From the Magpie (Real)
Derek Jarman’s eighties disco footage; Laurie Anderson’s dog.
Magpie, definition, Cambridge Dictionary: 1) a bird with black and white feathers and a long tail, 2) someone who likes to collect many different objects, or use many different styles
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Will You Dance With Me?,great
You are the one who makes me feel so real
I ElizabethHeart of a Dog
Will You Dance With Me?,You are the one who makes me feel so real
The 400 Blows
Will You Dance With Me?You are the one who makes me feel so real
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In Which the Magpie Takes to the Field
De Maria’s field of lightning . . . Thoreau’s “botany boxes” . . . James Schuyler’s salute to the past
In Which the Magpie Makes a Ghost Map of the City
The haunting of Rooney Mara . . . a delivery room turned walk-in closet . . . Ain Gordon’s “Radicals in Miniature”
In Which the Magpie Seeks the Zeitgeist of the Losers
The stuff we talk about after we finish with our weekly outrage.
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Finding My Inner Piece: How Puzzles Ease My Anxiety
It’s very calming, very methodical, very good if, say, someone you love has died, but you know the world cannot stop, and you can’t either.