Mitch HamptonSep 19 minPodcast Values And Sensibility in EducationAll of us have feelings like these over cultural products like books or movies, that I am categorizing as works of art.
Mitch HamptonAug 112 minMy Journey With Productions and Representations Past and PresentMy Journey With Productions and Representations Past and Present
Mitch HamptonJul 112 minMore 1970s Reflections - Learning about music and more through historical timeI state all of this in this post only with the empowerment of hindsight,in the attempt to move towards giving an account in prose of my life
Mitch HamptonMar 17 minMarch 2024- The Place of Aesthetics in Personal BiographyAs of late in these posts I have been discussing my personal relationship with all sorts of art objects that happen to occupy a greater...
Mitch HamptonJan 19 minJanuary: "A Most Personal Post"With the turning of one year into another on this partly artificial, partly natural social calendar, I find myself moved to focus yet...
lauriesstorygardenDec 1, 20239 minDecember post: On The Quotidian In ArtQUOTIDIAN, adjective: of or occurring every day; daily ordinary or everyday, especially when mundane “One of the things that always...
lauriesstorygardenNov 1, 20239 minOf Things Great and Small, Outer and InnerWhat is the relationship between grand exterior events and the discrete, interior things I or we can call art? Or, rather, to be fair to...
Mitch HamptonJun 1, 20237 minJune post: Cinephelia and Summer"There is nothing quite like that moment when the lights go down and all our hopes are concentrated on the screen." Pauline Kael Readers...
Mitch HamptonApr 1, 20236 minOn Being An Archivist of One's Own LifeLast month I went into a little detail about my return visit to my former home of Boston. Embedded inside is my little theory about the...
Mitch HamptonNov 1, 20227 minThe End of The PhoneFor what I now realize was quite a long period of time, from 1987/88 when first I lived on my own to about 2007 or so, the phone occupied...
Mitch HamptonOct 1, 20229 min"Acting in Character""Usually there is a protagonist who the audience watches the movie THROUGH. But then you need that OTHER guy in the story." (Ned Beatty,...
Mitch HamptonJun 1, 20226 minThe Presence of the PastIf I recall correctly, my last June post was in part a celebration and analysis of musicals, in particular my endless fascination with...