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Category Archives: Art

The Last School

January 10, 2012

I vividly recall the day I sat reading a book nearly twenty-five years ago and my literature professor scurried by, …

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The Humble Shall Inherit The Earth

January 5, 2012

“I exist as I am, that is enough, if no other in the world be aware I sit content, And …

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A Dream: The Festival Of Life, Again….

December 31, 2011

I first posted this piece back in August. I don’t remember how many hits it earned, but it wasn’t many. …

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The Language Barrier

December 28, 2011

“But beyond that [the normal daylight working of the intellect] there is a thinking in primordial images—in symbols that are …

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GraceHoper, When You Can Snatch The Pebble From My Hand…

December 22, 2011

I was a teacher once. I even taught an ex-diplomat, an amazing man who had been Canadian High Commissioner to …

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A Tale Of Two Books…

November 8, 2011

“…but bear in mind that the word is not the thing, and that the description, however detailed, however intricate, however …

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Who But An Artist…?

November 2, 2011

This is a short post. Sonny-Boy is coughing and sleep has suffered, plus much of my spare time has been …

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Even Outside The Box… Is Box!

October 31, 2011

Last weekend a family friend, I’ll call her Robyn, was over for dinner with her two young boys. While the …

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Home Sick

October 20, 2011

“Daddy, I’m puking!” Ah, the sweet open innocence of youth! But is this a harbinger of things to come? For …

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Saturday Afternoon And The World Of Art

October 18, 2011

Saturday afternoon and I am strolling along Ninth Avenue. The sun is high and the air is unseasonably warm. People …

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