Body Modification: The Crucification of Sebastian Horsley (film)

Body Modification   I have occasionally been curious about body modification.  This undoubtedly comes from my own experience with body modification in the 1960s.  To be sure this has become a far more sophisticated art since I pierced my left earlobe at a gathering of the tribe in the mid-1960s.      My only anesthetic [...]

Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Another poem by Frost.  More widely known but suggested by a reader.  Anything that can quell the fire of world violence on a Sunday evening is a welcome respite. – Carlos Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening BY ROBERT FROST Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; [...]

ee cummings: i carry your heart with me

i carry your heart with me i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) i fear . no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i [...]

Frost: The Road Not Taken

Simple poems of a time when I was younger, perhaps not as well known as they should be internationally. The Road Not Taken Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920. TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as [...]

Barney Rossett, Grove Press Founder, Dead at 89, RIP

Barney Rossett, owner of Grove Press, publisher of the Evergreen Review, and hero of my early adolescence is dead at 89 (Feb 23, 2012).  When I was 13 I found the Evergreen Review. Under its influence (it was a literary magazine) I found the influential writers in my life. Perhaps some of its contents were [...]

Jules et Jim: A Look Back at Truffaut’s Best

Oh, how the days of my youth sitting in movie theaters throughout New York City, spring redolent with peanuts, popcorn, and the unique smell that art theaters had.  I watched the films of the day for hours well spent while taking a film production class at NYCC from a confessed “Z”-filmmaker.  And when not.  I [...]

Violins: Are the Old Masters Really Better?

As you might expect, a lot of research has been done on the construction and acoustics of the violin.  Just try Googling violin acoustics.  The Guarneris,  Amatis,  and Stradivarius may be like great wine, a matter of taste and perception.  I found a link, which mentions this article, and somewhat broadens the scope at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_preferences_among_new_and_old_violins Study [...]

Journalist on the Run!

Janet (Journalist on the Run) is a recent find and spirit at large.  Her blogs capture her passion for life and is worth looking at.  I would recommend her visiting Central and South America;-) – Carlos Shebeen Flick. http://janetnewenham.wordpress.com/about/

Why Art?

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Buy for me the rain, traz-me lírios e malmequeres

“Buy for Me the Rain” was the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s first hit in 1967 and it hung on the wall of a close friend for many years.  It has always danced through my mind when I think of her.  So, while browsing Portuguese literature some years back, I came upon one so similar as [...]