Arts
Dec. 5, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- The discussion of the foibles and failures of modern art that appeared here two weeks ago was of course not the last word on that vast and intricate subject. This week I want to take the discussion further, starting from a deceptively simple question: what is art for? What’s the point or purpose of all these odd, impractical aspects of human culture we call the art ...
Pepe the FrogJuly 18, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- Every month or so since the 2016 presidential election campaign hit high tide, somebody has asked me to say something about the weirdest and most interes ...
March 28, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- This fourth Wednesday of the month would normally be an open post for readers’ questions, but I’ve been asked by quite a few people at this point to cast and delinea ...
The tiny sealstone depicting warriors in battle measures just 1.4 inches across but contains incredible detail. Credit: University of Cincinnati Nov. 6, 2017 (Phys.org) -- In the more than two years ...
Arthur SchopenhauerFeb. 15, 2017 (Archdruid Report) -- It's impressively easy to misunderstand the point made in last week’s post here on The Archdruid Report. To say that the world we experience is ...
Reviewed by Hatim Kanaaneh World News Trust Aug. 22, 2016 (I Remember My Name -- Poetry by Samah Sabawi, Ramzy Baroud and Jehan Bseiso. Vacy Vlazna, ed., 2016, Novum Publishing. Kindle Edition.) In p ...
Freddy Mercury. By Richard E. Aaron. rockpix.com (Used with permission) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 15, 2016 I was a precocious concert-goer, what can I say? Scoring 15th row tickets for $7.50 ...
John Michael GreerAug. 10, 2016 (Archdruid Report) -- Last week’s episode of the Retrotopia narrative ended up launching, rather to my surprise, an extensive discussion about the nature of art. The s ...
(CC0 1.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 3, 2016 “i ask him: Are you going to the march? and he says “I live here” (from “Zuccotti Park, Oct. 10, 2011,” by Rich Alexandro) Rich Alexandro and I c ...
Gregory Crawford -- World News Trust Dec. 21, 2015 "Merry Christmas." By Gregory Crawford. © 2015 World News Trust. "Merry Christmas!" by Gregory Crawford is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu ...
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 19, 2015 “Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink.” (Bukowski) You know those despicable and “agreed-upon” societal standards of “beauty” ...