December 2013

Focus on Art

Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Women Artists on the Edge   Julie Elizabeth Mignard, http://julie-mignard.fineartamerica.com/  In contrast to paintings that are “composed” based on what was seen, Julie Mignard’s painting Divine Reflection (photo), with its spiritual and emotional power, enriches a viewer’s appreciation of abstract art, an art which exist independent from visual references.Julie […]

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Mexico’s Most Surprising Export: SOAPS!

Mexico’s Most Surprising Export: SOAPS! By Catherine Lancaster   Mexico has been striving to export as much as possible to improve its economy, but what nobody expected is that one success story in the exporting effort would be—soap operas! Although I find soaps (telenovelas)—from any country— excruciatingly boring with their slow pace, eternal close-ups and

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The Poets’ Niche – December 2013

The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconcemsconce@gmail.com Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)   History makes it perfectly clear that totalitarian regimes on the far Left or the far Right abhor intellectuals. And they certainly don’t like poets unless they become apologists for the regime, like fascist Ezra Pound.  Russia of course provides many examples of poet persecution. Pushkin, Akhmatova,

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