Mackenzie Davis
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“When you are describing a shape, or sound, or tint, don’t state the matter plainly, but put it in a hint. And learn to look at all things with a sort of mental squint.” Lewis Carroll
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- Top Story - August 2023
Vulnerability as Art SeparationTop Story - August 2023
Before getting into the continuation of my last essay, On Art & Separation, I realized that I had found a much more poetic way of saying it all along. E.E. Cummings, one of my favorite poets, wrote some advice for young poets back in 1955. The bit that I read is quite short—a minute read, tops—so I won’t say anything more on the subject except to quote what I believe to be most relevant to the subject of personas in art:
By Mackenzie Davis10 months ago in Writers
- Runner-Up in Book Club Challenge
My Waystone: or, Echoes in Three PartsRunner-Up in Book Club Challenge
The Waystone was his, just as the third silence was his. This was appropriate, as it was the greatest silence of the three, wrapping the others inside itself. It was deep and wide as autumn’s ending. It was heavy as a great river-smooth stone. It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die. Patrick Rothfuss, prologue to The Name of the Wind
By Mackenzie Davis10 months ago in BookClub
Ever After (1998, dir. Andy Tennant)
Cinderella was real. Find her in Da Vinci’s yellowed sketches: a downcast, gentle gaze. Love roots between gilded thievery and servant lies, a tryst of two kindred minds. Imprisoned, yet headstrong, they learn softness, compromise, & trust.
By Mackenzie Davis10 months ago in Critique
Oppenheimer (2023, dir. Christopher Nolan)
Everybody sucked & the plot hinged on manufactured drama with RDJ’s character. Oppenheimer knew what he was doing & I have no sympathy for his guilt. “I am become Death…” Hubris cannot simultaneously be punished & celebrated.
By Mackenzie Davis10 months ago in Critique
- Top Story - August 2023
Honoring My Fellows
Greetings, everyone. It’s been weeks in the making, but I’m finally fulfilling my promise to D. Alexandra Porter to write my own version of her Vocal Inspirations post. My apologies for the delay! (Yes, this promise was made just to myself, but I feel I ought to keep such promises.) Catch D’s article here.
By Mackenzie Davis10 months ago in Journal
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
It’s always that lake scene but I fell for MacFadyen’s eyes. (“There’s something pleasant about his mouth when he speaks…”). Thibaudet’s music fills my soul with dawn light, the cinematography's a perfected craft, every action a fluid dance.
By Mackenzie Davis10 months ago in Critique