Sneak Preview: I’m in Connie DK Lane’s Art Show

da-AL wearing Connie DK Lane red latex tunic

Here I'm goofing off while my fine artist friend Connie DK Lane fits some of her designs for her upcoming show, “Bravura.” Too shy to model? Visit us anyway. Connie's art will be displayed the entire week.

Upcoming Art Show: Connie DK Lane

photo of clothing made for Connie's show, made from painted latex

Art lovers -- join me at artist Connie DK Lane’s show, “Bravura.” She's asked me to be one of her models. You can be one too! “Bravura” in Connie's exact words: A large number of hand-made anthropomorphic forms made out of latex rubber, a simulation of apparels for all genders, will be displayed throughout the window case, from… Continue reading Upcoming Art Show: Connie DK Lane

Magic: Leonardo da Vinci Journaled and Affirmed by da-AL

The Vitruvian Man (c. 1485) Accademia, Venice, by Leonardo da Vinci. Photo by Luc Viatour / https://Lucnix.be

When Leonardo da Vinci died, the amazing all-things Renaissance man who changed the world forever as an engineer, a scientist, an artist, a sculptor, an architect, a chef, and a bazillion other things — his final words amounted to the effect of, “Forgive me for not having accomplished everything I set out to do.” Let… Continue reading Magic: Leonardo da Vinci Journaled and Affirmed by da-AL

Guest Blog Post: “Paris: A Photo-Essay,” by dynamicstasis

Paris by dynamicstasis
Paris by dynamicstasis
Paris by dynamicstasis

30 stunning photos of lovely Paris by dynamicstasis. Enjoy …

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Thirty photographs from our flânerie through Paris.

0001 Paris.

0002 Sunday breakfast in the Jardin des Tuileries.

0003 The west façade of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Wonky composite of twelve photographs.

0004 Notre-Dame Cathedral. Detail 01, west façade.

0005 Notre-Dame Cathedral. Detail 02, west façade.

0006 Notre-Dame Cathedral. Detail 03, north façade.

0007 Notre-Dame Cathedral. Interior.

0008 Notre-Dame Cathedral. North façade Rose Window.

0009 Looking south from Montmartre.

0010 Detail.

0011 Montmartre street.

0012 Pont de l’Archevêché.

0013 Louvre approach through the Passage Richelieu.

0014 “Was it busy?”… “Yeah, quite busy.”

0015 Jardin des Tuileries.

0016 Chair. Terrasse du Bord de l’Eau.

0017 Musée d’Orsay.

0018 Poster.

0019 Pompidou Centre / Rue du Renard.

0020 Pompidou Centre / Place Georges Pompidou.

0021 Wall / Art.

0022 Love / Heart.

0023 Arc de Triomphe 01.

0024 Arc de Triomphe 02.

0025 Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

0026 Avenue d’Iéna.

0027 Rue de Buenos Ayres.

0028 Tour Eiffel 01.

0029 Tour Eiffel 02.

0030 River Seine / from the Tour Eiffel.

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Alan Campbell with Dorothy Parker by roijoyeux

1954 publicity photo of Judy Garland: Judy Garland during filming in a drive-in restaurant for her role in the WB film A Star is Born.
1954 publicity photo of Judy Garland: Judy Garland during filming in a drive-in restaurant for her role in the WB film A Star is Born.
1954 publicity photo of Judy Garland: Judy Garland during filming in a drive-in restaurant for her role in the WB film A Star is Born.

Finishing off Dorothy Parker week with roijoyeux’ guest blog post about Alan Campbell, Parker’s husband twice over. In 1955 they wrote the screenplay for “A Star is Born,” starring Judy Garland. During that hysterical knee-jerk McCarthy ridden era (a time we should all look to for lessons in for today), they were black-listed as anti-American for their political views.

Don’t speak French? Click Google Translate at the right of roijoyeux’ post.

More about Alan Campbell here.

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D’innombrables prodiges du monde du spectacle, sportifs exceptionnels, rois, capitaines d’industrie, scientifiques, politiciens, chefs cuisiniers et autres héros – sont gays ou bisexuels…

… J’ai décidé de raconter leurs histoires afin de montrer aux personnes qui ont été brimées à cause de leur orientation sexuelle qu’il y a des gays admirables dont l’homosexualité n’a pas empêché la réussite…

Aujourd’hui je vous propose un article sur le scénariste et acteur américain Alan Campbell (1904 – 1963).

Alan K. Campbell (21 février 1904 – 14 juin 1963) était un écrivain, scénariste et acteur américain. Il forma avec son épouse Dorothy Parker une équipe de scénaristes très demandée dans le Hollywood des années d’or.

Né à Richmond (Virginie), il était l’enfant unique de Harry L. Campbell, un vendeur de feuilles de tabac et Hortense Eichel Campbell. La famille de sa mère, les Eichel, étaient des émigrés juifs originaires d’Alsace.

Il obtint son…

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