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J. E. Hunt : Traveling with a Magical and Revolutionary Device

Mon, 24 May 2010 22:25:34 +0000

When I was in the final upheaval of my few remaining moments as Artistic Director of the theatre company. Many of these same dilemmas were weighing so heavily upon me, I couldn't make a decision, or at least one that seemed to fulfill all of the things I had to deal with. Finally, against the wall, I made the decision to stop. Everything. That's when I started reading and exercising again. Retraining my mind and body. I think it's the only way to properly refocus. Glad you're enjoying yourself...you should go sail the winds too!

J. E. Hunt : Just Another Joe

Fri, 14 May 2010 19:11:09 +0000

Who is that handsome guy?

J. E. Hunt : What I [Don't] Like in a Novel, or, I Hate Sun-Warmed Flagstones

Wed, 12 May 2010 23:19:41 +0000

I'm mostly reading it on a train. My recent post “Treme”: Won’t bow.

J. E. Hunt : What I [Don't] Like in a Novel, or, I Hate Sun-Warmed Flagstones

Wed, 12 May 2010 23:01:58 +0000

I'll take it you meant the "fight" was over. You only got 25 pages in? So, much has passed since page 25! I know SWH had stopped at the bridge because it never felt like they'd get off it. It's funny to me because they were on the bridge for all of a chapter and a half and never came back to it. You'd love it all. It has a very sarcastic tone towards feeble mindedness of all kinds. Some times it feels like the most profound satire. My recent post “Treme”: Won’t bow.

J. E. Hunt : What I [Don't] Like in a Novel, or, I Hate Sun-Warmed Flagstones

Wed, 12 May 2010 22:18:50 +0000

It's interesting, aside from the divergent path in "Kavalier and Clay" in the fifth act, when the writer felt in necessary to follow the son's point of view, I found it to be a very emotional journey and an exciting one. That could be because my childhood was filled with comic books. On the other hand, while I liked "Ouroborus", it never really did effect me the way it did you. I am however being greatly effected by "War and Peace". Both you and your better half stopped right around the bridge sequence in the first Part. I'm now beginning the third Part and have already been through so many emotional and intellectual upheavals that I would never have expected the book to take, that I would urge the two of you to take another look. In reading it, it's interesting to see how his incredible insight into character by defining a simple moment of interaction has been repeated endlessly in many other storytelling landscapes. I continue to recognize many of these moments from the countless hours of cinema that I've seen. Only now I'm witnessing their birthplace and in a context that holds far more power and insight into the depth at which humanity is capable of reaching or avoiding. It's truly an amazing book. My recent post “Treme”: Won’t bow.

J. E. Hunt : Why Avatar was Significant, and Not a Simple Guilt Fantasy

Wed, 12 May 2010 11:11:40 +0000

Despite it's flaws its a tough movie to simply shrug off, which many people have done. It's unfortunate to see people hating a movie to simply hate it and then turning around and seeing something like "Alice in Wonderland" and loving it simply because it's Tim Burton.http://phil
My recent post “Treme”: Won’t bow.