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...Bang and the Gaia Hypothesis, Berensohn emphasized the idea that art precedes science in his impromptu dissertations on topics like the Bible, our existence as “terraqueous beings,” and the living goddess that is the Earth.“Clay is made of stardust,” he said.During the dance portions of the workshop, Dakin began with a warm-up that focused on the dancer’s connection to the earth, embodying much of what Berensohn sought to convey.After lunch, Dakin performed Martha Graham’s “Lamentation...
...Rochester astronomers are right, the idea that comets are pristine remnants of the material from which our solar system originally formed isn't going to hold up. Indeed, last year, comet-dust particles brought back by NASA's Stardust mission showed that the particles had been heated to high temperatures sometime in their lives, which implied that at least the dust in comets might not be primordial. And now it looks like the ice in them isn't either...
...comic book about a brooding dream god who haunts humanity's ugly collective unconscious. With its melancholy tone and startling literary intelligence, The Sandman was a landmark in the artistic development of comics, and it won Gaiman the passionate loyalty of a vast army of nerds and goths. Stardust, published 10 years later, is the story of a pleasant young man who crosses into a magical world in pursuit of a fallen star, which he has promised to retrieve for the pretty but rather demanding girl he loves. It's a fairy tale, but it's packed with black humor...
...fact that Stardust is finally getting made says more about how Hollywood has changed than how Gaiman has. After The Lord of the Rings, Narnia and Harry Potter, not to mention 300, fantasy is a proven commodity. But the big studios may have a more difficult time domesticating Gaiman than they have with his colleagues. Stardust is tough to market--it's a category-breaking mix of comedy, romance, drama and action--and like many truly nerdy genre works, it's full of unhip, unironized emotion. "It's not like a comedy like Shrek that's making...
...fairly win-win for Gaiman. If Stardust becomes the next Princess Bride, then hooray, and if it doesn't, it's back to cult figurehood. "Five years ago, I was absolutely as famous as I wanted to be," he says. "I'm now more famous than I'm comfortable with." In a genre like fantasy, the relationship between artist and fan is a fragile, intimate thing, and in some sense Gaiman is still that nerdy public school kid. He's leery of selling out to the popular crowd. "I have really mixed feelings about the coming Watchmen movie," he says...