Corpulent Corpus Callosum

Colin Principe's writings on culture, technology, and career

  • Where and What is Home?

    Yesterday was Canada Day. I can’t say I ever really “celebrated” Canada Day growing up, apart from enjoying some fireworks when I was a kid (waiting for it to be dark enough on on one of the longest days of the year at the western end of the time zone was agony). Having a long…

  • The Glory of Live Music

    The Glory of Live Music

    Because the assassins have failed I have managed to make one more trip around the sun. I asked Meredith if we could celebrate with seeing some live jazz in an intimate, no-nonsense setting. To say she delivered on my request would be a huge understatement. I genuinely dread sounding like an old man complaining about…

  • Playing Shakespeare, Part 3

    Playing Shakespeare, Part 3

    I must confess that I was really unaware of the complexity of the role of Feste in Twelfth Night when I got the part. I was mainly attracted to the character for the fact that he could be successfully played by an older actor and that there was a need for someone who would be…

  • Playing Shakespeare, Part 2

    Playing Shakespeare, Part 2

    This past Wednesday we worked on Act 1 Scene 5 , and then Saturday we worked on Act 5. Act 1 Scene 5 includes the great interplay between Feste and Olivia where he needs to get back into her good graces after being gone too long. Olivia has been missing the counsel of her tolerated…

Brutalism in Architecture expresses the essential qualities of a building’s materials and structure in an honest and direct way. The architectural style emerged in the mid-20s, based on the brute and unadorned use of concrete.

Brutalism, named by the French term béton brute, or brute concrete, became popular in the post-WWII era, when the need for affordable housing and public buildings led to widespread use of concrete.