Blog – John Zic

Posted on June 28, 2017

Dorothy Parker on Aspiring Writers

Posted on June 26, 2017

Author Julia Fierro Discusses Point of View

Posted on July 18, 2016

Lauren Alwan’s “The Foreign Cinema”

Posted on January 30, 2016

A Cycle of Eternal Return

Posted on November 19, 2015

Why There Are Words Reading

Posted on July 16, 2015

Eugene O’Neill

Posted on July 6, 2015

A Quick Note on Getting Better at Difficult Things

Posted on June 15, 2015

Achingly Beautiful

Posted on June 14, 2015

It’s Alive!

Posted on December 16, 2014

Stephen Hawking

Posted on December 16, 2014

Henry David Thoreau

National Gallery of Art

Introduction to the Exhibition—Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence Andrew Butterfield, exhibition curator, and president of Andrew Butterfield Fine Arts
Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence is the first-ever monographic exhibition in the United States on Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488), the innovative artist, painter, sculptor, and teacher ... 2 226 0 41 mins 0

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National Gallery of Art

Press Event: Degas at the Opéra 5 134 1 21 mins 0

Posted: 3 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1878-1881 KIMBERLY JONES: //Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is an icon, pure and simple. It is one of the most famous sculptures in the world. There are at least 25 posthumous reproductions of this sculpture, but here we have the original.
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Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Pauline and Virginie Conversing with Admirers, c. 1876-1877 KAYWIN FELDMAN: This scene shows characters from a somewhat scandalous novel about the fictional Madame and Monsieur Cardinal and their two ballerina daughters.
KIMBERLY JONES: And here in this image, we see the two young girls, in their ballet costumes, ... 0 94 1 2 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Dance Examination, 1880 KAYWIN FELDMAN: Two dancers are getting ready for an important examination. On the right, the ballerina performs toe exercises to warm up. The girl on the left, with a blue bow, bends at the waist.
JULIE KENT: She’s straightening out ... 1 101 0 1 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Ballet Scene, c. 1907 KAYWIN FELDMAN: At the time this work was executed, Degas had not attended a performance at the Paris Opéra in more than a decade. His scenes were shaped by memory. The colors remain increasingly bright but in pastels such as ... 0 68 2 1 mins 0

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National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Degas at the Opéra, Four Dancers, c. 1899 JULIE KENT: The look and feel of Degas’ positions, //what the dancers are focused on, //looks to me completely accurate. I mean I see //these sort of motifs of //looking at your shoes and adjusting your costume and just resting, ... 0 90 1 2 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys, c. 1860– 1862, reworked prior to... KAYWIN FELDMAN: A cluster of four girls at left wear half-tunics, not tutus, as they move across the plain of Sparta, not the stage. Degas was fascinated by the ancient city-state of Sparta. He poured over ancient Greek chronicles that ... 0 88 0 1 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Three Nude Dancers, c. 1903 KAYWIN FELDMAN: This work is a study, not a drawing to exhibit or sell. The dancers are removed from any context. Here, and in the nearby drawings, we see Degas observing the body in motion.
JULIE KENT: Dancers are obsessed ... 0 211 0 2 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Dancers, 1879 KIMBERLY JONES: Fans were the most definitive symbol of femininity in nineteenth-century France. In the 1870s and beyond, fans developed something of a cult following among artists, who began to explore the decorative potential of the fans.
KAYWIN FELDMAN: French ... 0 86 0 1 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, The Dance Lesson, c. 1879 KAYWIN FELDMAN: Here, Degas shows us the ballerinas as they prepare themselves for their lessons.
JULIE KENT: It’s just exactly what you would see in any dance studio now, any ballet studio. It’s just it looks different because we no ... 1 73 0 2 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Dancer with a Bouquet, Curtseying on Stage, 1878 JULIE KENT: When a dancer’s taking a bow they are both receiving and giving thanks for the audience, for coming to watch you dance and receiving the appreciation of the audience. But it’s that little pause in the action where ... 0 81 2 2 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, The Ballet Master, c. 1876 KAYWIN FELDMAN: The ballet master stands at left instructing a single ballerina. All background distractions are stripped away. This is Degas’s first experiment in monotype. Paper conservator Kimberly Schenck explains the process.
KIMBERLY SCHENCK: Monotypes are made by painting oil ... 0 69 2 2 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Study of a Theatre Box, 1880 KIMBERLY JONES: We see a woman gazing downwards from the opera box. We are below looking up at her. Her face is illuminated by the footlights, giving it this strange ghostly white quality.
KAYWIN FELDMAN: Degas rarely depicted actual audiences ... 1 61 0 1 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, The Dance Class, begun 1873, completed 1875–1876 1 61 0 2 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, The Dance Class, c. 1873 JULIE KENT: You can almost hear the footsteps coming down. There’s some energy and anticipation of the dancers, that their class is coming, and that they’d better hurry.
KAYWIN FELDMAN: Behind the staircase on the left, we can see a ... 4 63 0 1 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
National Gallery of Art

Degas at the Opéra, Portrait of Rose Caron, c. 1892 KAYWIN FELDMAN: Critics praised Rose Caron as a “peerless tragic actress.” Others were less enthusiastic about her voice, which was once referred to as “wounded.” This is a recording of her from late in her career, in her signature role ... 2 62 0 1 mins 0

Posted: 4 days ago
John Z
@dorzix

@jeffspolitics Media and pos don't decide frontrunner, delegate counts decide frontrunner
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Posted: 6 days ago
Chris D. Jackson
@ChrisDJackson

How @BernieSanders voted on Russia sanctions:
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2012 Magnitsky Act - nay
2014 Russia Sanctions - nay
2017 Russia Sanctions - nay
2019 Russia Sanctions - did not vote https://t.co/r5K4A4R9W1 John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
Brett Pransky
@BrettPransky

I’m a progressive democrat, and you just said you don’t want my vote, but you do want to roll right over me.
Why are you running in my party’s primary? https://t.co/P33GSeOUBf John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
Caroline Orr
@RVAwonk

Russia clearly has a preference for Trump. So why are they boosting Bernie Sanders’ campaign? Likely for the same reason as in 2016: To reduce voter turnout by convincing Bernie supporters not to vote for Hillary Clinton in the general... John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
Seth Abramson
@SethAbramson

RETWEET if you're sick of premature predictions about the Democratic primary.
**
% OF THE 2,376 DELEGATES NEEDED FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION RECEIVED
0️⃣.9️⃣% Buttigieg
0️⃣.9️⃣% Sanders
0️⃣.3️⃣% Warren
0️⃣.3️⃣% Klobuchar
0️⃣.3️⃣% Biden
0️⃣.0️⃣% Steyer
0️⃣.0️⃣% Gabbard
0️⃣.0️⃣% Bloomberg
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Posted: 6 days ago
Charles P. Pierce
@CharlesPPierce

If Mayor Pete wants to presume to talk about where “most of the Democratic Party is,” he should find a way to get his numbers with minority voters off the bottom of the Marianas Trench first. John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
Southern Sister Resister
@ResisterSis20

Russia trying to help Bernie Sanders's.
Russia helped Trump win in 2016.
Russia is trying to help Trump again in 2020.
Russia is trying to help Bernie because that helps Trump.
Seriously, if this does not make you consider your... John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
Hal Sparks
@HalSparks

What a dick. #BernieKnew https://t.co/TXEYdKRrxj John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
Ricky Davila
@TheRickyDavila

In 2016, trump asked Russia to hack his opponent, shared secret intel with Russians in the Oval Office and had many contacts with Russians.
In 2018, trump bribed and extorted Ukraine to force them to help attack his opponent.
In... John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
John Z
@dorzix

@BetteMidler She saw the face of God and God was Dolores del Lago!
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Posted: 6 days ago
The Hoarse Whisperer
@HoarseWisperer

Bernie is super mad at the Washington Post for accurately reporting that he was briefed a month ago on Russia working to help his campaign.
https://t.co/gtIMPNXXMT John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
John Zic
dorzic

Da kids relaxing on a Sunday afternoon. 10 Likes

Posted: 3 months ago
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Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower. Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower. 0 Repin Likes

Posted: 8 months ago
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Posted: 8 months ago
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An abandoned highway in the Rocky mountains of Canada An abandoned highway in the Rocky mountains of Canada 3 Repin Likes

Posted: 8 months ago
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Super cell in Nebraska Super cell in Nebraska 0 Repin Likes

Posted: 8 months ago
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dorzic

Hello from Carly 11 Likes

Posted: About a year ago
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dorzic

Ahhh warm sun on her back! 3 Comments
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Posted: Over a year ago
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dorzic

Carly's eyes will melt your heart. 2 Comments
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Posted: Over a year ago
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Posted: Over a year ago
WSWorldBookClub

Jonathan Franzen - Freedom US literary superstar Jonathan Franzen talks about his hugely acclaimed novel Freedom. An epic of contemporary love and marriage, Freedom charts the exploits of the Berglund family, capturing the temptations and burdens of liberty, the thrills of teenage lust, the ... 63 2695 3 50 mins 0

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WSWorldBookClub

Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday World Book Club talks life, sex, drugs, if not rock ‘n’ roll to chart-topping Irish writer Marian Keyes about her best-selling novel Rachel’s Holiday. She answers BBC listeners' questions from around the world, and also reads several passages from her ... 16 715 0 49 mins 0

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WSWorldBookClub

JD Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye Harriet Gilbert discusses JD Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye with a studio audience, including questions from BBC World Service listeners as far afield as Nepal and the Czech Republic. She's in New York's Algonquin Hotel, long-time hangout ... 86 2964 0 50 mins 0

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