Art or Heartbreak of Tuesday
I’ve just received a heart-rending book of photographs. It’s by Nick Brandt who has photographed and worked tirelessly with his Big Life Foundation with the wild elephants, lions and …
Reallife+Ethics
Wildman Humanist, Folkert de Jong
This blog’s Art of Tuesday feature will use the spotlighted artist’s name in the title rather than Art of Tuesday — for clarity, the gods of …
Happy Winterfest Dear Humans!
[youtube]https://youtu.be/RDZu04v7_hc[/youtube] It’s hard not to smile as three robo-reindeer prance smartly ahead of this sleigh. A few fluffy antlers waggle, heads are proud and high. …
How to Use Hate
It’s a curiously human emotion, hate. We seem to have it in our genes, no one’s exempt. Dogs, cats, turkeys don’t hate anonymous dogs, cats, poultry. But hate is …
Vive la France
November 13. Daesh (aka ISIS) attacks various sites in Paris, France. Blood, bodies, horror, rage. Voices rise blaming Syrian refugees and French Muslims. November 18. French President …
Telling the Truth in Art
I’d like to ask the great Margie Hendricks and the great Ray Charles to give voice to this statue. [youtube]https://youtu.be/qyufGAdqOWA[/youtube] ___________________________ For me that’s “Telling …
Travelogue from England and Spain – Part II
This is a follow-up to my recent blogpost Travelogue from England and Spain – Part I I’ve never seen this remarkable town but it well illustrates …
Travelogue from England and Spain – Part I
This blogpost contains scattershot impressions of three weeks in England, Spain, and England again. Zipping along curvy country lanes near Salisbury, England in a car confidently driven by …
Cecil the Lion in Humanity’s Eye
Every seed is awakened and so is all animal life. It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being and we therefore …
The Cure for Greed
The international Human Genome Project took less than 20 years from first funding proposal to its announced completion. Now the United States and the European …