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the ruler and his subjects: histrionics in the red zone

A disenchanted world. Feeding on these pariah relationships. Vampiring to keep it alive, until it loses its way in a lbyrinth, a maze of its own creation with the entrance and exists sealed off and blurred in the mists of … Continue reading

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junk culture & creative destruction: open or closed playground

Citizenship and delinquency. Is destruction creative? Our capitalist system, the system, or ideology of markets is based on the the idea of creative destruction. The implication is that juvenile delinquents, the innately violent and destructive may have the necessary attributes … Continue reading

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fat chance: rooting for the longshot

Its the opposite of investment. Its the quick fix. The bottomless pit of desire that cannot be sated. The Janus face of capitalism, money and banking. Is the true aim of the gambler narcissistic and aggressive desires for attaining the … Continue reading

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alchemy and attics: even nice trash finishes last

Arousing the liveliest regret in the dreamer…. The scrap heap of history. The trash heap of history.Discarded and abandoned objects on the pile of the dustheap. Shipwrecked artifacts left to ebb and flow. So, what does ecology, the green movement … Continue reading

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build a better mousetrap to snag em’

build it and they will come? Good intro here, but the Father then went on to extoll the stadium. But, some interesting points. You have to wonder if these massive structures are a perversion of some form of twisted ideology. … Continue reading

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one is too many: giants sailing from byzantium

For all his genius,was one Gaudi enough for the world? Well, dim rooms and undulating walls in his apartment houses are a bit creepy to live in; which is essentially the criticism made by the followers of the International Modern … Continue reading

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free goods* ( some restrictions do apply )

The garbage pickers reaching into the container hoping to scour a few empties, the pan handlers outside the fitness club, the little rogue businessmen washing windows, the petty thieves, minor hustlers, cheezy salesman that are part of the pulse of … Continue reading

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the garrison

“Must be something in the water.” (Robbie Robertson ) Very potent water indeed. It was the politics of the mystic. One taken in with the idea of a New Jerusalem. This concept of the “City on a Hill” which originally … Continue reading

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herzog and disavowal: images of knowing and unknowing

Lately, there has been a wave of interest in early color photography which at the time was shunned in the art world. Everything had to be black and white a la Joseph Stieglitz. But, there has been an awakened interest. … Continue reading

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