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like a brick in their pocket : and now What? …

Why not strive for fame. “The Bitter Ones” say its a need to be envied and that going “viral”- a term which is in itself a euphemism for something that doesn’t exist, is virtual, and has no real meaning- is … Continue reading

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CELEBRITY as COMMODITY FETISH: Recycle Those Tropes and Posers

For better or worse….Celebrities are not diversions for our society anymore; they are the basis of our social and economic lives.The worship of celebrity, for many is a religion fabricated and patented piecemeal out of the hollowness of some foregone … Continue reading

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EVERYONE IS A STAR: Can I Buy or Lease Your Aura?

It may seem peculiar, annoying, disconcerting and disturbing when pop culture artifacts, including garbage and facial hair, material with no intrinsic value, sells for substantial sums of money. Why? Do they belong to the spirits that guide us through the … Continue reading

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CELEBRITY AS REBELLION TO REASON: An Age of the Enlightened Groupie

The popular culture’s notion that geniuses were crazy certainly received support from the excesses of many of the Romantic artists of the nineteenth century, who had their share of obsessive, manic, and ecstatic behaviors. Further, the “mad scientist” in literature … Continue reading

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THE PRODIGIES: CHECK-MATE ON GENIUS

The cutoff for what is often considered ”gifted”  is an IQ score that is among the top two percent of the population, which is a score of 130 on the Wechsler scales, or 132 on the Stanford-Binet scale. This  sole … Continue reading

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SKULLDUGGERY AND DEATH AS A READY MADE

Damien Hirst’s new show is using skulls of famous French artistic figures who have been disinterred and sent to the Pantheon, the mausoleum of France’s most honored citizens.That is the rumor. He is confronting the existential crisis in Art by … Continue reading

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