Tag Archives: a.m. klein

evil, what evil?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Dave

Can the world be mended of fragmentation? Is it our destiny to be treading water between connection, unity and oneness and highly radical, morbid and death infused darkness … de-realization, disorientation, and fragmentation. But also Klein’s epigraph to The Second … Continue reading →

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kahlo: sensuous transmutation and visionary longing

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Dave

Undaunted. Defiant. Frida Kahlo is the textbook case of suffering for her art and transforming that suffering into art. Still, after all these years, her reputation seems to absorb new strands of thought which only augment the interest and intrigue … Continue reading →

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decoys of perception: poetry after …..

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Dave

Could poetry be written after Auschwitz? Theodor Adorno’s famous assertion did not necessarily mean that no poetry could be created about the holocaust. Its a touchy grey zone; a metaphorical voyage of the damned where like Odysseus you tie yourself … Continue reading →

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is-real-thing: endless solutions

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Dave

It is difficult to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian issue in anything approaching what could be termed a “common sense” way. The conventional wisdom is that we are even handed, or that some form of pseudo-historical junk science as religion “special status” … Continue reading →

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jerusalem : greeting on this day

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Dave

Maurice Merleau Ponty: Progress is not so much a movement toward a homogenous or classless society as the quest… for a life which is not unlivable for the greatest number.” ( Rick Salutin, Toronto Star ) Certainly, in the case … Continue reading →

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forty and four strong winds

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Dave

Its been forty-four years since the termination of the Six-Day War; with who started what and did what to whom and when among the most contested piece of history over the most contested piece of land in the history of … Continue reading →

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compromised attachments

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Dave

But, they are both equally valid formulations of the divine wisdom. At issue is the acceptance or denial of the mystical core and revolutionary undercurrents. However,A shaky atmosphere of mutual respect occasionally undercut by an ancient rift that represents itself … Continue reading →

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