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ballad of barack pumpkinhead

The lost prophet of the Frankfurt School, who was, with hitherto unrevealed redemptive and messianic qualities restore the dream of social justice and economic prosperity for an all regardless of race, creed, or taste. The man who could pull back … Continue reading

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see a little light

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i’ve always had an affinity for bob mould. not only have i deeply admired the music he produced in the astonishing band ‘husker du’ (and, later, the band ‘sugar’), but, we’re both smart (and smart … Continue reading

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amen together

Spiritual pursuits and just plain pursuit. Pursuit or being pursued? God is in the poor, the broken and the needy who cry out. Evidently, as the picture below shows, staged of not, that Jesus can probably do more with the … Continue reading

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a king a crown and a pyramid of sacred geometry

The first King of Britain was James I. He won the prize that had eluded his mother, Mary Queen of Scots: the right to rule over a united kingdom. Unfortunately he earned himself a very bad press.But press, for better … Continue reading

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king for a day: take a pass on the cake

All the king’s men and women. Indeterminancy and inevitability, fortuity and fate.Sacred geometry and secret recipes. The chance of being king. Or is it chance? The chance of being king is charged with multiple and contradictory associations among of which … Continue reading

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bosch: love as an involuntary movement

How mad can mad be? Is deep pessimism a form of madness? Very few paintings in the history of art have so puzzled and mystified, even perplexed viewers the way Hieoronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights has. Six hundred years … Continue reading

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garden of earthly delights: paradise lost and better forgotten

Very few paintings in the history of art have puzzled viewers as “The Garden of Earthly Delights”. Perhaps both the godless and the god fearing, the hedonist, the Apollonian and the Dionysian, and those addicted to instant gratification can draw … Continue reading

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FOR A MERRIER CHRISTMAS: This Year And In 1956…And In

Psst….Hey Santa..Pass the bottle. Its the pauses that refresh.To some Christmas is a chaotic energy and motivation of fear and intoxication, forces that drive many closer to meltdown. Psychologists call it legitimised deviancy, an unspoken rule that the normal laws … Continue reading

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PATRIOTIC ROMANCE & WAR DANCE: The Illusion It Was All Worthwhile

There’s an epidemic Stirring passions in young hearts Even the old campaigners Have got it really bad Well we ain’t seen nothing like it Since coronation day But when the street parties sound I’m going underground To keep the rabid … Continue reading

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CLERGY BURNOUT: THE AESTHETICS OF DISAPPOINTMENT

Believers and Deceivers. The findings have surfaced with ominous regularity over the last few years, and with little notice: Members of the clergy now suffer from obesity, hypertension and depression at rates higher than most Americans. In the last decade, … Continue reading

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