Eleanor Arnason's Blog, page 107

Avatar in Palestine

From AOL News, February 12:

The conflict in the Middle East took on an especially cinematic quality Friday, when activists representing a small Palestinian village dressed up like the oppressed aliens from the blockbuster movie "Avatar" before staging a demonstration in front of the Israeli West Bank barrier...

In an interview with AOL News, (Mohammed) Khatib explained how the idea to impersonate Na'vi, the movie's subjugated blue-skinned race, sprouted in Europe. There, a Palestinian author a...

Evo Morales on Avatar

From the Huffington Post, January 12:

Bolivia's first indigenous president is praising "Avatar" for what he calls its message of saving the environment from exploitation.

A self-proclaimed socialist, Evo Morales says he identifies with the film's "profound show of resistance to capitalism and the struggle for the defense of nature."

James Cameron's "Avatar" tells of the mystic, nature-loving Na'vi – tall blue creatures who inhabit the planet Pandora and must contend with humans intent on...

Gilad Atzmon on Avatar

From the web log of Israeli musician Gilad Atzmon, December 30:

Avatar may well be the biggest anti War film of all time. It stands against everything the West is identified with. It is against greed and capitalism, it is against interventionalism, it is against colonialism and imperialism, it is against technological orientation, it is against America and Britain. It puts Wolfowitz, Blair and Bush on trial without even mentioning their names. It enlightens the true meaning of ethics as a...

National Geographic Photo of the Day

Birds in the fog in a park in New Jersey. When I first saw this, I thought it was an ink and brush painting.

National Geographic Photo of Yesterday

I have gone crazy posting photographs. One picture is worth a thousand words, and I need to produce a thousand words a day to finish a novel. Does this mean that 50 photographs equals a short novel?

Facing the Blank Page

When I began writing, I felt I could not write unless there was inspiration, a sudden descent of the muse or whatever. In more recent years, I feel I can push along without the muse. However, it's hard to start without something: an idea that interests me, a compelling image.

Ring of Swords began with an idea or maybe a question. Could I write a military space opera, considering that I have no use for the genre?

A YA I am working on now began with two images: a baby, wrapped in a blanket, left ...

And Again...

Wishful Thinking

The volcano could perk along erupting like this for a couple of years. I hope it does. Iceland could use the tourism dollars, and I would like to go to Iceland next year and drive the ring road, Highway One, that goes around the island. It would be nice to stop off and see an active volcano.

More Volcano...

The volcano could perk along erupting like this for a couple of years. I hope it does. Iceland could use the tourism dollars, and I would like to go to Iceland next year and drive the ring road, Highway One, that goes around the island. It would be nice to stop off and see an active volcano.

Thought for the Day

I have become a volcano bore.