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fly in the soup of innocence

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Dave

Henri Rousseau was fortunate enough to receive from established painters whom he admired the good advice to avoid formal training even when he was in a position to take advantage of it. Emulating himself, Rousseau developed a style of great … Continue reading →

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complicity: holocaust reprisal

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Dave

Holocaust denial. An inverted, form of denial where the number of camps is exponentially greater than what could possibly be imagined. And the number of victims greater as well? It comes back to that stubborn old national characteristic which is … Continue reading →

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just like the first time

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Dave

Just like the first time and we may be starting over…Appeal to the base, get the first time voters off the couch and into the booth. Mother Lena Dunham will give them a basic anatomy course and stimulate the viral … Continue reading →

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dark star in a crystal bowl

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Dave

Madonna. A live Masonic ritual? The dark and esoteric side of kabbalah? The all-seeing eye in the center of the stage as part and package of ancient practices mixed with religious rhetoric with Madonna as Dark Star. Does she consume … Continue reading →

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letting the little guy throw a punch

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Dave

There is no definitive summation possible. Whether a man conflicted by what he may have perceived himself to becoming, or merely conflicted by pushing the boundary of the public intellectual into new realms, or simply enamored by the literary aesthetic … Continue reading →

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little boots: tiny steps of transcendence

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dave

A  dredging of the sediment. Intriguing relational experiences from a remote and obscure past, one not easily discerned, and only mistily intangible.  Do we find ourself in the song so that it represents ourself ?…. I remember all the things … Continue reading →

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narratives of the nameless: remember to forget

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Dave

Constantly changing traditions and a constantly changing confrontation and relationship with death. Does remembrance amount to a merely symbolic gesture of observing a few moments silence,laying a wreath at these tombs of the nameless, which is actually a kind of … Continue reading →

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angels and the catastrophe of history:waiting for his master’s voice

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Dave

Why do angels have wings? What do angels mean today? In early Christian times God’s messengers walked as men. But after the sweeping conversions of the pagan world, Christian artists found inspiration in the flying deities of ancient faiths dressing … Continue reading →

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angels: flying against the current of progress

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Dave

Angels of history. When Benozzo Gozzoli painted a rapt band of angels in 1459, he, without hesitation, gave them softly undulant robes, splendid wings, and the further support of rainbow clouds. Obviously, Gozzoli, had likely never seen an angel himself. … Continue reading →

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an angel laughing through tears

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Dave

Is the concept of progress a cruel illusion? Is progress a storm, getting pushed into the future into which our back is turned?. Do angels work without a script intuitively connected to the screenwriter on high. Angels have represented a … Continue reading →

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