Tag Archives: Walt Whitman

A MASKED NOBODY CAN BE ANYBODY

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Dave

“Adah Menken was the most remarkable mingling of angel and devil that ever wore petticoats.” She invented the modern cult of female celebrity. Her goal, originally, was to be famous based on talent. To be recognized as the outstanding actress … Continue reading →

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MASKED SAINT ON A WILD HORSE

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Dave

Are there virtues to an ambiguous past? She was masked and anonymous. Her fidelity was to the plurality of self and she was as much a puzzle at the end of her life, and such an omnipresent figure that the … Continue reading →

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MANTEGNA & CULTURAL REVOLUTION: Psychology of Perspective

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dave

After all not to create only, or found only, But to bring perhaps from afar what is already founded, To give it our own identity, average, limitless, free, To fill the: gross the torpid bulk with vital religious fire, Not … Continue reading →

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SKINNING CATS & LEOPARD SKIN PILLBOX HATS

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Dave

There they were on a Sunday morning 1n the 1890′s , pedaling with determination along the New Jersey Palisades until they found a quiet stretch of river. Then they stripped off their serviceable knickerbockers and blouses, and bathed, glowing with … Continue reading →

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FAMILIAR TRUTHS IN ''A PIMP'S PROFESSION''

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Dave

“I never knew of but one artist, and this is Tom Eakins, who could resist the temptation to see what they think ought to be rather than what is.” – Walt Whitman. If the self-portrait below does not appear especially jubilant, … Continue reading →

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ELUSIVE FORTY-FIRST SEAT

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Dave

A language police and literary garbage removal squad.Painful protocol for a poet to swallow.The Academie Francaise was created by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635 as the official agency of linguistic formalism. It began as a reaction against female domination of the … Continue reading →

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Poet as Con-Artist: LIBIDO OVER CREDO

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Dave

”They sat down and Corso asked K., ”Would you like to ball with me, baby?” There was no surer way to K. ‘s heart. She declined with a small secretive, pleased smile and at once exerted herself to be charming. … Continue reading →