Hola, Coca-Cola

My husband has to travel for work to Rio de Janeiro, and I get to tag along. In honor of this exciting trip, I’ve been rereading Clarice Lispector, a Brazilian writer with a justifiable cult-like following. Published in 1977, the year she died of cancer at age 56, The Hour of the Star is Clarice […]

The Thing with Warhol & Watts

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Sometimes I feel the Universe picks my reading lists for me. Like when I read Mrs. Dalloway after Ulysses, not knowing the first was inspired by the second.  Or when I got The God of Small Things at an airport on my way to, of all places, Kerala.  And so it is that I read The Philosophy […]

The “So what” trick

According to Andy Warhol, and Buddha, the secret to happiness is simply not caring. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. Read Bogota 2013     Related articles Andy Warhol from A to Z (thegenealogyofstyle.wordpress.com) Pop stars as caught by Warhol the ultimate pop artist go on sale (thetimes.co.uk)

Skin problems

Even Andy got zits. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol by Andy Warhol. Read Bogota 2013