THE ARTS ARE ESSENTIAL
It might behoove us all to pause and reflect on just how vital the arts are to a civilized humanity.
Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
The Arts of ThailandTHONGCHAI SRISUKPRASERTHall Zinthaosธงชัย ศรีสุขประเสริฐ
Strength, encouragement, physical strength, intelligence, or enthusiasm, just as it is at this point so it should be done right now.
Janine Yasovantคลิกเพื่ออ่านบทความนี้ เป็นภาษาไทย
HITCHCOCK
Master of Claustrophobia.
Miles David Moore
A COVID READINGI thought re-reading The Plague by Albert Camus would be a perfect fit for our quarantine times. It wasn’t. Michael Bettencourt
MANGO NIGHTS AND RAINY DAYSNo film before or since defined the nucleus of cinema, the art form of the 20th century, as this masterpiece did. Arthur Danín Adler
WRONG GLUEI got it into my head to make a pie the other day. I have so many resources for jumping into this; nothing I couldn't just do myself. Claudine Jones
THE LUCKY DEATH OF MICAH TRUEBack in March of 2012, a 58 year-old ultrarunner named Micah True went missing in New Mexico. Patrick Walsh
WHO SPEAKS OF VICTORY? John Keats knew suffering intimately. Born into straitened economic circumstances, he lost both parents at a young age. Gregory Luce
WHEN THIS IS OVER When this is over, we’ll grieve like we did in days past.It will not be virtual grief. Les Marcott
DEAD SHARK ON THE N TRAIN Susana H. Case in her newly launched collection of poetry confronts death, dying, and violence particularly against women. Karren Alenier
VISUAL POEMSKinder, Gentler ImageThe Weed ComplainsThe FlyLiz Gives Robert the SkinnyDavid Alpaugh
This IssueKANDINSKY’S CREATIVITYLaughter, the Trouser Button and the Sugar PotJelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler RenaudEdited and Introduced by Lissa Tyler Renaud
THE BLOOD OF LAMBSStealing mud from open gravesGiving it to farmers sowing seedsWatering them with the blood of sacrificial lambsGriselda Steiner
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Six Images
Bloomin’ Marvellous
The Photography of Jon Rendell
PaintingMonkey with Banana and Life JacketPoetryBaboon Under the Pillow
The Art of David Wiley
The Art of SS. Burrus A Retrospective
When the Earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people will appear on the Earth
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THEATRE THOUGHTSAn entertaining array of audio essays on an array of topics by an astute and entertaining essayist. (Audio)
EAR BUDS Michael BettencourtWhat happens when we love our devices — and they love us back. (Video)
LIGHT FANTASTIC Michael BettencourtWeighty matters of brain neurons and addiction, two forbidden kisses,single-malt scotch, and the green dance of blue and yellow lasers. (Video)
UNDRESS ME Michael BettencourtIn a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undressher by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue. (Video)
THE GREED GENE Michael BettencourtA young couple is told by their genetic counselor, the "genie of genes" that their child has the greed gene, and there is nothing they can do. (Video)
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