Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Monday, March 3, 2014

There is a ghost inside the words of a book, waiting to jump out at you

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Once one of the monks with Saint Francis asked if he might own just one book. Francis replied, "No, if you have a book, pretty soon ...
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Sunday, March 2, 2014

galloping past skyscrapers

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“Because we were not in our country, we could not use our own language, and so when we spoke our voices came out bruised. When...
Saturday, March 1, 2014

Joseph Boyden in Thunder Bay

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This coming week Joseph Boyden will be making a number of appearances at Lakehead University. Along with being the guest speaker at a Litera...
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Monday, February 24, 2014

Is This The Future of Art?

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source photo by Hrag Vartanian. This mylar site-specific 'artifact' was put up on the wall of the Guggenheim in Manhattan on ...
Monday, November 26, 2012

from the Black Hills to Gaza and back to Canada then off to Israel

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I found this video on Jadaliyya, an English language Arab news and culture website. I agree with them that  TED talks have their problems ...
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Sunday, November 25, 2012

shout out in Israel

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This protest was held earlier this month in Tel Aviv during the recent Israeli attack on Gaza which killed 162 Palestinians, including 30 ...
Friday, November 9, 2012

windows and mirrors

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I stumbled upon the short clip above today when I was researching war and art for an upcoming class that I will be teaching, War and Viole...
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