Tag Archives: John Keats

stern warnings

Freedom fighter or destructive nihilist who ultimately betrayed the cause of national right of self-determination through misguided, unrealistic and perhaps even self-centered interests that undermined nationhood? Like all the early Zionists, spirituality and religious values were indeterminant and largely non-existent. … Continue reading

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1939: insolent chariots

At the time of the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, it can be said that a god many conditions that prevailed seem rather odd today. A silver-fox coat at Bonwit Teller for $165, a summer suit at Gimbel’s for … Continue reading

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the pleasure of release

Seventeenth-century ingenuity in the manipulation of water led, perhaps inevitably, to some dubious conceits. Grotesque masks spewing water from nostrils or mouth and the shameless sphinx shown here are all at the Villa d’Este. But besides grotesque masks spewing water, … Continue reading

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save the world

Its the time of year when Christianity, Islam and Judaism have holidays which seem both complementary yet somewhat antagonistic to each other. One of the phenomenon’s of the past generation has been the idea of interfaith and combining global concerns … Continue reading

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eternally recurring youth

A narcissism? A fear of emotion? What does it mean to be human? The death of Mike Kelley this past month forces one to put the concept of the avant-garde on trial; a spotlight on this never grow old, eternally … Continue reading

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don’t let the sun go down on them

Do only the good die young? Should we trust anyone over thirty? There was always Rimbaud, the brilliant prodigy, the romantic who was simply pining to be able to fall on his sword. And Keats and Byron who could not … Continue reading

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light beyond the sinister rhetoric of gender

The sinister rhetoric of gender. It seems to rationalize a sublime fear of the dreaded anxiety of disorganized organic being. The absurdity of the masculine warrior figure. But what is the individual if not a mass of disorganized form, a … Continue reading

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forever young: eternal trial

Eternal youth. Immortality.The eternal life sweepstakes. Is it the brainwave entertainment industry, or a periodical foray by big pharma? “EASY, RELAXING, 100% SAFE, PROVEN, GUARANTEED, BUY NOW …”Order Yours Now And Receive The Mind Power Bonus”. Well, if laboratory mice … Continue reading

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bizarre love triangles : black moon rising

Booted out of Paradise? Lilith as the first mistress and well-spring of promiscuity, both real and imagined? There has always been some perplexing inconsistencies in the Old Testament; a kind of lost narrative between the Greek Septuagint, the Dead Sea … Continue reading

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FRANKLY MR. SHANKLY: I’d Rather Be Reified

Frankly Mr. Shankly, I’d rather be famous than righteous or holy, any day….. and so Morrissey sang with the Smiths. Frankly, Mr Shankly, this position I’ve held it pays my way and it corrodes my soul I want to leave … Continue reading

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