Tag Archives: Elie Wiesel

LAYERS & LAYERS OF DREAMS WITHIN DREAMS

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Dave

Quite brilliantly, John Ruskin wrote of the Seven Lamps of Architecture; the seven lamps ,”lamps” meaning that which illuminates the mind or soul of sacred architecture. They are: sacrifice, truth, power, beauty, life, memory, and obedience; and when combined, they … Continue reading →

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X-TREME COMPOSITION & AGONY OF INDIFFERENCE

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Dave

“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” ( Elie Wiesel … Continue reading →

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REVOLUTION No. 9/10 tenths OF THE LAW IS POSSESSION

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Dave

You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it’s evolution Well, you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don’t you … Continue reading →

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FREE SPEECH MASH-UP

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Dave

What are the limits of free expression. At a recent conference Salman Rushdie and Nobel Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel agreed that laws against blasphemy are problematic, thorny and surprisingly, subject to some form of revisionism. In this information age, the … Continue reading →

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FREE SPEECH MASH-UP

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Dave

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Art As Rhetoric Prepared Medium Rare

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Dave

Soutine once shocked his neighbours by hanging a side of beef in his garret so he could paint it. The carcass collected fleas, putrified , and this death on exhibition alarmed the tenants to bring the gendarmes to put an … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged A Beggar in Jerusalem, Abstract expressionism, Avner Mandelman, Chaim Soutine, Cubism, David marcus, Dr. Alfred barnes, Elie Wiesel, Fauvism, Franz Kafka, Golden gate Jerusalem, Jackson Pollock, Kafka, Kooning, Kotel, Le Boeuf Ecorche, Old masters, Rembrandt, Tablet, Temple Mount, the Louvre, Van Gogh, willem de Kooning, Yoko Ono | Leave a comment

The Center Isn't Holding Anymore

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Dave

”As for adult books, I liked Kafka when I was growing up as a kid. I read Kafka. That was important to me. Faulkner. See, I can’t tell how things influenced me. I can tell I read these things and … Continue reading →