Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Mexico’s “Cactus Curtain” – Jose Luis Cuevas – (1934 – ) “One way of seeing beneath the surface is to create a hole, a window into what is below.” —Andy Goldsworthy Jose Luis Cuevas creates just such an opening in Mexican society. He reveals a dark underworld inhabited
A Nation Of Delusions By Rob Mohr “No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.” —Mahatma Gandhi The absence of truth and reason, coupled with division, fear and hate, are the elements of the sand-filled foundation Trump is constructing to support his “New America.” A soulless America at the service of corporations,
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Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Cathy Chalvignac — The Preservation of Cultures “What sets the world in motion is the interplay of differences… by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, we weaken life in favor of death.” Octavio Paz (1914-1998) Cathy Chalvignac, who has practiced her creative magic in Ajijic for the past twenty
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Focus on Art – The Art of Social Comment By Rob Mohr “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”—Vincent van Gogh Lakeside artist Isidro Xilonzóchitl brings hidden visions, liberated dreams, and myths rooted in human spirituality, to life through the use of luminous color and dynamic forms that force an opening in
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Focus on Art By Rob Mohr “Alice was through the glass, and had jumped lightly down into the looking glass room.” Lewis Carroll—Through the Looking Glass The rich metaphorical stories by Lewis Carroll give the reader new understandings concerning the worlds created by artists through artifacts and performances. Art makes hidden worlds manifest through
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Focus on Art By Rob Mohr The Fountain of Youth“Art is a form of Consciousness.” Leo Tolstoy New to Lakeside? Like to grow young again? Enter the exciting world of the arts and drink deep from the fountain of youth. Your life will be enriched by the mystery and excitement that unfolds when you
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Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Miguel Miramontes(1918 – 2015) – Lakeside’s Master Sculptor “Art embodies the essence of being human.” Wislawa Szymborska (1923 – 2012) In our home we have a small bronze Miramontes statue of a young woman bathing that we encounter and converse with every day. Many artists here at Lakeside have
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