Surrogate Valentine

by Joseph A. Hazani November 22, 2013

Where do musicians find inspiration for their songs? And most especially, what makes that inspiration so galvanizing that they sacrifice their livelihood to express it? Would most people understand and appreciate that spiritual necessity?   Goh is a singer/songwriter who scrapes by singing songs. The problem with such musicians, or really in the creation of commercial art, is that it....

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In Bruges

by Joseph A. Hazani November 14, 2013

In Bruges is a challenging work of art. it teeters between the European nihilistic epoch whereby the European man has lost his conviction and his faith, he has lost his religion to time and museums, and actually fundamentals. Principles. Ethics.   The entire scene is built around this cacophony of charming quaint tourist trap Bruges and the discipline and ethics of the enterprise in....

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Louie

by Joseph A. Hazani November 12, 2013

Louie above all else is a man trying to get his shit together. He'd probably now adore being reclusive not for the sake of himself, but more nobly out of the sake for his daughters. And it is this juxtaposition between quote -post 70s New York rot and ostentatious sexuality and grotesque sense of status made dominant by the culture that Louie examines.   The culture is what mr. Ck must....

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My Written Works

On the Struggling Artist: An Essay

A philosophical....

On the Christian Business Ethic: An Essay

Analysis of the role that Christian morality has played in the development of commerce and....

On the Necessity of Color in the Fine Arts: An essay

A philosophical exploration of color and its use in Renaissance, abstract and modern fine....

Towards an Understanding of Jesus Christ: An Essay

Nietzsche had incredible disdain for Christianity being "Judaized Rome", of the slave morality of Judaism creeping up and....