Tag Archives: Franz Marc

free, except for the catches in the fine print

The Aleppo campaign seems bogged down by lack of dry powder.They agree to disagree. But one thing is certain, they don’t seem to really want a free functioning liberal democracy with both secular and religious rights in harmony side by … Continue reading

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new vision of visions: the inner need

What is meant by spiritual experience? Not evident in the era of post-modernism, Chris Hitchens, and the dubious pursuit of art as a spiritual experience. Still, there is a necessity to avoid standardization and leave an artistic scar so to … Continue reading

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2.5cc… 5cc… going going…gone

And old interview dug up on Godley and Creme. The issues they raised thirty-plus years ago are more relevant than ever. They may not be “right” but their views represented here are honest to themselves. It does reflect on the … Continue reading

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spirits having flown: another gray morning

What is meant by the spiritual in art is not self-evident; its been lost in translation, like finding the code to understanding Van Eyck’s Ghent altarpiece, its becoming extinct as a graspable part of the lexicon and daily interchange. The … Continue reading

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RUNNING WITH LIONS:The Enigma of “The Idiot”

For all of them Henri Rousseau was the “venerable child” of art, the great primitive who lived and worked beyond the reach of damaging speculation and sophistication, at one with himself, original, as nature had made him. Conscious, deliberate action … Continue reading

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LAYERS & LAYERS OF DREAMS WITHIN DREAMS

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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