I did not wage war
“When I say that war is the source of all the arts, I also mean that it is…
Literature
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An ant
An ant walks alone In the desert of my wall. I watch it motionless. I feel immense. ……
Revolutionary expressionism: painting, music and social unrest in interwar Europe
In the tumultuous period following World War I, Europe was in a state of profound change. It was…
Sweet and hellish love between beer and cockroaches: Bukowski and his torrent of realism
When people talk about Charles Bukowski (1920 – 1944), the most disparate ideas often come to mind: that…
Campbell jars
Warhol’s Campbell cans, by the thousands, Almost as if they were splinters of air, Are thronging all around…
Update: New poetic prose: “Bacchus, Tobacco, and Venus: over the centuries faithful”
I have added a new poetic prose entitled “Bacchus, Tobacco, and Venus: over the centuries faithful.” It is…
Update: New poetic prose “A Clock Ticks”
I have just added a new poetic prose entitled “A Clock Ticks.” It is a kind of elegy…
Update: New story “Contemporary Comedy”
I just added a new long story (almost a mini-novel) titled “Contemporary Comedy.” The themes covered are those…
The mysteries (really such) of Eleusis
One of the reasons why the Eleusis (or Eleusinian) mysteries continue to exert considerable fascination in various areas…