Auld Lang Syne ::
• January 1, 2008 • 4 CommentsPosted in America's Pop Culture, American Artists, American Holidays/Traditions, American Poetry, American Women Poets, Analytical Consciousness, Antiquity, art, art and society, Art&Poetry, Beat Generation, Beat Genres, Bohemia, books, Coffee House Press, collectives, creativity, culture, culture consumption, democracy, Dionysius, dissemination of images, Dissemintion of popular culture, English poet, Ephemeral Memory, Eros, Festivals and their Meaning, fireworks & sweets, Goodwill, Hellenic Knowledge, History, human history, human nature&technology, humanity, Hypatia, Iconic Imagery, idealism, Independent Media/Journalism, Intellectual Milieu, liberation, life, Literary coterie, Literary Legacy, literature, Live music, local food infrastructure, love, Lyric Poetess, modern urban Life, modernist women writers, music, New Year 2008, New Year's Wishes, News, Peace, Peace Upon Earth, phalli of Priapus, Photography, photojournalism, Pleiades, Pluralist Democracy, Poetics, poetry, Poets, Poets/Icons, popular culture, Prosperity, rhythmical grumbles, Scotland, small press, sociology, Spontaneous Prose, symbolism, urban living, vernacular modernism, Whole Earth, wine, Winter Poems, Winter Solstice, Wisconsin, Word & Image, writing, Writing & Poetics
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Satrapi’s Comic-Strip Memoir comes to Life-
• December 25, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Persepolis', Aeolic Word pais, America & Middle East politics, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Analytical Consciousness, anthropology, anti-Muslim Kristallnacht, Anti-war, Anti-War protests, anxiety of Tehran, Apocryphal, art, art and society, Art Anthologies, Art Threat, Artforum, Artistic Genres, artists, Authenticity, autobiographical comic-strip, avant-garde cinema, Ayatollah & Khomeini, Bande Desinee, Beat Genres, Beat Literature, bibliophile, Bohemia, books, brutality of Taliban era, chadors of females in Iran, children's health, cinema, citizenship, Civil Disobedience, civil unrest, collectives, community, conspiracy against democracy, contemporary art, contemporary printmaking, Contemporary Writers, corruption, counterculture, creative writing, creativity, critical media, Cultural Shifts, culture, Demetrius Phalereus, democracy, Democracy politics, diptych prints, disparate collection of voices, dissemination of images, Docu-drama, Ephemeral Memory, Eros, European alternative culture, Exiled life, fanatical Islamists, feminism, Feminist critique/criticism, fiction vs reality, filmmakers, Foreign Film, free-speech, freedom, Freedom as Birthright, French Bourgeoisie, Fundamentalists, gender equality, global politics, Good vs Evil, government, graphic artist/art, Graphic Novel, Hellenic Knowledge, History, human rights, humanity, Hypatia, idealism, ignored genres, imposition of the veil, Independent press, Intellectual Milieu, international affairs, intolerance & superstition, Iranian Life, Iranian Revolution, Islamphobe, justice, La Societe Feudale, Laissez Faire Elite, Laissez-Faire Capitalism, left-wing intellectuals, liberation, liberty, Life&Death, Light & Darkness, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, Lycee Francais, Marjane Satrapi, Marxist, mass protests/demonstrations, Middle East politics, modernist women writers, Muslim extremists, Muslim feminists, nihilism, no-nonsense feminism, Novelist, oppression, Oppressive Politics, Pathos, Peace, Platonic Idealism, Pluralist Democracy, political dimensions, Political History, political themes in art, politics, Politics of Confrontation, popular culture, post-punk cult, Post-War decay, pre-post Revolution/Iran-Tehran, punk rock, pyschology, race, radical feminism, radical Islamists, religion, religious zealots, rhythmical grumbles, rules of the mullah, Shah dictatorship, social critique, symbolism, Symbolist, technology, theatre, Thirsting for Peace in a Raging Century, travel, Tyranny, unjust hierarchy, vernacular modernism, Video art, visceral reactions to the veil, Voice of Dissent, war-torture-execution, Wealth vs Poverty, Word & Image, World Cinema
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Hyvaa Joulua!
• December 24, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in Aeolic Word pais, American Holidays/Traditions, American Poetry, Analytical Consciousness, ancient languages, ancient scribes, Anthologies, art, art and society, Art&Design, Art&Poetry, Artistic Genres, artists, Beat Generation, Beat Genres, Beatitude, bibliophile, Bohemia, books, Christmas, Coffee House Press, conte drawings, contemporary art, cosmos, creative writing, creativity, cultural icons, culture, culture consumption, Cup of Love, disembodied poetics, dissemination of images, Divine Harmony, Earth Festivals, eco-literacy, emerging arts movement, environmental artist, environmentalism, Epiphany, Eros, Feast of the Epiphany, Festival of Christmas, Festivals and their Meaning, Finland, Finn Culture, Finnish Culture, Finnish traditions, food, Food Revolution, Global Traditions, Goethe, Goodwill, Hellenic Knowledge, Hermetic & Esoteric traditions, History, human history, humanity, Hyvaa Joulua!, Iconic Imagery, idealism, Independent press, Intellectual Milieu, life, Light & Darkness, light over the darkness, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, lithography, Mother Goddess, Mythology, natural habitats and life cycles, Naturalism & Modernism, Nature as a Metaphor, Painting, Peace, Peace Upon Earth, phalli of Priapus, Pluralist Democracy, Poetics, poetry, Poets, Poets/Icons, Prose Fiction, religion, spirituality, spontanerous prose, Sun-Soul, Symbolist, the course of the Sun, the Divine, travel, vernacular, Whole Earth, Winter Poems, Winter Solstice, Word & Image, Writing & Poetics
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Printmaker Gems at the NY Public Library-
• December 10, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in "war criminal", Aeolian dialect of Greek, Akademie der Kunste, American Surrealism, Analytical Consciousness, anti-establishment, Apocryphal, art, art and society, Art Anthologies, Art History, Art Threat, Art&Design, Art&Poetry, Artforum, Artistic Genres, artists, Authenticity, Banksy, Beat Generation, Beat Genres, Beat Literature, Beat Poets, Beatitude, bibliophile, Bohemia, Branding of Politics, collectives, community, contemporary art, contemporary printmaking, Contemporary Writers, Corporatorcracy, counterculture, creative writing, creativity, critical media, culture, culture consumption, Dharma Beat Poet, diptych prints, disembodied poetics, dissemination of images, Dissemintion of popular culture, drypoint portraits, E.V. Day, emerging arts movement, Eros, existentialism, feminism, Feminist critique/criticism, fine art, Fotografos, galleries, gender&sexuality, government, graphic artist/art, Hellenic Knowledge, Homoerotica, Hypatia, hyperrealistic, Iconic Imagery, Independent press, Independent/Progressive publications, Intellectual Milieu, Linguistics, linocuts, Literary coterie, literature, lithography, Marshall Reese, masculine&feminine energies, Media Frenzy, media squall, Media Wonks, Milwaukee artists, Milwaukee writers, modernist women writers, Multiple Interpretations, Nora Ligorano, opinions, patriarchy, phalli of Priapus, photographic portraiture, Pleiades, political satire, political themes in art, politically inflammatory, politics, popular culture, Printmakers, printmaking history, progressive politics, protraiture, Public Art/Spaces, satirical art, social criticism, social critique, symbolism, technology, technology of photography, Video art
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Parallel Undercurrents-
• December 6, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Mahabharata', 'Ramayana', Aeolian dialect of Greek, Allen Ginsberg, America & Middle East politics, Amit Varma, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Analytical Consciousness, anti-Muslim Kristallnacht, art and society, Art Threat, Artistic Genres, artists, Authenticity, avant-garde cinema, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Beat Literature, Beat Poets, Bhudevi, bibliophile, Bohemia, Branding of Politics, censorship, cinema, Cinemondo, citizenship, Civil Disobedience, civil unrest, clandestine operations, Coffee House Press, community, conspiracy against democracy, Corporate lackeys, Corporate Moguls, Corporatorcracy, counterculture, creative writing, creativity, critical media, cultural icons, culture, culture consumption, deliquescence, democracy, Democracy politics, Dharma Beat Poet, dissemination of images, Divisinist Technique, Docu-drama, documentary film, economics, education, Emancipation from Tribalism, Ephemeral Memory, Eros, Ethics, extremists, Fascist Killers, Feminist critique/criticism, Foreign Film, Fortuyn Insurgency, free-speech, freedom, gender equality, global politics, government, Green Left, Hellenic Knowledge, History, Hollywood Behemoth, human rights, Hypatia, hypocrisy, Iconic Imagery, Idiosyncratic politics, Independent Media/Journalism, Independent press, Intellectual Milieu, intelligentsia, international affairs, Iraq policy, Islamphobe, jihad in Dutch streets, justice, l'inexplorable, Laissez Faire Elite, Laissez-Faire Capitalism, liberation, liberty, Literary coterie, Marijnissen's Socialists, masculine&feminine energies, Media Wonks, memoirs, Middle East politics, Milwaukee artists, Milwaukee fiction writers, Milwaukee writers, modern urban Life, modernist women writers, Muslim extremists, Muslim feminists, new activism, opinions, oppression, Oppressive Politics, Parallel Undercurrents, Phainetai Moi, photojournalism, Pim Fortuyn, Pluralist Democracy, Poetess, Policy Wonk, Political Moguls, Politico-Libertine, Post-Beat Era, post-Beat Poetry Community, Pro-Democracy Movement, Pro-Freedom, progressive politics, Public Debate, pyschology, race, radical Islamists, reactionary conversions, Realists, religion, Sanskrit & Alchemy, social criticism, social critique, social philosophy, theatre, Theo van Gogh, travel, Tyranny, vernacular, Voice of Dissent, We The People..., Women Political Leaders, World Cinema, Writing & Poetics
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Bountiful Blessings-
• November 21, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in American Holidays/Traditions, American Poetry, colonialism, cooking, democracy, ecoliving, Farm to Table, food, Food Revolution, freedom, Harvest Festivals, Heritage Turkeys, l'automne, liberation, life, Literary coterie, literature, local food infrastructure, local sustainable food supply, Milwaukee writers, Native American Poetry, Native American Traditions, natural habitats and life cycles, Poetics, poetry, Slow Food Nation, Slow Food USA, Thanksgiving, Whole Earth
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Diwali-Deepavali
• November 9, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Mahabharata', 'Ramayana', Amit Varma, anthropology, art, art and society, Art&Music, Art&Poetry, artists, Asia, Avadha, Ayurvedic cooking, Bhudevi, Bohemia, Coffee House Press, community, contemporary art, cooking, creative writing, creativity, culture, Deepavali, deliquescence, desi-lit, Dharma Beat Poet, Diwali, Diyas, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Dussera, Eros, erotica, Farm to Table, feminism, Festival of Lights, fireworks & sweets, food, Fotografos, Ganges, Good vs Evil, Harvest Festivals, Hindu festivals, Hindu holidays, Hindu mythology, Hinduism, History, human history, Iconic Imagery, India, India and Pakistan, Indian holidays/festivals, Indian-American, Kali-Chudash, King Rama, l'automne, Lakshmi, life, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, local food infrastructure, Lord Rama, Lord Vishnu, love, Ma Sita, Milwaukee writers, Mother Goddess, Mythology, Narakasura, natural habitats and life cycles, Naturalism & Modernism, Pakistan, Philosophy, Photography, Pleiades, Poetics, poetry, Pomona Goddess of Fruits, popular culture, Post-Beat Era, Prose Fiction, Prosperity, publication, Punjab, Punjabi Bhangra, pyschology, race, Rawalpindi, religion, sacred texts, Sagas Legends, Sikh festivals, South Asia, south asian art, South Asian artists, South Asian Media, Spontaneous Prose, Srinivasa Ramanujan, symbolism, Tamil Nadu, travel, vernacular, Whole Earth, Writing & Poetics
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‘Nie Wieder Krieg’ -
• November 6, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in "war criminal", 'Nie Wieder Krieg', Akademie der Kunste, America & Middle East politics, Amit Varma, Analytical Consciousness, Anthologies, anti-capitalist, anti-establishment, anti-globalization, Anti-war, Anti-War protests, Apocryphal, art, art and society, Art Anthologies, Art History, Art Threat, Art&Design, Artforum, Artistic Genres, artists, auctions, Beat Generation, Beat Literature, Beat Poets, bibliophile, Bloody Hands, Bohemia, books, Branding of Politics, Bush cronies, Civil Disobedience, Coffee House Press, collectives, community, conspiracy against democracy, conte drawings, Corporate lackeys, corruption, counterculture, creative writing, creativity, critical media, cultural icons, Cultural Shifts, democracy, Democracy politics, Dharma Beat Poet, dissemination of images, Dissemintion of popular culture, Divisimist Technique, economics, editiorials, Edvard Munch, Eros, Ethics, existentialism, experimental writing, feminism, Feminist critique/criticism, Fotografos, free-speech, freedom, galleries, German Expressionism, German pacifist movements, Gesamtkunstwerk, Global Anti-War Movement, global politics, Goethe, government, graphic artist/art, History, human history, human rights, Hunger&Death, hyperrealistic, hypocrisy, Iconic Imagery, ignored genres, Independent Media/Journalism, Independent press, Independent/Progressive publications, Jack Kerouac, Journalism, Kathe Kollwitz, Kierkegaard, l'inexplorable, liberation, Life&Death, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, lithography, Media Wonks, memoirs, Milwaukee writers, modernist women writers, Neo-Impressionism, new activism, Novelist, opinions, oppression, Pacifist Cause, pacifist consciousness, pacifist politics, Painting, Palla Athene, patriarchy, Peace Action, Philosophy, Photography, Platonic Idealism, Pleiades, politics, Politics of Confrontation, Post Modernism, Post-Beat Era, Post-Impressionism, Post-War decay, Printmakers, Pro-Democracy Movement, Pro-Freedom, progressive politics, publication, pyschology, Realists, sculpture, social criticism, social critique, Social-Democratic organization, Socialist Democratic Party, sociology, symbolism, Symbolist, travel, Wealth vs Poverty, Wilhelm Leibl, Women Political Leaders
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Hossienis’ Kite snags but isn’t cut…
• December 8, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in Afghan society, Afghanistan, Akademie der Kunste, America & Middle East politics, American Artists, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Analytical Consciousness, ancient languages, Anthologies, anti-Muslim Kristallnacht, Apocryphal, art, art and society, Art&Design, Artistic Genres, Authenticity, Avadha, barbarians, Beat Generation, Beat Genres, Beat Literature, Beatitude, bibliophile, Bohemia, Bohemian Ink, books, brutality of Taliban era, cinema, civil unrest, Coffee House Press, collectives, community, conspiracy against democracy, creative writing, creativity, critical media, culture, culture consumption, dactylic hexameter, dactylic tetrameter, democracy, Democracy politics, desi-lit, Dharma Beat Poet, Diane di Prima, disparate collection of voices, Dissemintion of popular culture, Emancipation from Tribalism, Ephemeral Memory, Eros, Ethics, ethnic violence, experimental writing, fear of reprisal, Feminist critique/criticism, fiction vs reality, filmmakers, Fotografos, freedom, gender equality, geopolitical, global politics, government, Hellenic Knowledge, Hermetic & Esoteric traditions, History, Hollywood Behemoth, Hubris, human rights, Hypatia, hyperrealistic, Idiosyncratic politics, Independent press, Independent/Progressive publications, India-Pakistan relations, Information Suppression, Intellectual Milieu, international affairs, Iraq policy, Islamphobe, justice, Kabul, Khaled Hosseini, La Societe Feudale, liberation, liberty, Library of Ptolemis, life, Life&Death, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, Ma Sita, Media Wonks, memoirs, Middle East politics, modernist women writers, monculture catastrophe, Muslim extremists, Novelist, Oppressive Politics, Pakistan, photographic portraiture, Photography, photojournalism, Platonic Idealism, Pluralist Democracy, Poetess, Poignant Themes, political asylum, Political Moguls, Pomona Goddess of Fruits, Post Modernism, Post-Beat Era, Post-War decay, pre-war Kabul, Prose Fiction, psychopathology, pyschology, race, radical Islamists, religion, social critique, social philosophy, symbolism, The Kite Runner, travel, Tyranny, UNHCR, unjust hierarchy, Voice of Dissent, World Cinema
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