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tears and fears: RIP (through) holy land

Attack Jerusalem? Launching rockets on the eternal city? Imagine the irony if a Hamas rocket hits the Dome of the Rock? Recoil time to play in the rubble. Something here about Walter Benjamin’s idea of children playing in trash and … Continue reading

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can kicking with operation twist : i’m with stupid

An unfolding drama in which the answer to be found may be in not what is said. The Anglo-American financial system as Marcel Marceau mime.How else to explain the world apart, the disjunct between words and action , or lack … Continue reading

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colonizing salvation

We don’t want salvation, we want the messiah! Or do you? If given a million dollars or the messiah arriving? Well, maybe the million, and the messiah a little later. Clearly, the the poor sufferers in the Death Camps of … Continue reading

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stubborn affiliations

The nude’s stubborn affiliation with tradition can create embarrassing situations at a time when art is stubbornly anti-traditional. Of course, some of it depends on what you mean by tradition. Until modern art kicked tradition in the jewels, you could … Continue reading

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just like starting over

An ambivalent relationship to be sure. Antagonistic. Lots of arguments. But breaking up is what they are wired to do. The quarrels, the separation, and the inevitable efforts to try and patch things up with a first love of the … Continue reading

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