Tag Archives: Marc Chagall

the devil in the details

An evolving sense of the devil. In the world of Hieronymous Bosch, synonymous with Northern Renaissance painting where in spite of joys and diversions the known world, the worldview is permeated with tragedy, malevolence and the mysterious. But leaping from … Continue reading

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jerusalem day: if I forget thee

The power of identity. But is it about bolting it down to the weight of tradition or about creating a whole new world? We could begin by asking, using the theoretical base of Jean Baudrillard, to question whether Jerusalem even … Continue reading

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tablets: square to fit snug

The War of the Words….Or, trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. There is a popular conception that the ten commandments as given to Moses on Mount Sinai were rounded at the top. Not true. In fact, … Continue reading

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drunk with intellectual passion

Everyone has a Golden Calf inside of them, the need of worshipping and staying attached to forms, to feed the form as it were. And the difference between building something more durable and divine as opposed to allowing these forms … Continue reading

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reattaching the spark

The Baal Shem Tov. Perhaps the quintessential figure of modern Jewish history. Certainly the most fascinating. Before his time in the first half of the eighteenth century Jewish life was stuck up and constipated; none of the so-called Jewish humour … Continue reading

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short memories

It can be supposed that Shimon Peres was trying his hand at nice guy politics, but still, there is a reality gap of credulity at some point here. The Russians have been trying to make nice lately, but unfortunately there … Continue reading

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Dreyfus: big lies and big sticks

Why we cannot forget Dreyfus. It was the end of the nineteenth century and his exoneration in 1906 coincided with the birth of modernism. The double agents, perfidious generals, conniving politicians and anti-Semites posing as patriots have remained on the … Continue reading

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coke or pepsi?

Who is more dishonest, the Left or the Right? If Nate Silver was polling this scientifically, he would likely -19 times out of 20 with 5% deposit refundable on the empties- call it leaning with a qualified toss-up. It ultimately … Continue reading

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eyeless in benghazi

It smells funny. Its not the sulphur in a Libya oil field, but more like rotting fish on the Delaware… There would ostensibly have been enough time. The so-called mob, after sacking the KFC franchise, apparently had enough casual spare … Continue reading

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family planning

Population control. The Malthus nightmare. Limited procreation to maintain national characterstics. An affront to bourgeois values, liberal, humanistic axioms. As Allan Greenspan said, “a billion is not what it used to be.” But a billion moslems facing off against an … Continue reading

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