http://3rdarm.biz Bizness & Blog of Arthur Robert Mullen III Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:44:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Beauty - the splendour of truth - has two poles. There are directors who seek the truth, which, if they find it, will necessarily be beautiful; others seek beauty, which, if they find find it, will also be true. One finds these two poles in documentary and fiction. Some directors ... http://3rdarm.biz/2010/08/28/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs/ "Every time I come this way, I have to call in. I'll never forget that spring when we arrived. It must've been in '63... That spring in the mountains. We ran around. There were wild strawberries, narcissuses... I'd never seen them before. I ... http://3rdarm.biz/2010/08/25/lepine-dans-le-coeur/ After 26 hours work in two days I dove into the deep end: eyes deadlocked with the chef's I poured an apple-sized habanero chile into my gnashing teeth from a water glass. I chewed the beast into small pieces and drank lemonade. The pain peaked in my mouth ... http://3rdarm.biz/2010/08/24/blame-it-on-the-web-but-the-spiders-your-problem-now/ Its been a hard week transitioning from being with Etta all the time to being alone. I've had trouble sleeping. This means I stay up late and sleep late. It cuts into my daytime productivity. I've been obsessing over a NYT article on six-figure aquariums. ... http://3rdarm.biz/2010/08/21/cat-trees-and-six-figure-aquariums/ "I often imagine surfing the waves of energy that roll through the universe and change everything in their path, including the rider. Enjoy the ride!" Teresa Espaniola, www.gARTbage.org I had a dream this afternoon, in the hour between my alarm going off and really waking up, that I was waiting tables ... http://3rdarm.biz/2010/08/20/can-you-find-the-dreamer/ Crying and running is like tingling and shampooing: When you feel it, you know its working. My friend was telling me about the rapper Darryl "DMC" McDaniel's love of Sarah McLachlan. He tells his story in episode 204 of The Moth Radio Hour. I found it a little ... http://3rdarm.biz/2010/08/19/push-button-color-changer/ I drove north to Manchester-By-The-Sea to visit two boulders in a swamp. They are called the Agassiz Rocks, named for the subject of my planned future documentary, Louis Agassiz. The boulders were brought to this place by glaciers on their way home. It was going to be ... http://3rdarm.biz/2010/08/17/wjib-740-the-memories-station/ Welcome to the Dollhouse, 1995, written and directed by Todd Solondz, is the kind of film where the plot, rather than tell an "authentic" story, conveys real feelings. Sexual frustration, torment, confusion, chaos; junior high. Mary Ellen Moriarty: [applause] Thank you. I am here to talk to you today... about ... http://3rdarm.biz/2010/08/14/wiener-doghouse/ The time I spent living in Chicago was bookended by 9/11 and the death of my mother. I dropped out of school, cut financial ties with my parents, bloodied (and scarred) my hands on chandeliers, and was on multiple occasions punched in the face. In 2004, I returned ... http://3rdarm.biz/2010/08/13/to-get-back/ My first and last nights, we BBQed on Etta's roof. She marinated vegetables, tofu, tuna, steak, and pork for shish kabobs, and grilled corn on the cob. Dinner for two that first night, and for eleven the last. In Michigan, the motel keeper at the Captain's Quarters told us ... http://3rdarm.biz/2010/08/13/and-sunsets/