Voices Falling Silent
Following my last post, I saw a news program about the exploitation of women in the role of housekeeper to diplomats. And just before that…
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The Turin Horse
When I was recently reminded of the The Luzern Photograph, a posed picture in 1882, showing the famous ménage à trois of Lou Andreas Salomé, Frederick…
FOUNDATION OF OUR EXISTENCE: Dare We Look?
Occasionally, a visionary artist can show us a glimpse of the very foundation of our existence—our civilization, ways of being, cultural practices and beliefs—the structures…
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Longing For The Unattainable
LONGING FOR THE UNATTAINABLE: my 1930 penny Money has everything to do with the real world we inhabit. We all know…
The White House & the End of Camelot
The White House and the End of Camelot[1] In the movie “Excalibur” (1981), Merlin wryly delivers his most compelling prophecy to the young King Arthur—his…
A Life at the Threshold
It was as if future events were casting their shadow back by arousing in the child certain thought forms that, though normally dormant, describe or…