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Etch a Day (or so)

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I'm in a creative mood. I thought I would upload an etch a day to Flickr, maybe comment, or maybe just use it to junk my brain. These are done online with a mouse and a flash application.
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Amy McDonald Chapman pretends to write here from time to time. This is her virtual outpost, with occasional interjections from her writerly partner in crime Derek Chapman. Aesthetics, music, comedy, film, writing, kitsch, retro, fashion, ideas, architecture, bad art/good art.

film

a short list of film | March 20, 2008

Every time I see a film, I have the impulse to come here and write about it. Chalk it up to my days as a music writer; I naturally respond to everything in writing. But too many other projects have...... [read more]

Marie Antoinette | July 5, 2006

Sofia Coppola’s new movie Marie Antoinette has not yet been released in the U.S., but has been out in parts of Europe for about a month now. (I just saw it in Antwerp.) This was in itself an interesting choice—and...... [read more]

Pride & Prejudice | November 28, 2005

I am a fan of all the Jane Austen/Charlotte Bronte movies—Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, and Wuthering Heights, old and new versions. (I recently saw the very brooding version of Wuthering Heights. Ralph Fiennes as an extremely...... [read more]

Nowhere in Africa | October 25, 2004

I had my eye on this film for awhile, but never felt like I would have the energy to watch it. This movie surprised me with its lightness and beauty... from the first fifteen minutes, I could barely pause it....... [read more]