“His Master’s Voice” and Passive Worship Culture
Most are familiar with the late nineteenth-century English painting His Master’s Voice. It features Nipper, a fox terrier, staring into a phonograph and listening to a recording of his recently deceased owner. In the early 1900s, a revision of this painting became the trademark of the Victor Talking Machine Company. A consumer who was looking […]
I’m an Award-Winning Writer. Also, I Have No Idea On Earth What I’m Doing.
I should probably have a separate blog category for “culture-making,” but in the meantime, I’ll tuck this post here. I really did enter a short story contest with Southern Writers Magazine, and I really did place in the top ten. So, if I’m an award-winning writer, and this is an award-winning story, is this now […]
A Thing Worth Doing—What Does That Even Mean?
The name of my blog, A Thing Worth Doing, is borrowed from the quote, “If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.” While you chew on that, I’ll give you some background. The first time I ever heard this statement was from Robert Picirilli. He mentioned it to me after I presented […]