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Tag Archives: Vincent Van Gogh
crises in cookery: mr. potato fed
…To many Frenchmen, a meal without potatoes is no meal at all, yet the potato has been part of French cuisine for only about 250 years. Introduced into Europe in the 1540’s, the lowly potato was long shunned by the … Continue reading
throw them an olive tree
Why tender them an olive branch when you can throw them a whole tree, in fact an entire logging camp of peace offerings… In looking at settler violence against Arabs, it has to be understood that these religious Jews, for … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Baltzer, John F. Kennedy letter Palestine trip 1939, John F. Kennedy Palestine, Kennedy letter to father about Palestine 1939, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Norman Finkelstein, Peter Beinart, Shilo West Bank, Vincent Van Gogh
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cosmic rhythm: to the beat of the divine drum
Mythic shapes of things to come…and go…432,000 ways to leave your universe The sum of all four is 4,320,000 years, the length of the “Great Yuga.” At the end of that time the sun’s heat will supposedly ignite everything and … Continue reading
absolute shower of gold
Van Gogh spent a little more than two years in Arles and its environs, painting the burning light and indelible shadows of Arles… The city languished under the Provencal sun, adding to its collection of interesting buildings during the Renaissance … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sheon, Arles Vincent van Gogh, Fernand Leger, Gilbert Rose, John Gedo, Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mark Rothko, monks of montmajour, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Rembrandt, Van Ens dutch engineer, Van Gogh Arles, Vincent Van Gogh
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distortion: good from far but far from good
Distortion and fragmentation are the cliches, now almost generic that has come to dominate understanding of the modern figure at a mass level. Maybe it conveys the “creative destruction” of capitalism in its natural habitat? But, do any technical explanations … Continue reading
how much is not enough
If you can justify anything in the name of art can you justify almost everything in the name of profit. Or, are these more successful versions, the cream of the millions of small time hustlers and scam artists who lacked … Continue reading
color and the language of second nature
The power of color. Is color more a presence than a sign, a force, ” the most sacred element of all visible things.” Is color primary and not secondary to form? Is color fundamentally involved in the making of culture … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Antonin Artaud, Goethe, John Ruskin, John Verelst, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Marcel Proust, Paul Kane, Philip Roth, Philip Whalen, Primo Levi, sidney nolan art, Vincent Van Gogh, Walter Benjamin, William Burroughs
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coz andy warhol sez
Are free market solutions the answer to public policy problems? A very divisive question to be sure. Much appears to depend on the degree of income disparity society is willing to tolerate, the level of corporate welfare taxpayers are willing … Continue reading
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