Love – The Pop Culture Philosopher

In honor of the release of his newest book, Killing Commendatore, please enjoy this repost of Haruki Murakami’s On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning considered as an example of Reconstructivist Art On Seeing the[…]

Stevie Wonder: Philosophical Music

January 25, 2018January 23, 2018 Chris SunamiArt

It occurred to me recently that in my survey of philosophical music I had too long overlooked perhaps the premiere philosopher of transcendent pop music, Mr. Stevland Wonder (an artist I had the exquisite pleasure[…]

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The New Black Cinema: Moonlight

March 23, 2017March 22, 2017 Chris SunamiBest

My wife had one major concern going into Moonlight. “Is it going to be ‘gay Precious‘?” For the record, I was a fan of Precious, the Oscar nominated story of an obese black teenager who[…]

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April Sunami, artist extraordinaire

February 16, 2017February 23, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

As many of you know, my wife is Columbus artist April Sunami. Twelve years ago (when I first shared with her that memorable last name!) she wasn’t nearly so well known. It’s been a pleasure[…]

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Hold up! (They don’t love you like I love you)

June 30, 2016November 9, 2016 Chris SunamiArt

Beyoncé’s greatest strength, it seems to me, is that (in contrast to her husband Jay-Z) she’s not a natural or intuitive talent, but rather a dedicated and ambitious professional whose craft has been carefully and[…]

Top 10 Movies: #5 – The Princess Bride

March 19, 2015May 13, 2015 Chris SunamiBest

As frequent readers of this blog know, The Princess Bride, both as a novel and as the 1987 Rob Reiner directed movie, was one of the paradigm-shaping artworks that first led me to formulate my[…]

Top 10 Movies: #7 – Eternal Sunshine (Reconstructivist Art)

March 5, 2015May 13, 2015 Chris SunamiBest

I’m re-running my post on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to commemorate the fact that it’s not only an exemplar of Reconstructivist Art, it is also movie #7 on my personal top 10 movies[…]

The Pop Culture Philosopher

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Category: Love

Reconstructivist Art – The 100% Perfect Story

The New Black Cinema: Moonlight

April Sunami, artist extraordinaire

Hold up! (They don’t love you like I love you)

Top 10 Movies: #5 – The Princess Bride

Top 10 Movies: #7 – Eternal Sunshine (Reconstructivist Art)