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The CAMEL, The SPHINX and Diverse HinjinXXX

Euphemisms tend to lose their protective magic at a fairly rapid rate. Like Sisyphus, the moralists can never seem to to carry, drag or otherwise schlep that ball to the top of the mountain and give it back to its … Continue reading

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IMPOSSIBLE WORLD: DISILLUSIONED SOULS AS A REFRAMED VALUE

Jean Antoine Watteau( 1684-1721) was thirty-three when he painted “Embarkation” . Two years later in 1719 he went to London to sonsult Dr. Richard mead, the queen’s physician, and was there subjected to such treatment as the best medical knowledge … Continue reading

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WATTEAU & UTOPIA ON STANDBY: THE GHOSTS OF STYLE

Should we let bygones be bygone eras?These are precious, because Watteau’s paintings so unmistakably draw meaning from and give memorable form to a certain now far distant subculture.He is a master of in-between situations….Watteau introduced just such a change of … Continue reading

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FORBIDDEN WORLD:IN THE SHADOW OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS

The forbidden world of Watteau. The witness of a life he could not share; one of France’s greatest painters transformed reality into the most poetic and lyrical visions in the history of art…. “This artist who said hardly anything about … Continue reading

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ALL SINGETH OF DISPIRITING THE HUMBUGS

Bah! to the humbugs and the skeptics. To Santa, it is  all about the voyage and not the destination. To the mere mortals,on a diet of hope and determination, its about reclaiming a piece of Paradise lost. A battle between … Continue reading

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