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Re-Visioning the Masculine and Feminine Side of Men and Women – SOLAR LUNAR
A core Jungian concept proposes that men develop their feminine side (anima) and women their masculine side (animus); this constrictive terminology confines us to rigid ideas of gender. However, Jung’s rediscovery of alchemical mythology, which uses imagery of the sun… Continue reading
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The crab-castrating parasite that zombifies its prey
Meet Sacculina carcini – a barnacle that makes a living as a real-life body-snatcher of crabs. Unlike most barnacles that are happy to simply stick themselves to a rock and filter food from the water, Sacculina and its kin have… Continue reading
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The Inclusive Capitalism Initiative is Trojan Horse to quell coming global revolt
Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: “…Central to the proceedings was an undercurrent of elite fear that the increasing disenfranchisement of the vast majority of the planetary population under decades of capitalist business-as-usual could well be its own undoing… “…Lady Lynn Forester… Continue reading
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Connectivism: Informing Distance Education Theory, Pedagogy and Research
(Critical Review) George Siemens’ (2005) article “Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age” has sparked both innovation and controversy (Anderson, 2009; Kop & Hill, 2008; Bell, 2001)… Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: A good first read for those wondering about… Continue reading
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Gauguin: Metamorphoses review – ‘Forceful, disturbing, obscene’
A new exhibition at New York’s MoMA totally rethinks Gauguin’s work by focusing on his drawings – dark, bizarre and much more challenging than his lush Tahitian paintings, writes Jason Farago Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: What more, you may ask,… Continue reading
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Art in good health: how science and culture mix the best medicine
Why are so many health organisations funding art projects and what can artists and scientists gain from close collaboration? Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: There has, in recent years, been a surge in the number of projects, across all artforms, with… Continue reading
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The top 10 backs in art
Jonathan Jones: Man Ray’s violin woman, a masterpiece of Japanese erotica and David Hockney’s most liberating pool painting … check out these choice rear views See on www.theguardian.com Continue reading
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Why drawing needs to be a curriculum essential
Drawing has creative, expressive and educational value; it remains fundamental to translating and analysing the world Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Drawing has seen something of a renaissance in the last twenty years in the UK. From the Campaign for Drawing to the Drawing Research… Continue reading
