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Two Minds of Love: @kdlang and Ellen Day Hale

by kkatsenis on May 15, 2015June 28, 2015

Nothing like an intense self-portrait by a woman artist and song by k.d. lang to get one’s intellectual juices flowing. At least, this is what happens to me when I look at this portrait. I examine it and the whole experience is so intensely raw and gutting that I think immediately of its melodic “self-portrait” […]

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Authenticity, Invigoration and @kdlang

by kkatsenis on December 25, 2014June 30, 2015

Say What? Not Focus On k.d.’s Voice?  It may sound odd for me to ask you to stop focusing on k.d. lang’s voice. But this is what I am going to ask you to do for this blog post. The reason I am asking you to humor me on this is:  I want to argue […]

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How k.d. lang Pulls Back the Reins: Phrasing and Artistic License

by kkatsenis on October 26, 2014October 27, 2014

As a trained professional philosopher (yes, it’s true), I am not a big fan of reasons for the existence of things to remain concealed. In fact, I admit that I have a bit of a problem in this regard and insist on investigations with a  low probability of “roping the calf”. Yet, the lariat circles […]

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k.d. lang: Why We Think We Have a Crush on Her!

by kkatsenis on September 20, 2014September 20, 2014

For most admirers of k.d. lang’s artistic “stuff”, the experience is truly inexplicable. There are no words, analogies or metaphors that can express the adventure of hearing k.d. live. This is not to ‘dis’ recordings, mind you. It is just to say that listening and watching a live artistic performance is a “whole other animal” than streaming […]

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