To love is to remember. At this point in popular culture, there’s little I can say about Michel Gondry’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004) that many haven’t already expressed. The film follows Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) as he realizes his
Damian René ’27 studies computer science and film and media studies at Swarthmore College. His work captures the beauty of movement in all its eclectic vibrancy. Aside from academics, Damian swims for the college’s varsity team and offers senior portrait sessions here.
Last Monday and Tuesday, whether you were headed to Sharples for dinner or ran past Parrish on your way to an evening class, you may have noticed some of the tall oak trees … glowing? Arborlight, a two-night outdoor projection series by
Fun fact: my middle school gym teacher called me “grossly unfit” in seventh grade. Most of my life, I’ve been nowhere near athletic, until very recently, when I started picking up jogging. I’ve trained myself up to a slow ten miles, which
Dear Readers, It hit me recently, in a buzzing swarm of thoughts, that I’m a junior. With three years under my belt, rejections a plenty, fist bumps over paper grades, and a particularly embarrassing episode when I cried under a lamplight near
After two and a half years of consistently writing the Artist of the Week, I emailed a large group of students to gauge interest in the segment. It was time to let my peers experience the unparalleled joy of interviewing passionate creatives.
Portraiture is incredibly intimate. A few years back, my art teacher shared an anecdote in class. Using her husband as a model, she practiced a new viewing technique. Trying to better understand the physicality of portraiture, she gazed at him, slowly caressing
Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably seen Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s work. His painting, “The Swing,” even makes a cameo in Disney’s “Frozen” (2013). Amidst pre-French-Revolution tensions, the French court painter built a career depicting hedonism, eroticism, and extravagance. Purchased by Henry
Andy Im ’25 was the first person to ask for my name in our Painting III: Fresco course. Mariel Capanna, a visiting assistant professor of art, had just admitted me to the class, and I was quite overstimulated by students plastering small