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we need the pillows : sleeping on “waning skepticism”

From the mouth of Harold Bloom. From his quill to god’s scribe. He represents the archetype of the Gnostic personality. If there is a gnostic personality disorder Bloom is a carrier, transmitter and is chronically infected. Or as he puts … Continue reading

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good bye dear pictures

Cardinal Mazarin was the real ruler of France during the boyhood of Louis XIV and one of the greatest collectors in the history of art. The Bibliotheque  Nationale was once the Cardinal’s private palace. It was here, a few days … Continue reading

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when the abyss stares back

You have to question one of the basic axioms of Western life, a foundational myth of the enlightenment that “civilized” society values human life. That a life is precious. Sanctified. Or rather,  an eye for an eye. A tooth for … Continue reading

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the one after 193

Not something from the back of a cereal box. A real country. Or some neutered and coiffed Bantustan experiment with nifty uniforms and fan-far parades. Real borders and a real economy. Or a box within a box and the welfare … Continue reading

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MANTEGNA: MASTER OF THE FANTASTIC & THE TERRIBLE

The gruesome, the tragic and the triumphant that could be depicted with paradoxical decorative elegance. His manner was prickly, his life was mundane and methodical, his painting was poised and static; why then should he have so much power to … Continue reading

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MADNESS & ALTERED STATES: ARCHEOLOGY OF THE SILENCE

Only then can we see how madness and non‐madness are NOT two distinct phenomena, but rather are in dialogue, “are inextricably involved” … “In the severe world of mental illness, modern man no longer communicates with the madman” . The physician speaks to … Continue reading

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“REASONABLE CREATURES”:HOW DID THAT RUMOR GET STARTED?

“While genius is a rare gift, according to most theorists the pool of human beings from which genius emerges includes only men. Rousseau, Kant, and Schopenhauer all declared that women possess characters and mentalities too weak to produce genius. This … Continue reading

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SHARPEN YOUR KNIFE & SOFTEN YOUR TONGUE

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s final novel was the ”The Marble Faun” and was inspired and strung together from his notebook that he kept in Rome. The intensity of the subject matter and its interplay between the Jewish and Christian themes within a … Continue reading

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