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harbinger of black omens

She looks out her window and sees a moon, a church, and a black yew tree. They are beautiful images, but in her perception they do not invoke hope or curiosity or offer answers to her torments. Instead, the images … Continue reading

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a fire in the head: the wild tune

Writing poetry that sings by guest blogger Tai Carmen who maintains a weekly blog called Parallax:A place for dreamers Tai Carmen ( www.taicarmen.com): If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. ~ Leonard Cohen My grandfather was … Continue reading

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love bug: motoring to joy division

Flip me the peace sign.Ferdinand Porsche was the lead designer of the most mass-produced car of all time: the Volkswagen Beetle.Its a complex story of social engineering meeting valid practicality.  There are few pop culture consumer products that can equal … Continue reading

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guilt and forgiveness: “i” for you “thou” for me…

…and a bell jar in between.Innocence. Does it really exist? Or is it just a virtual good to be bartered with Faustus as another bad deal. Contextually, it is more about the ways individuals manufacture or construct a world of … Continue reading

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daddy: visionary times of memory

How do you deal with negative recurring themes through your life that end up instilling a deep pessimism? As a woman about choosing a spouse who holds the same detested personality traits as a disliked father.Take Sylvia Plath:” Trying to … Continue reading

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New Order : elusive holy grail

Does fear eat the soul? Eventually Hitler’s Aryan myth, like many another, monstrously devoured both its creators and its supporters. It all began as a minor and unsolvable issue in comparative linguistics around the time of the French revolution. It … Continue reading

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just lookin’ for a kiss

Is it true that women in the entertainment business are deterred from being funny. From being comic. Is the mixture of being beautiful and funny too combustible a substance to let out of the yard? Or is it because women … Continue reading

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Multiple personality art: 3d goth on the long way back

He claims to be haunted by an alter-ego.And he is probably right. Perhaps more than one. He is also becoming a celebrity; making noise in the world of pop art and serious art with  haunting, surreal, and mysterious digital prints, … Continue reading

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ST. JUDY’S COMET: She Stood a Wreck on Error’s Shore

One seer pronounced her the victim of a deeply religious and spiritual nature perpetually at war with the flesh that overwhelmed it. As D.H. Lawrence said, ” it is hard to hear a new voice, as hard as it is … Continue reading

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BAD MOON RISING: THE PEREGRINE PROPHECIES

”Shakespeare’s plays mirror the debate of his time between those who believed that the macrocosm of the stars influenced the microcosm of human life, and those who dismissed astrology as “excellent foppery.” The phrase comes from Edmund in King Lear, who … Continue reading

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