Jeremy Michael Cohen

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[jeremymcohen]

In conversation, Mr. Day-Lewis speaks in a measured, halting cadence with a delicate, slightly hoarse tone that would shame the most impudent interlocutor into silence. The effect is simultaneously dominant and recessive, like a mountain made of glass.

"In conversation, Mr. Day-Lewis speaks in a measured, halting cadence with a delicate, slightly hoarse tone that would shame the most impudent interlocutor into silence. The effect is simultaneously dominant and recessive, like a mountain made of glass."

[jeremymcohen]

Lazy Sunday. . . . . . . . . #tokyo #Japan #japanese #skyscraper #rain #fog #diffusion #fall #autumn #weather #cities #vscocam #shotoniphone #vsco #city #buildings #architecture #rainyday #lazy #lazysunday (at Shinjuku)

[jeremymcohen]

He was a good little monkey and always very curious. . . . . . . . #kohsamui #thailand #thai #beach #islandlife #monkey #monkeys #sea #instatravel #sunset #vsco #vscocam #shotoniphone #jungle #trees #wild #wildlife #curious #curiousgeorge #angthong #nationalmarinepark #primates #portraitmode (at Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park)

[jeremymcohen]

Stroll on the beach. . . . . . . . #kohsamui #thailand #thai #beach #islandlife #walk #stroll #sea #instatravel #sunset #vsco #vscocam #shotoniphone (at Koh Samui, Lamai Beach)

[jeremymcohen]

Sea pups of Koh Samui. . . . . . . . #kohsamui #thailand #thai #beach #islandlife #dog #dogs #sea #instatravel #sunset #vsco #vscocam #portraitmode (at Koh Samui, Lamai Beach)

[jeremymcohen]

I wish this had happened to Michael Jackson. I wish he had been talented enough to make people happy, but nothing more. It would mean, of course, that we would never have got to have him, but he would have had himself. I have a son of my own now. He’s twelve. He recently told me that one of his earliest memories is of coming home from school to find the television on, trumpeting the news that Jackson had died. I can picture my son at that age, wide eyes like dark moons; soft, simple skin; the tiniest and most perfect hands; centuries of soul packed layers deep in his little voice. He reminded us, in fact, of a young Michael Jackson. Probably many children, in a certain light, remind people of a young Michael Jackson. My son remembers walking into the kitchen and seeing his parents, grown, weary, and old, embracing each other and crying as though they were the babies. He did not understand why. Now I think I do. We were not crying for the loss of Michael Jackson, the Plastic Freak, pained, megalomaniacal, and frail. We were crying for the inevitable loss of all of our childhoods.

The Two Lives of Michael Jackson

[jeremymcohen]

In fact, the most powerful answer to fanaticism is modesty. Modesty is an epistemology directly opposed to the conspiracy mongering mind-set. It means having the courage to understand that the world is too complicated to fit into one political belief system. It means understanding there are no easy answers or malevolent conspiracies that can explain the big political questions or the existential problems. Progress is not made by crushing some swarm of malevolent foes; it’s made by finding balance between competing truths — between freedom and security, diversity and solidarity. There’s always going to be counter-evidence and mystery. There is no final arrangement that will end conflict, just endless searching and adjustment. Modesty means having the courage to rest in anxiety and not try to quickly escape it. Modesty means being tough enough to endure the pain of uncertainty and coming to appreciate that pain. Uncertainty and anxiety throw you off the smug island of certainty and force you into the free waters of creativity and learning. As Kierkegaard put it, “The more original a human being is, the deeper is his anxiety.”

How to Roll Back Fanaticism - The New York Times

[jeremymcohen]

Cuzzie. @garretthaas . . . . . . #vsco #vscocam #cousins #family #lofts #dtla #la #losangeles #garrettsofinstagram #magichour #portrait #portraits #shotoniphone #tortuga #tortugabackpacks #artsdistrict @tortugabackpacks (at LA Art District)

[jeremymcohen]

“Good king of cats, nothing but one of your nine lives.” . . . . . . #vsco #vscocam #cat #cats #feline #nola #neworleans #marjiesgrill #animals #portrait #portraits #shotoniphone #tortuga #tortugabackpacks #bywater #feline #straycat #cats #neworleansbounce #contrast #naturallight (at Bywater, New Orleans)

[jeremymcohen]

Fearless leader. @fredperrotta. . . . . . #vsco #vscocam #fred #fredsofinstagram #nola #neworleans #marjiesgrill #dinner #sunset #portrait #portraits #shotoniphone #onyourterms #onyourfred #tortuga #tortugabackpacks #food #ceo (at Marjie's Grill)

[jeremymcohen]

Remembering my imaginary New Orleans childhood. . . . . #neworleans #nola #hollygrove #imagination #south #thesouth #instatravel #sunset #trees #travel #onyourterms #airbnb @airbnb #bywater (at Bywater, New Orleans)

[austinkleon]

Most of American life is driving somewhere and then driving back wondering why the hell you went.

John Updike, Rabbit at Rest (via austinkleon)

[juliascheller]

Alternative movie posters

[cinephiliabeyond]

Characteristically playing with the boundaries of the chosen genre and toying with the audience’s expectations, the Coen brothers created a refreshing and highly enjoyable hybrid of dark comedy and thriller, a neo-noir 98-minute roller-coaster ride through the desolate, snow-covered landscapes of Minnesota and the peculiar people that inhabit them, exploring and illuminating the dark corners of the human psyche and juxtaposing them against the humanity, humor and kindness stumbled upon in the mundane and ordinary. Brutally violent but charmingly idiosyncratic, dominantly murky but simultaneously hopeful and upbeat, Fargo is one of those special films that deserve to be revisited every once in a while, and as one of the best works of the Coen brothers, it’s at the same time among the best films America has presented to the world in the past couple of decades.

‘Fargo’: The Unforgettable Dark Comedy that Set the Coen Brothers Up as a Recognizable Voice in American Cinema

[jeremymcohen]

“May your voice reach that Place and bring down the blessings,” Cohen wrote Zelermyer in 2008, before the High Holy Days. (“He can’t write anything normally, can he?” the cantor remembers thinking.)

New York Times

[westside-historic]

The Penguin coffee shop on the corner of Lincoln and Olympic in Santa Monica in 1988. The interior shots show the original decor still intact since 1959.

Photos: Jong Eng

They’re in the process of restoring the structure into a new restaurant. Read about it here: http://www.lamag.com/askchris/santa-monicas-penguin-coffee-shop-restored/

[jeremymcohen]

Proudly amongst the dregs of society. (at Spiaggia)