Gordon Parks by Adelaide de Menil
Vogue, January 1966

"The character of John Shaft, if truth be known, was Gordon Parks."
- Richard Roundtree

we all hung out in a coffee shop..

a real reckoning for this guy would also involve an aesthetic self-interrogation which, if anything, would require him stepping outside the auteur role and admitting real judgements from other people. my formative respect for his art made me hope he was capable of this but by now I doubt it

are catholics particularly likely to explore these feelings through culturally defining works of allegorical art? there's a convo I'll have

i'd probably continue to spend 40 hours a week in the library and even keep shelving too just to maintain the flow in there

he's the realest lol. whatever he's getting into you know he's gonna get that kiss from maman

i haven't, and i do believe that could change my opinion of it

the sophist's journey

i've heard of this reputation, but no, this was at the Gateway Film Center in Columbus, OH. my first real exposure to bad audience etiquette that i can remember

fortunately, a process that teaches humility (eventually)