Art, Film, Photography

Wisdom of the Ages

Looks like having government officials who are Ignorant and Stupid is nothing new. Chinese poet Su Tung-Po nailed it centuries…

4 years ago

Show’s over folks. It’s November

November Show's over, folks. And didn't October do A bang-up job? Crisp breezes, full-throated cries Of migrating geese, low-floating coral…

4 years ago

A Little Called Gertrude Stein

There, there, said the parent to the anguished child whose ice cream fell to the gutter. There! There! said the…

5 years ago

Where I Am At

I like to learn and one of the things I have learned is that I really don't like being taught.…

5 years ago

Jeanne Mammen In Ruins and Recovery

Before the Nazis took power in 1933 Jeanne Mammen earned her living as a commercial artist, selling her work to…

5 years ago

The Watchful Eye of Jeanne Mammen

From George Orwell at the Café Royal : The coming of the Hitler regime in 1933 had a chilling effect…

5 years ago

The Games They Played

A recent visit to Montreal found us at the MAC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal Fortified with coffee and breakfast…

5 years ago

From Minty to Moses – the Extraordinary Fierce and Fearless Harriet Tubman

In September we heard Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation with Oprah Winfrey at the Apollo in NYC. The topic was his…

5 years ago

For No Good Reason

I love this poem by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. It's a commentary on the fact that - even in the darkest…

6 years ago

Mustn’t Grumble

Mustn't Grumble We mustn’t grumble We have wireless and cable And there’s food in the shops. Beyoncé had a birthday and…

6 years ago