Arthur Mullen's blog
This past Friday was the fullest moon of 2010. Ancient alchemists believed the moon was a plant, and the sun a great animal. In Christian iconography, the moon represents the Virgin Mary. When I urinated on that statue I helped to water the great plant. I wish my dreams were more filled with the shapes… Continue reading Places Far From Here
Korean director Ki-duk Kim's films embody the notion that emotional uplift is a minor virtue compared to the raw human experience. That's also how I see things through the lens of my own years long battle with "feeling good." In his 2006 film, Time, the character See-hee has her face reconstructed so that her lover… Continue reading Ki-duk Kim
The actors brought the wineglasses to their lips and drank. They tilted their heads to listen to empty words whispered. It all went slow motion. Suspicion dripped like the wax of Madame Tussauds' models faces held to a flame, melting into anger, accusations and violence. A mob of silent masked theatre-goers in the gymnasium-as-pine-forest watched… Continue reading The attempt and not the deed, Confounds us