Virginia Woolf appears in online stories about art, fashion, music, literature, suicide, and more this week. Scroll down for detailed Woolf sightings.
- Internal Dialogues : Paintings by JT Winik, blogTO (blog)
Virginia Woolf, “An Unwritten Novel”, 1921 This recent body of work represents studies in introspection. The subjects, most often depicted as solitary figures, appear lost within themselves, whether reflexively (ie as in an automatic reaction to … - Author of wildly popular “Llama” series recalls 20 years of rejections, Salt Lake Tribune
But from her I’d say I learned it was all right — like Virginia Woolf said — to sit down to a room of one’s own and write. And you can do it without getting paid for it. You can do it just for the beauty of writing. That’s one way I was able to keep … - Perl: When Art Makes the New Look Old and the Old Look New, New Republic
I believe I am still under the influence of Virginia’s Woolf’s second novel, Night and Day, which I read for the first time a month or so ago. Published in 1919 and generally said to be her most traditional work of fiction, it seems for that reason to … - Manson leads MCO in concert, new recording of Philip Glass music, Winnipeg Free Press
So when Glass signed on to compose the soundtrack for the 2002 movie adaptation of The Hours — starring Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep as melancholy women linked by VirginiaWoolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway — it seemed “both inevitable and … - Mandy Coon, Billy Reid, Antoni Azzuolo, Daryl K and Preen at NY Fashion Week …, Sentimentalist Magazine
As the designers revealed, they were inspired by flowers, glass houses and Virginia Woolf, which all makes sense, given the delicate formality of much of these spring/summer pieces. This is a gravatar-friendly blog, enter your e-mail address to use … - A Jewish Case for Mel Gibson, Reason Online (blog)
Charles Dickens, Edmund Burke, Virginia Woolf, and Edgar Degas, to name very few, had some bad words for the Jews on occasion. But we can put these things in perspective. You can love the art (or whatever this movie will be classified as) and believe … - The Years, Sub Pop Records, Dream Pop, Muse
The standout track of the recording is without a doubt “To the Lighthouse”, borrowing its title from Virginia Woolf’s lauded novel. This track is by far the most upbeat of all, invoking a summer-time indie feel amid verses of appreciating the beauty … - Bartender Luke Tullos, The INDsider
This is an homage to Virginia Woolf, who first imagined Judith in A Room of One’s Own. (In real life, Shakespeare had a daughter named Judith.) Check it out at the AUI/AURA studio space at 810Jefferson St. next to Carpe Diem Gelato & Espresso. … - The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Financial Times
Looking back at 19th-century Britain, Virginia Woolf called Middlemarch “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”. Which paintings, if any, could she have chosen by the same criteria? For if most Victorian novels are elaborate fairy … - Q&A and Video: Cathy Tempelsman, TheaterJones Performing Arts News in North Texas
Virginia Woolf says that Middlemarch is the first novel that was written for grownups and unfortunately some people read her in high school and are really turned off by Eliot. But then people who read her as adults are so moved by the stories. … - Previews: What Looks Good for November, Comic Book Resources
Athos in America – Jason returns to The Last Musketeer and includes other Jasony stories like “The Brain That Wouldn’t Virginia Woolf.” Gumby’s Spring Specials Collection – I haven’t read these, but if they’re anything like the Gumby Summer Specials by … - The rise and rise of Brontëmania, The Guardian
Virginia Woolf visited it in the days when it was privately owned, noting the upright gravestones in the churchyard “like an army of silent soldiers”, and when it opened to the public in 1928, thousands clamoured to get in. An average of 70000 visitors … - Get thee to a nunnery, Ha’aretz
Long before Virginia Woolf, this self-taught Benedictine nun wrote that not only should women be able to study at universities as a matter of course, but that for a woman, having a library of her own, and having time at her disposal to devote to … - Great dynasties of the world: The Bloomsbury group, The Guardian
In 1912, Leonard Woolf married Virginia Stephen, at Lytton Strachey’s urging; Strachey had already proposed to Virginia himself, before quickly realising his mistake. “I think there’s no doubt whatever that you ought to marry her,” he wrote to Leonard. … - Know the signals of suicide, Iowa City Press Citizen
Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Cleopatra, Vincent Van Gogh and Kurt Cobain are just a few of the many who have completed suicide. Many of us know at least one person who has tried or completed. Suicide remains an extremely difficult phenomenon to … - This Miniature Masterpiece Is Quietly Transcendent, NPR
A few are famous — Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, for instance — but most are not. One of the rarest gems among these is JL Carr’s tiny masterpiece, A Month in the Country. The year is 1920. Tom Birkin is a young art restorer, trying to recover from … - Meet the Second Season Cast of Game of Thrones!, Crushable
You might recognize him from his work as Virginia Woolf’s (Nicole Kidman) husband Leonard Woolf in The Hours or as Thomas Jefferson in the 2008 miniseries John Adams—which, notably, was also an HBO production. Fun fact: Stephen’s son Frank played the … - Toronto Film Festival: Tilda Swinton charms, Los Angeles Times
Swinton deals with it head-on in the adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s book “Orlando,” in which she plays the title character who jumps through time and gender, and later in “Clayton,” where as a tough, devoted corporate lawyer, we watch her armor start … - Listen: Stream new Memoryhouse EP, read band’s track-by-track, Drowned In Sound
As a kind of unifying aesthetic, The Years was created with many references to the author Virginia Woolf. The title of the EP quoting her 1937 novel by the same name, To the Lighthouse a 1927 novel, ‘The Waves’, a song on the original release, … - Hayek, Keynes and How to Prevent Economic Crises: Sylvia Nasar, BusinessWeek
Keynes was a balletomane, collector and intimate of Virginia Woolf, but he took up a calling that he once compared with dentistry. Artists were responsible for civilization, but economic thinkers had invented and continually improved an “apparatus of … - Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, Vogue.com
VIRGINIA WOOLF and the sophisticated Bloomsbury set may have been the inspiration behind Preen’s spring/summer 20 12 offering, but never fear – the staunch Victorian influence sure didn’t hamper the fun. To a minimal electronic beat, models stepped … - Top 10 Books About Booze By Female Authors, Huffington Post (blog)
Even the mother of all modern women’s writing, Virginia Woolf, talking about visiting the fictitious university of Oxbridge, despairs when she compares the robust and plentiful delights available at the feast provided by the high table at the men’s … - Florence and the Machine Reveals New Album Title, Tracklist, KOvideo
“What The Water Gave Me” will apparently appear twice on the album and, while named after a Frida Kahlo painting, is inspired by Virginia Woolf’s death. About the track, the singer said: “At lot of the time when I’m writing, things will just appear. … - Alexa Chung and Elle Fanning hit New York Fashion Week!, instyle.co.uk
At Preen, Justin Thornton and Thea Brgazzi played host to Hollywood actress Marisa Tomei, who headed backstage to congratulate the designers on a job well done following their stunning Virginia Woolf-inspired line-up. The fashion-forward actress … - New York Fashion Week SS 2012: Preen, Holy Moly!
Laser cut lace and dark floral prints give the collection an edge, and we love the fact that Preen designers Thea Bregazzi and Justin Thornton found inspiration in Virginia Woolf and Victoriana, but have interpreted it in a genuinely new and modern way … - Fashion Week Diary: Chris Benz’s Chic Ladies, Zero + Maria Cornejo’s Fluidity …, FashionEtc
The spring show (inspired by Virginia Woolf) was an evolution from fall, with look upon ladylike look walking out, and nary a cut-out or super form-fitting dress in sight. Perhaps we’re all growing up and wanting to cover up? The colors were so bright … - Among the grownups: Children in adult fiction, The Guardian
After all, supporting characters can be just as rich and memorable – ranging, as they do, from the sublime sensitivity of young James Ramsey in Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, to the full-blown Freudian nightmare that is Marmaduke Clinch in Martin .. - The Biography of Me, Cinespect
Revisionism, particularly in the context of our leaders and villains, is hot stuff for the arts whether this is Mailer’s interpretation of Hitler’s childhood (“The Castle in the Forest”), Virginia Woolf’s cocker spaniel biography “Flush,” Scorsese and … - From Annie Lennox to Lady Gaga: Fashion’s gender benders, Metro
Actress Tilda Swinton has been experimenting with androgyny since starring in the film adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando in 1992. She recently told US style bible W magazine that she ‘would rather be handsome for an hour than beautiful for a week’ …
- I Love Autumn (ÁA), IcelandReview
After four months of hard work, blood, sweat and even some tears, last May I submitted to the University of Iceland my 110-page MA essay about clothing and fashion as literary motif in the writings of Virginia Woolf. What made it especially challenging … - DISCOVERY COM A : Investigation Discovery, Military Channel and Planet Green…, 4-traders (press release)
Etkind is also the author of Or Not to Be, a fascinating collection of suicide notes by the famous, including Kurt Cobain, Vincent Van Gogh, Diane Arbus, Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf. Ed Hersh: Since joining Discovery in 2009, Hersh has served as …
