Tag Archives: Pieter Brueghel

leading the blind

Different stages of falling. Trust, surprise and then shock. The Church in the background is a symbol to invoke the risks in straying from the church? Perhaps.  Bruegel demonstrates that the natural, uncivilized realm of man is a constituent element … Continue reading

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screen test: tea ceremony in kyoto

scoOne of the central pieces in what could be termed Japanese Renaissance art, are two six-panel  folding Japanese screens whose images merge together to form an aerial  view of the city of Kyoto in the sixteenth- century. The technique, which … Continue reading

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bosch: strawberry fields nor ever

A cursing of those fanatical, demented, crazed…tormentors and executioners….The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch has certainly puzzled viewers. It is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic paintings ever done. Only five hundred years later has its meaning … Continue reading

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STORYTELLERS IN THE FOREST: Making Peace With The Power Of Death

Freud said of folk tales that they contain “the dreams of the human race.” One of these dreams is about the simple good prevailing over the subtle wicked. Most of the stories that the Grimm brothers collected are lay moral … Continue reading

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PORTION GENEROSO: ORAL DESIRE A LA CARTE

“Researching one of the seven deadly sins, gluttony, although food implies a consistent research into the bodily (taboos). To Nietzsche, largely responsible for rehabilitating the body in later humanistic thought, sinning is not a basic state of humanity, but merely … Continue reading

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LITERALLY EATING OUR SPIRITS

Since ancient times, when sickly children were left outside to die from exposure, euthanasia has been practiced, debated or condemned by various societies. Much of it involves around shortage of food and elitist thinking such as the economist Malthus. In … Continue reading

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SECOND HELPINGS ON THE PEASANT WEDDING FEAST

”Long sticks on the bagpipes. I’m inclined to think the groom is the man in the red hat, passing food towards the bride. The motion of a husband, to penetrate the wife. Note that near him are no less than … Continue reading

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