Keith “Maggie” Brown
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Esoteric Symbols: The Tarot in Yeats, Eliot, and Kafka
Esoteric Symbols: The Tarot in Yeats, Eliot, and Kafka June Leavitt University Press of America, Jan 1, 2007 157 pages In this pioneering scholarly work on occult symbols in literature, the reader is offered a vivid look into how W.B. Yeats,… Continue reading
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Power of Art: Rembrandt
Rembrandt’s success in his early years was as a portrait painter to the rich denizens of Amsterdam at a time when the city was being transformed from a small nondescript port into the economic capital of the world. His historical… Continue reading
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Hitchcock’s Soundtracks
Originally posted on The ancient eavesdropper: My ear kisses the ground as train engine tremors tunnel through subconscious Torn Curtain compartments, I Confess, its whistle-blow echoes a foreboding Hitchcock Psycho shower soundtrack, striking sharp spikes like nails across the chalkboard… Continue reading
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Francesco Borromini – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of Antiquity, Borromini developed an inventive and distinctive, if somewhat idiosyncratic, architecture employing manipulations of Classical architectural forms, geometrical rationales in his plans and symbolic meanings in his buildings.… Continue reading
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Power of Art: Bernini
Born in Naples, Bernini was an exceptional talent from an early age and went on to dominate the art world of 17th century Rome. His work epitomised the Baroque style and his sculpture, church interiors and exteriors and town planning… Continue reading
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Caravaggio’s profane eye for the sacred – Eureka Street
Caravaggio was the Jim Morrison of his time — Rimbaud with a paintbrush. There was little that was pious or holy about the man with a gift for holy and sacred art. Caravaggio’s world was the world of drunken singing,… Continue reading
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Power of Art: Caravaggio
This is not a series about things that hang on walls, it is not about decor or prettiness. It is a series about the force, the need, the passion of art …the power of art… The power of the greatest… Continue reading
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Louis c.k. & Parmenides
Wonderful bit by the always hilarious and thoughtful Louis C.K. For some the language will be strong but it is worth it. The parent, the child, and the power of “why?” The bit hits on a key component of Parmenides… Continue reading
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Swedenborg’s Rough Guide to Heaven, Hell, and Other Places | Reality Sandwich
…Many readers otherwise open to Swedenborg‘s thought are put off by his accounts of hell. This includes figures like William Blake and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is a pointed criticism of Swedenborg’s vision, which… Continue reading
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Walking Statue
Manchester Museum is getting a lot of publicity for a video of a statue that slowly rotates through the course of the day. It’s on a glass shelf, and it only moves when there are people walking nearby. via Debunked:… Continue reading
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[Harper’s Index] | July 2013
This months grab bag of statistics from the always wonderful Harpers Magazine: …Portion of university teaching positions that are filled by graduate students or adjunct faculty : 3/4 Percentage of college professors teaching online courses who do not believe students… Continue reading
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Castle Perilous
“Revelation can be more perilous than revolution.” Nabokov Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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John of the Desert
Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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John of the Desert
Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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