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20 hours ago | 
theglobeandmail.com | J.R. Patterson
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2 months ago | 
van-magazine.com | J.R. Patterson
It would be customary for a performer of James Ehnes’s stature—internationally touring and highly in-demand, with four records released in 2024, residencies in Australia and Seattle, and a recent credit on a “Star Wars” miniseries—to be precious with their time. And those who have heard, whether on record or live, his ability to imbue and maintain within a piece of music a swaggering intensity and muscular resonance, might expect someone infused with the affects of virtuosity.
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2 months ago | 
virtuoso.com | J.R. Patterson
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
theglobeandmail.com | J.R. Patterson
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
theglobeandmail.com | J.R. Patterson
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
geist.com | J.R. Patterson
The omission of airplanes in much artwork is understandable. It’s not a question of talent, but of choice and visibility. When used in art, the most visible kinds of planes—those used for war and commercial purposes—signal the glorification of aviation’s base functions: to carry and to kill. There is no shortage of propaganda art featuring aircraft within the scope of warfare: smoking wrecks going down over a muddy European battlefield, or fighters strafing a South Pacific island.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
cntraveller.com | J.R. Patterson
I was in the back of a Pretoria junk shop, when I came across a zoetrope under a dusty canvas cover. A predecessor of film, the instrument consists of a metal cylinder that, when sent spinning, sets a series of images pasted in its interior in motion. Inside of that particular model was a sequence of identical chestnut horses, each in a slightly different running position. I turned the cylinder, put my eye to a slot, and the horse began its staccato canter.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
theglobeandmail.com | J.R. Patterson
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
cntraveler.com | J.R. Patterson
TK TK PACKAGE DEK TO COME (TOP EDITOR CAN IGNORE)We were flying from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland, and the first fringe of the blizzard had already coated the ground. My friend and I are prudent fliers and had arrived at the airport early, giving ourselves three hours before the flight—plenty of time to check-in, plenty of time to wait, plenty of time to chew our fingernails in nervous anticipation.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | J.R. Patterson
Maggie CowlesThis article is part of our airport food survival guide, which includes tips and tricks—even a hot take or two—that challenge the notion that airport meals are always dull, overpriced, and tasteless. We were flying from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland, and the first fringe of the blizzard had already coated the ground.
