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| Visiting the Field Museum of Natural History with a friend. |
Of the ten essay series published here so far…
Six have been on favorite movies:
Der Golem
(1920)
Blackmail
(1929)
King Kong
(1933)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Three have been on literature:
O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
The Sabbath
by Abraham Joshua Heschel
“In the Bleak Midwinter” by Christina Rossetti
One has been on graphic art:
The essays have used these jumping-off places to explore
religion, science, and history. Even
when they may not appear to be intensely personal, they are.
Visitation to 21 Essays is slow but steady. Old posts
on King Kong and Chuck Jones are more popular than new ones on Abraham Joshua Heschel
and Kenji Mizoguchi, but that’s not a surprise. Frankly, it would be a
surprise to see Kenji Mizoguchi go viral. I suspect that the series on The Sabbath and Sansho the Bailiff will continue to steadily attract readers, just
like the old series on Christina Rossetti’s “In the Bleak Midwinter” continues
to draw the occasional viewer (perhaps even getting a spike of attention come
Christmas).
There’s a rumor that a new “For the Love of Film” blogathon
may be looming. If so, I hope to participate with an appropriate
series. If not, I probably won’t be doing a major series again until
October.
In the meantime, I hope to post sporadically, while enjoying a
little break. Doing a series is the equivalent of taking a college course—and
I’m trying hard to consistently publish “A” level work on the blog while
maintaining a full-time regular job and a healthy family life.
Pleased as I am with the series themselves, I’m still
looking for a better framework for them. I switched to an emphasis on
arbitrarily chosen years in January, but that approach has been too confining
to make me happy. I’ll continue to tinker.
Happy Summer!
Happy Summer!
© 2013 Lee Price
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