David J. Clarke
@jazzphreak.bsky.social
Seeking work as a Peer Bridger or 988 Support Agent. Jazz fanatic & amateur photographer. Former philosopher & logician. Disciple of Richard Rorty. Francophile. 💙🏳️🌈📸🎷 🇫🇷
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"The White Night", 1935, by the German-American artist Adolf Fassbender. (1884-1980)
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
"The White Night", 1935, by the German-American artist Adolf Fassbender. (1884-1980)
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November 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Christina Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata - PURCELL: Music for a While
YouTube video by Warner Classics
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Great moments in literature:
wherein it is revealed that Stephen King took the idea of a bloodthirsty clown who drags children to their death in the sewers from Charles Dickens.
youtu.be/qA9nRB_8aFw?...
#cheers #literature #It #Frasier
wherein it is revealed that Stephen King took the idea of a bloodthirsty clown who drags children to their death in the sewers from Charles Dickens.
youtu.be/qA9nRB_8aFw?...
#cheers #literature #It #Frasier
Cheers - Frasier & Dickens
YouTube video by Zed Aleph
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Great moments in literature:
wherein it is revealed that Stephen King took the idea of a bloodthirsty clown who drags children to their death in the sewers from Charles Dickens.
youtu.be/qA9nRB_8aFw?...
#cheers #literature #It #Frasier
wherein it is revealed that Stephen King took the idea of a bloodthirsty clown who drags children to their death in the sewers from Charles Dickens.
youtu.be/qA9nRB_8aFw?...
#cheers #literature #It #Frasier
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These very tall trees look very #small compared to the thundering Upper #Yosemite Falls behind them in Yosemite #NationalPark
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #LandscapePhotography
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #LandscapePhotography
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
These very tall trees look very #small compared to the thundering Upper #Yosemite Falls behind them in Yosemite #NationalPark
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #LandscapePhotography
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #LandscapePhotography
The clearing wind had begun to blow. As the overcast was displaced with brilliance and color, as more and more light poured into the valley, the hour seemed tumultuous and exalting. Backgammon and gin.
—The Journals of John Cheever
#prose #genre #lyrical #johncheever #geoffdyer
—The Journals of John Cheever
#prose #genre #lyrical #johncheever #geoffdyer
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The clearing wind had begun to blow. As the overcast was displaced with brilliance and color, as more and more light poured into the valley, the hour seemed tumultuous and exalting. Backgammon and gin.
—The Journals of John Cheever
#prose #genre #lyrical #johncheever #geoffdyer
—The Journals of John Cheever
#prose #genre #lyrical #johncheever #geoffdyer
Zadie Smith's essay collection 'Dead and Alive' is her best yet. Open the book & receive the gifts of an imagination that radiates w boundless energy, is never dogmatic, ceaseleslly curious & always striving to understand her subject, regardless of where it leads.
#essays #film #novels #zadiesmith
#essays #film #novels #zadiesmith
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Zadie Smith's essay collection 'Dead and Alive' is her best yet. Open the book & receive the gifts of an imagination that radiates w boundless energy, is never dogmatic, ceaseleslly curious & always striving to understand her subject, regardless of where it leads.
#essays #film #novels #zadiesmith
#essays #film #novels #zadiesmith
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Get your favorite flower here!❤️💐
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#bloomscrolling #nature #gardeningfeed #flowers #photography #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #spring
👉 amzn.to/4qVMU7L
#bloomscrolling #nature #gardeningfeed #flowers #photography #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #spring
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Get your favorite flower here!❤️💐
👉 amzn.to/4qVMU7L
#bloomscrolling #nature #gardeningfeed #flowers #photography #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #spring
👉 amzn.to/4qVMU7L
#bloomscrolling #nature #gardeningfeed #flowers #photography #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #spring
The best jazz, like the best literature, is a conversation with its history. Here is Brad Mehldau in a dialogue with John Coltrane.
#standards #Coltrane ##BradMehldau #MyFavoriteThings #Takemeout #tears
youtu.be/hP08UZ893pk?...
#standards #Coltrane ##BradMehldau #MyFavoriteThings #Takemeout #tears
youtu.be/hP08UZ893pk?...
Brad Mehldau plays My Favorite Things
YouTube video by Michael Lucke
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The best jazz, like the best literature, is a conversation with its history. Here is Brad Mehldau in a dialogue with John Coltrane.
#standards #Coltrane ##BradMehldau #MyFavoriteThings #Takemeout #tears
youtu.be/hP08UZ893pk?...
#standards #Coltrane ##BradMehldau #MyFavoriteThings #Takemeout #tears
youtu.be/hP08UZ893pk?...
Mr. Lindner? That milquetoast?
Right. Mr. Lindner, the milquetoast. So what did you think the devil would look like? If he were red with a tail, horns, and cloven hooves, any fool could say no.
—How to Read Literature Like a Professor
—Thomas C. Foster
#LorraineHansberry #Southside #Faust #Symbol
Right. Mr. Lindner, the milquetoast. So what did you think the devil would look like? If he were red with a tail, horns, and cloven hooves, any fool could say no.
—How to Read Literature Like a Professor
—Thomas C. Foster
#LorraineHansberry #Southside #Faust #Symbol
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Mr. Lindner? That milquetoast?
Right. Mr. Lindner, the milquetoast. So what did you think the devil would look like? If he were red with a tail, horns, and cloven hooves, any fool could say no.
—How to Read Literature Like a Professor
—Thomas C. Foster
#LorraineHansberry #Southside #Faust #Symbol
Right. Mr. Lindner, the milquetoast. So what did you think the devil would look like? If he were red with a tail, horns, and cloven hooves, any fool could say no.
—How to Read Literature Like a Professor
—Thomas C. Foster
#LorraineHansberry #Southside #Faust #Symbol
Blue skies with orange 5 summers past
#cloudphotography #blueskies #movinglight #lighttrails #eastcoastkin #horizon #boundless
#cloudphotography #blueskies #movinglight #lighttrails #eastcoastkin #horizon #boundless
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Blue skies with orange 5 summers past
#cloudphotography #blueskies #movinglight #lighttrails #eastcoastkin #horizon #boundless
#cloudphotography #blueskies #movinglight #lighttrails #eastcoastkin #horizon #boundless
Guillermo del Toro on AI animation: 'you'll get semi-compelling screensavers'...how can you disagree with someone that has a life-size model of Ray Harryhausen (+ skeleton friends) in his library?
#animation #art #compelling #critique
youtube.com/shorts/04GvY...
#animation #art #compelling #critique
youtube.com/shorts/04GvY...
Guillermo del Toro on Artificial Intelligence
YouTube video by Movies Verse
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Guillermo del Toro on AI animation: 'you'll get semi-compelling screensavers'...how can you disagree with someone that has a life-size model of Ray Harryhausen (+ skeleton friends) in his library?
#animation #art #compelling #critique
youtube.com/shorts/04GvY...
#animation #art #compelling #critique
youtube.com/shorts/04GvY...
"All of me swims, floats, crosses what exists with my nerves, I am nothing but a desire, anger, vagueness, as impalpable as energy. Energy? but where is my strength? in imprecision, in imprecision, in imprecision ..."
#ClariceLispector #Brazil #Novelist #ShortStories #Master #BeautifullyImprecise
#ClariceLispector #Brazil #Novelist #ShortStories #Master #BeautifullyImprecise
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"All of me swims, floats, crosses what exists with my nerves, I am nothing but a desire, anger, vagueness, as impalpable as energy. Energy? but where is my strength? in imprecision, in imprecision, in imprecision ..."
#ClariceLispector #Brazil #Novelist #ShortStories #Master #BeautifullyImprecise
#ClariceLispector #Brazil #Novelist #ShortStories #Master #BeautifullyImprecise
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Barista stirring Italian soda
#colorphotography #vivid #saturation #bokeh #variable #motion #hands #composition #lens #distortion #underexposed
#colorphotography #vivid #saturation #bokeh #variable #motion #hands #composition #lens #distortion #underexposed
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Barista stirring Italian soda
#colorphotography #vivid #saturation #bokeh #variable #motion #hands #composition #lens #distortion #underexposed
#colorphotography #vivid #saturation #bokeh #variable #motion #hands #composition #lens #distortion #underexposed
'Beethoven's Birth Room' — Alfred Eisenstadt
#blackandwhite #shadow #line #light #classical #romantic #bridge #dedication #homage #mementomori #artendures
#blackandwhite #shadow #line #light #classical #romantic #bridge #dedication #homage #mementomori #artendures
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
'Beethoven's Birth Room' — Alfred Eisenstadt
#blackandwhite #shadow #line #light #classical #romantic #bridge #dedication #homage #mementomori #artendures
#blackandwhite #shadow #line #light #classical #romantic #bridge #dedication #homage #mementomori #artendures
'Carving with a Camera'
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #abstract #HiroshiSugimoto #line #form #negativespace #composition
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #abstract #HiroshiSugimoto #line #form #negativespace #composition
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
'Generations and Time', by Shōmei Tōmatsu
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #ShōmeiTōmatsu
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #ShōmeiTōmatsu
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
'Generations and Time', by Shōmei Tōmatsu
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #ShōmeiTōmatsu
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #ShōmeiTōmatsu
'Lightning Fields', by Hiroshi Sugimoto
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #abstract #HiroshiSugimoto
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #abstract #HiroshiSugimoto
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
'Lightning Fields', by Hiroshi Sugimoto
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #abstract #HiroshiSugimoto
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #abstract #HiroshiSugimoto
Fan Ho, street photography with a nod to Willy Ronis
#photographer #filmmaker #influence #tradition #WilkyRonis #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #FanHo
#photographer #filmmaker #influence #tradition #WilkyRonis #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #FanHo
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Fan Ho, street photography with a nod to Willy Ronis
#photographer #filmmaker #influence #tradition #WilkyRonis #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #FanHo
#photographer #filmmaker #influence #tradition #WilkyRonis #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #FanHo
'Obsession', (1964) by Fan Ho
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #FanHo
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #FanHo
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
'Obsession', (1964) by Fan Ho
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #FanHo
#photographer #filmmaker #blackandwhite #monochrome #exposure #light #tonalshift #narrative #underrated #master #streetphotography #FanHo
Robert Adams: from 'The Place We Live' collection. No words except to note photography is a medium concerned with light. Also, seeing digital versions or even books in no way prepares you for what you encounter in person.
#RobertAdams #Light #Beauty #Essays
#RobertAdams #Light #Beauty #Essays
October 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Robert Adams: from 'The Place We Live' collection. No words except to note photography is a medium concerned with light. Also, seeing digital versions or even books in no way prepares you for what you encounter in person.
#RobertAdams #Light #Beauty #Essays
#RobertAdams #Light #Beauty #Essays
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/p...
This is immoral, egregious and outrageous! Sadly, it is legal. Using its attack on DEI, the Trump administration has regressed Civil Rights 60 years. Couple that with gerrymandering & changing election practices and the result is de facto Jim Crow.
#JimCrow #Racism
This is immoral, egregious and outrageous! Sadly, it is legal. Using its attack on DEI, the Trump administration has regressed Civil Rights 60 years. Couple that with gerrymandering & changing election practices and the result is de facto Jim Crow.
#JimCrow #Racism
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/p...
This is immoral, egregious and outrageous! Sadly, it is legal. Using its attack on DEI, the Trump administration has regressed Civil Rights 60 years. Couple that with gerrymandering & changing election practices and the result is de facto Jim Crow.
#JimCrow #Racism
This is immoral, egregious and outrageous! Sadly, it is legal. Using its attack on DEI, the Trump administration has regressed Civil Rights 60 years. Couple that with gerrymandering & changing election practices and the result is de facto Jim Crow.
#JimCrow #Racism
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Necks don't get much longer than this...
#BirdofTheDay #EastCoastKin #photography #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #flamingo
#BirdofTheDay #EastCoastKin #photography #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #flamingo
October 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Necks don't get much longer than this...
#BirdofTheDay #EastCoastKin #photography #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #flamingo
#BirdofTheDay #EastCoastKin #photography #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #flamingo