Art
‘Air Guitar’ Dave Hickey
‘Why Art Cannot be Taught’ James Elkins
‘Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees’ Robert Irwin
“Understanding Comics” Scott McCloud
Errol Morris – blog
‘Everything Bad is Good for You’ Steven Johnson
Culture / Science / History
TED talks online
‘An Anthropologist on Mars’ Oliver Sacks
‘The Man Who Tasted Shapes’ Cytowic
‘The Pinball Effect’ James Burke
“Shadow Cities” Robert Nuewirth
Fiction
“Oryx and Crake” Margaret Atwood
“The Amazing Adventures of Kavaleir and Clay” Michael Chabon
Anything by Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood etc.)
Film - by no means a comprehensive list
These films and all associated content are in no way endorsed by nor reflect the opinions of the recommender.
Documentaries;
Vernon. Florida, First Person, Fast, Cheap and Out of Control, The Thin Blue Line,
– anything by Errol Morris
Incident at Loch Ness
Buena Vista Social Club
The Devil and Daniel Johnson
Grizzly Man
Fishing with John
Grey Gardens – anything by the Maysles
Stevie
Narratives;
The Five Obstructions 21 Grams
Nobody knows Adaptation
Pulp Fiction Memento
My Own Private Idaho Gummo
The Motorcycle Diaries Julian Donkey Boy
Hard Boiled Synecdoche, New York
SinCity
Code 46
The Brothers Quay Collection
The Holy Girl
Talk To Her
Lost In Translation
Dogville
In the Mood for Love
Chunking Express
Election
The Piano Teacher
Elephant
Russian Ark
The Professional
2046
The City of Lost Children
Titus
