Be reconciled, poet, with your world, it is
the only truth!
William Carlos Williams
comix, poetry, painting, prose, drawing, photography, graphics, design - M. Hill, editor----- ESTABLISHED 1982
Friday, December 25, 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020
a soul you can trust
Joe Biden's love for Seamus Heaney reveals a soul you can trust
You can’t pretend to love Heaney, for he’s too subtle for that
His peace process in language anticipated – and helped bring about – the political peace process of the 90s.
There is a depth in Biden’s response to Heaney that clearly goes beyond mere political convenience. He has suffered terrible losses in his life and perhaps he finds particular solace in this poet who voyages into the underworld and speaks with the departed. This appreciation of one of the wisest and subtlest of poets marks out Biden as a truly rare politician.
In general it is a good thing that poets are not, as Shelley claimed, the true legislators of the world. Would you want the antisemitic TS Eliot, Mussolini-supporting Ezra Pound or petty racist Philip Larkin influencing politics? But Heaney was that truly rare thing: a great imaginative artist who was also a wise and noble human being.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Kurt Vonnegut
Facsimiles of the letters, along with previously published messages from after Kurt Vonnegut was released as a prisoner of war, comprise the new book "Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945"
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Your Household Bookcase
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The book of love: 400-year-old tome of John Donne’s poems is unveiled
John Donne is hailed as one of the greatest writers in the English canon, the author of exquisite love poetry and magnificent prose that has entered everyday language. To his 17th-century contemporaries, he was “the best in this kinde, that ever this Kingdome hath yet seene”.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Homeless Jesus
Witness calls cops on ‘Homeless Jesus’ statue 20 minutes after installationBy Kenneth Garger
A statue depicting a homeless Jesus lying on a bench outside an Ohio church drew a police response the day it was installed when somebody thought it was a real person.
“He spent much of his time with tax collectors and prostitutes, largely to the chagrin of polite society.”
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Hallucinogenic Rock Art
Native Californians got high on hallucinogenic plants and painted rock art, study finds
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Monday, October 19, 2020
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Healing Art
https://healingartmissions.org/#
HAM founder, Dr. Tracee Laing, graduated from Ohio State University with a dual major in pre-med and fine art. So when she went to Haiti in 1997 she saw not only the tremendous medical needs of the people, but also the beautiful handcrafted art the Haitians created. Realizing the suitcases she and her teams used to transport the medications needed for their medical missions would be empty at the end of the trip, she had an idea: purchase Haitian art from the artists to bring back to Ohio. In Granville, she organized a silent auction of Haitian art in which she raised awareness and funds for her work in Haiti. With the funds raised from this event, Dr. Laing purchased medications for her next mission to Haiti, and came upon the name for the non-profit organization she would create to support her work, Healing Art Missions.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Friday, April 24, 2020
Your Household Bookcase
Alison Whittaker, ed.
This important anthology, curated by Gomeroi poet and academic Alison Whittaker, showcases Australia’s most-respected First Nations poets alongside some of the rising stars. Featured poets include Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Ruby Langford Ginibi, Ellen van Neerven, Tony Birch, Claire G. Coleman, Evelyn Araluen, Jack Davis, Kevin Gilbert, Lionel Fogarty, Sam Wagan Watson, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Archie Roach and Alexis Wright.
Divided into five thematic sections, each one is introduced by an essay from a leading Aboriginal writer and thinker – Bruce Pascoe, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Chelsea Bond, Evelyn Araluen and Steven Oliver – who reflects on the power of First Nations poetry with their own original contribution. This incredible book is a testament to the renaissance of First Nations poetry happening in Australia right now.
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Friday, April 17, 2020
Monday, March 30, 2020
Monday, March 23, 2020
Farm Cartoonist Loses His 21-Year Career After One Person Called His Cartoon ‘Offensive’
"After the cartoon was published, Friday said he was informed in an email from an editor that the cartoon he created would be his last for Farm News because a seed company had withdrawn its advertising in protest to what the cartoon implied."
Rick Friday has been rehired by Farm News
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Monday, January 27, 2020
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Monday, January 13, 2020
Statue mocking Donald Trump torched in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A wooden statue mocking U.S. President Donald Trump was burned to the ground Thursday in Slovenia, the birthplace of his wife Melania, authorities said.
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Slovenian police are looking for the arsonist
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When triggered, a mechanism inside the statue opened a red-painted mouth and shark-like teeth used to appear.
“Like all populists, the statue has two faces,” its creator, Tomaz Schlegl, said when he unveiled the statue last August. “One is humane and nice, the other is that of a vampire.”
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Milan Balazic, the mayor of Moravce where the statue ended up, said that unknown arsonists burned it.
He said the torching of the statue “is symbol of intolerance toward artistic projects in our society.”
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by Ali Zerdin
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Thursday, January 9, 2020
How to spot deepfakes
" 'There is not a 100% foolproof way of identifying deepfakes, not even for AI researchers...Detection is always going to be an arms race. As people develop more accurate detection algorithms, fakers will develop even more sophisticated frauds.' "
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Vogue Italia eschews photos for sustainable January issue
"Vogue Italia’s January issue features eight different illustrated covers that involved no travel and rticles (sic) about clothes that are “reborn” from scrap fabric and hand-me-downs.
"Farneti said the savings from producing an issue without costly photo shoots would go toward restoring a Venice student foundation that was severely damaged by high tide floods in November.
"The fashion industry has been increasingly going green, with experts saying luxury consumers in particular are willing to pay more for sustainable garments and items that don’t exploit workers."
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