November 23, 2024 6:51 pm

ARTICULATED AND NEO/EXPRESSIONISTIC FIGURES – The subjective and boldly figures of Kent Williams

KENT WILLIAMS 1/2 – He was born in North Carolina, attended the Pratt Institute in New York and graduated in 1984. He, illustrator and graphic novel artist, has realized his work through various other artistic channels. Boldly articulated figures are often obscured or surrounded by abstracted, neo-expressionistic environments. His work is characterized by strong, gestural forms combined with areas of …

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E-23 OLVERA STREET, FOLLOWING THE SMELL – Los Angeles and Cielito Lindo Restaurant: not many tables, but excellent taquitos

When your geographical horizon extends – for business or pleasure – you have the wonderful opportunity to hear you inside, like the perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside the Vitruvian approach to life. Welcome in Los …

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CIRCLE POEMS – Poetry, by Lew Welch

CIRCLE POEMS Whenever I have a day off, I write a new poem. Does this mean you shouldn’t work, or that you write best on your day off? For example, this is the poem I wrote today. When he was 20, he understood some of the secrets of life, and undertook to write them down so simply that even an …

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ASK THE DUST – Romance, by John Fante

Inside the novel Ask the dust, thou shalt know Arturo Bandini, the protagonist, the writer dreamer son of penniless immigrants (who lives eating Sun oranges), ironic, snide towards their peers, capricious, always conscious and unconscious sometimes arrogant, try to love but don’t know how to do. Thou shalt know also Camilla Lopez, the young Mexican waitress who made frequent use …

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BETWEEN MATERIALISM AND TRANSCENDENCY – Jacek Yerka: when the nuances of creativity embrace the world of things and that of fantasy

JACEK YERKA 1/2 – Jacek Yerka is a Polish surrealist painter that was born into an artistic family. What he paints not only speaks to the curiosity of our eyes, but calls for emotional responses, from the bottom of each viewer. As a child, he loved to draw and make sculptures, creating and exploring his own world, which resulted in …

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60 KILOMETRES TO THE SOUTH/WEST OF GDANSK – Poland, Malbork Castle: the biggest medieval fortress in Europe

When your geographical horizon extends – for business or pleasure – you have the wonderful opportunity to hear you inside, like the perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside the Vitruvian approach to life.                                                                                                A lively town …

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EDMAR RESTAURACJA, NEXT TO THE CASTLE – Cloth tablecloths and napkins, waiting for ribs and zhurek soup

When your geographical horizon extends – for business or pleasure – you have the wonderful opportunity to hear you inside, like the perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside the Vitruvian approach to life. Guest rooms and …

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OBSESSION – Poetry, by Olga Celuch

OBSESSION I photograph, I crave, I cut, I paste, I drawing, I write.                                                        I have to stop time! I want to capture the world!                                                                     I have to imprison the emotions!                                                                                               In order to free myself. (Olga Celuch)  

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ALL – Poetry, by Wislawa Szymborska

ALL A brazen word and swollen with self-importance. It should be written in quotation marks. He pretends not to leave anything out, to concentrate, include, contain and take. But it is only a shred storm. (Wislawa Szymborska) http://www.amazon.com/Poems-New-Collected-Wislawa-Szymborska/dp/0156011468/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

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THE DOLL – Romance, by Bolesław Prus

The Doll contains many subtle literary allusions, as well as references to contemporary Polish and European history and politics. The Doll, will contribute to a deeper understanding of the culture and history of countries which, since the opening of iron curtain, have been coming closer to us in many other ways. The city of Warsaw (under Russian rule in the …

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