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Title: Coincidence of Celebrity
Review: I concede that the author has come up with some interesting photos/paintings as well as poetry. I was at first excited when I saw a few images from Miyelo, his latest book of photography. However when I browsed it in the bookstore, I found I couldn't justify buying it. It just wasn't that great.I wonder really if he weren't a "movie star", would Mr. Mortensen be so readily embraced or celebrated as a writer or an artist? Certainly I don't begrudge him from seeking out other forms of expression that are more restorative than the film industry. But I know many anonymous painters and writers who are far far more original and every bit as good, if not better. They aren't conventionally handsome or beautiful.And they aren't celebrities.
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