. And then there’s orange —
a hue that signifies intelligence, dedication, activity, and enthusiasm —
a palette of emotions waiting to be explored."
— Marcela Nowak at Medium.com:
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Saturday, June 1, 2024
The Adapter Chronicles: The Apartment
Related Helen Mirren image . . .
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Monday, May 13, 2024
Waxing Poetic
#modellife
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“We know that these models are getting more and more complex, but we want the experience of interaction to actually become more natural, easy, and for you not to focus on the UI at all, but just focus on the collaboration with ChatGPT,” Murati said. “For the past couple of years, we’ve been very focused on improving the intelligence of these models … But this is the first time that we are really making a huge step forward when it comes to the ease of use.” — TechCrunch today, |
"… we want the experience of interaction to actually become
more natural, easy, and for you not to focus on the UI at all,
but just focus on the collaboration…."
UI:
UX:
Art from Marcelanowak.com
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Emily in Rome: The Stunt Double
See as well . . .
Marcela in Hollywood: The Stunt Double —
Also on the above MaXXXine promo YouTube date . . .
Related viewing — The Apprentice —
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Friday, April 26, 2024
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Plan 9 from Durand Durang
A search in Fandom for Saul Durand leads back,
as often happens, to Indiana Jones . . .
Fandom page with a completely irrelevant Indiana Jones video.
For high art, see Cézanne in the previous post.
For low humor, see Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood and . . .
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Deep Snow at Donner Pass
Some irrelevant Super Tuesday literary background
for spring songbirds —
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolanus .
Related social media from New Year's Eve 2021 —
A 3×3 Instagram array, and a Reno parking lot.
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Monday, February 26, 2024
Time as Space: Area 15, If the Whole Pie Is 60
A Latin Club slogan:
"We put the sex in sexagesimal."
Midrash for Bilbo and Miller's Girl —
"Some dragons like riddles."
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Sunday, January 28, 2024
“Another Day, Another Couch”* —
The Color Out of Vegas
Related image for Twin Peaks fans … The Maroon Bells —
* Instagram motto of Marcela Nowak (as marcelanow).
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The Color Out of Vegas
The Color Out of Vegas
Sunday, January 7, 2024
“Who you gonna call?”
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Saturday, January 6, 2024
ResearchGate: Working Backwards
Glow with the Flow
The above flashback was inspired by @marcelanow's IG today —
Some context (click to enlarge) . . .
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Monday, October 2, 2023
Art for the First Monday in October:
Taking the Bull by the Nose
Photo from Instagram: @marcelanow.
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Taking the Bull by the Nose
Taking the Bull by the Nose
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Café Society
Some less esoteric café alternatives … the ".cafe" domains
cubespace, foursquare, metamorph, and namespace.
And then there is a Morocco café domain for Marcela —
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Monday, September 25, 2023
Harvardwood Suggests
For an aspiring art director . . .
Since the event is online, your boozin' can be merely simulated .
This might be your best course of action. Looking for a cock tale ?
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Sunday, September 24, 2023
Metadata
"There's plenty of dives to be something you're not . . . ."
— Roseanne Cash, Seven-Year Ache
Related material in memory of AA's Doctor Bob —
- This journal seven years ago, in other Circle Zen posts
- https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41232691.html.
-
Quote from "Sins of the Night" — "We have showtime!"
(This last link is for mature adults only.)
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Midnight Entertainment: Plan 9 from Death Valley
Related reading —
Lo Shu and Death Valley.
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Friday, September 8, 2023
Thursday, September 7, 2023
“Harmonious Resonance”
“ 'Harmonious Resonance' is a art piece that
captures the iconic Rolling Stones logo . . . ."
— Marcela Nowak describes her work at
https://marcelanowak.com/port/harmonious-resonance/ .
See as well The Billboard Project and the billboards of
the new Rolling Stones video "Angry."
"Don't get angry with me
I never caused you no pain
I won't be angry with you
But I can't see straight (Yeah)"
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Friday, September 1, 2023
Stardust Memories…
With E. L. Doctorow* as Woody Allen
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With E. L. Doctorow* as Woody Allen
With E. L. Doctorow* as Woody Allen
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Friday, August 11, 2023
Pictures for an Art Director
"You show me your control panel and I'll show you mine."
"Where past and future are gathered" — T. S. Eliot
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Saturday, August 5, 2023
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Gathering
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Eliot Illustrated
T.S. Eliot and
the music of poetry
Durham theses, Durham University, 1999
"Taking into consideration the Symbolist influence,
together with his preoccupation with language
and his interest in the musical quality inherent
in verse, one finds that Eliot's verse contains
a rhythmic movement that tends to sweep across
the whole line and links lines and stanzas together.
His is a language that is highly charged with
a harmonic resonance and a certain distancing
and abstracting which makes the reference
more universal, less specifically personal."
"Where past and future are gathered" — T. S. Eliot
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Centerpiece
"Minimalists are actually extreme hoarders:
they hoard space." — Douglas Coupland,
quoted here on May 18, 2017
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Saturday, April 29, 2023
The Long Movie
"The history of the length of movies takes place in two dimensions—
on the axis of the ordinary and the axis of the extraordinary, or,
of the rule and the exception."
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker , April 24, "In Praise of the Long Movie."
The Ordinary —
The Extraordinary —
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Thursday, December 8, 2022
The Uncynical Architect
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Monday, September 5, 2022
“Come into my parlor . . .”
See as well this journal on December 12, 2010 — Sunday Painting —
and an Instagram story this morning by Marcela Nowak:
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Annals of Psychoanalysis: Treating the Athletic Complex
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Sunday, December 26, 2021
The Apotropaic Sofa
"an apotropaic or paranoic buttress of ego consciousness"
— James Hillman in "Egalitarian Typologies Versus
The Perception of the Unique"
A British weblog on Saturday, 29 October 2016 —
"In the last few years it would appear that the linking of witch marks
and Halloween has become almost as commonplace as Christmas
and Coke adverts, Boxing Day and the DFS sales. They have become
the fallback of any journalist who wants a bit of a heritage twist to a story,
and can't find a good killer clown exclusive."
DFS sale example —
"Another day, another couch." — @marcelanow
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Friday, November 26, 2021
Monday, November 22, 2021
American Heritage: The Allowance
Reading The Human Stain —
But wait, there's more!
The book , unlike the movie, doesn't have …
See Peplowski and The Human Stain in a post of Sept. 15, 2007.
Related material: "In the desert, you can remember your name" and …
Click image to enlarge.
Addendum of 10:30 PM ET November 22 —
The caption was inadvertently omitted from the above Black Rock City image.
It was as follows:
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