A book of convergences and against interpretation, by susan sontag from against interpretationthe weschler reading, which included photographs, leads to a. Everything that rises puts these convergences between two covers, making a book that is one part literary jukebox and two parts art history. A book of convergences, he offers his thoughts on these resonations in a series of essays that are both personal and universal. For the past decade, in the national book critics circle award winning everything that rises. A book of convergences by lawrence weschler online at alibris.
The farther one travels through geography, through art, through science, through time, the more everything seems to converge at least, it does through weschlers giddy, brilliant eyes. From a cuneiform tablet to a chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our tshirts, art historian and journalist lawrence weschler finds. Everything that rises is a book of unlikely alignments and beguiling resonancesa lavishly illustrated phantasmagoria tracing connections and contrasts across time, space, topics, objects and entities large and small, conventional and curious. The best essays in everything that rises are enriched by the authors deep but vagrant knowledge of art history. Everything that rises book the indianapolis public. A book of convergences, weve launched an extravagant contest. A book of convergences by lawrence weschler is presented where the author is talking with joel meyerowitz, the only photographer granted unimpeded access to the cleanup operations at ground zero after the terrorist attacks of. I become a little possessed when i read lawrence weschlers everything that rises. Boston globe in everything that rises, weschler discloses his method. I end up thinking more highly of falling man than i did when i first read it, and liked it. Lawrence weschler has collected convergences throughout his life. From the general mass of heavyhanded, pompous writing about art, weschlers graceful collection of essays and interviews stands out like a rare bloom. Submit your own convergencean unlikely, striking pair of images, along with a paragraph or three exploring the deeper resonances.
He takes a single knot, worries out the threads, traces the interconnections, follows the mesh and establishes the proper analogies. The author is lawrence weschler, an art historian, journalist and cultural observer. Similar convergences are explored in everything that rises. Lawrence weschler born 1952, van nuys, california, a graduate of cowell college of the university of california at santa cruz 1974, was for over twenty years 19812002 a staff writer at the new yorker, where his work shuttled between political tragedies and cultural comedies. His newest publications include an expanded edition of seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees 2009. I discovered lawrence weschler when i was interning at mcsweeneys in 2006, though i didnt realize then who he was. A book of convergences by lawrence weschler read a sample, with sample images. I knew only that he had recently produced with that publishing house an essay collection titled everything that rises. Perseus publishingfrom a cuneiform tablet to a chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our tshirts, lawrence weschler finds strange connections wherever he looks. A book of convergences lawrence weschler, author r. A graduate of cowell college of the university of california, santa cruz 1974, weschler was for over twenty years 19812002 a staff writer at the new yorker, where his work shuttled between political tragedies and cultural comedies. With everything that rises, a selection of essays and fragments on uncanny cultural connections, weschler turns his collectors eye on a species.
The convergences contest mcsweeneys internet tendency. A book of convergences, and in the ongoing contest that book spawned on the website, lawrence weschler has been exploring the way images but also poems, musical themes, etc. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Lawrence weschler was interviewed about his book, everything that rises. Lawrence weschler from a cuneiform tablet to a chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our tshirts, art historian and journalist lawrence weschler finds strange connections wherever he looks. Once you start looking this way, you start seeing convergences everywhere. Everything that rises a book of convergences lawrence weschler. Weschler has a distinct knack for seeing in the floating lips of a man ray painting or in a photograph of a solitary cloud the backside of a nude venus but his ruminations are much broader. Yesterday, i saw lawrence weschler speak at the getty about convergences a phenomenon he explores in his new book everything that rises. Weschler finds threads between images and shows those images in juxtaposition. Everything that rises a book with everything that rises. From a cuneiform tablet to a chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our tshirts, art historian and journalist lawrence weschler finds strange connections wherever he looks. From a cuneiform tablet to a chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our tshirts, lawrence.
He talked about examples of strange coincidences and synchronicities from his book. Lawrence weschler will read from his forthcoming work, everything that rises. The book was inspired, he says, by a passage in john bergers the look of things, in which freddy albortas photograph of the dead che guevaras body is compared to the composition of rembrandts anatomy lesson of dr nicolaes tulp. From a cuneiform tablet to a chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our tshirts, lawrence weschler. In his lecture, weschler presented us with a parade of various incarnations of repeated patterns and motifs in visual culture. Writer and offthecharts associater lawrence weschler talks about his new book, everything that rises. In this illustrated lecture, lawrence weschler will build on his awardwinning book, everything that rises. A book of convergences, the former new yorker staff writer explores a series of these convergences with his musings on the matter. A book of convergences has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. From a cuneiform tablet to a chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our tshirts, lawrence weschler finds strange connections wherever he looks.
The handsomely illustrated book collects 30 essays weschler wrote during the past 20 years for magazines. A book of convergences paperback by lawrence weschler. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He is a twotime winner of the george polk award for cultural. The conversation was moderated by lawrence weschler, author of everything that rises. A book of convergences, was awarded the 2007 national book critics circle award for criticism.
A book of convergences, plus publishing as an act of citizenship and the joy of sideways learning. A book of convergences, is the featured guest speaker in the windmueller arts series at vcu school of the arts. Unlike most art critics, weschler doesnt proceed chronologically through the canon, but sideways, scuttling to his own internal rhythms. Echoes at ground zero, by lawrence weschler from everything that rises. The farther one travels through geography, through art, through science, through time, the more everything seems to converge.
The farther one travels through geography, through art, through science, through time, the more everything. The reading will be followed by a conversation with documentary film director errol morris fog of war, thin blue line. A book of convergences, to consider a spectrum of such convergent effects, from. A book of convergences images, forms, and compositions found in life that seem also to repeat throughout art history.
From a cuneiform tablet to a chicago prison, from the depths. Across the past decade, in the national book critics circle award winning everything that rises. A book of convergences, nominated for the 2006 national book critics circle award for criticism. Some of these were intentional, others were unintentional or. Weschler, who won the national book critics circle award for his 2006 book, everything that rises. Awardwinning author lawrence weschlers book on the young mexican american artist ramiro gomez. Weschler has a distinct knack for seeing in the floating lips of a man ray painting or in a. Reviews of lawrence weschlers everything that rises. Lawrence weschler born 1952 is an author of works of creative nonfiction. Everything that rises ultimately offers not just the quirks of one mans vision but a sublime way of seeing. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons amazonbasics. A convergence of convergences lawrence weschler youtube.