Constantine Cavafy, a Greek poet, would have celebrated his 150th birthday this year. The poem Ithaca on destinations strikes a cord on how to live life and to appreciate every moment. Continue reading
Georg Luck, professor of classics at Johns Hopkins University, a great teacher and translator of the ancients has passed today.
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Preserving architectural heritage is smart for the economy and smart for the soul of a community. This film is brilliantly done, erasing bland grey concrete and glass in typical box designs to revealing marvelous curves, turrets and archways. Continue reading
At the forefront of ebook publishing is Nils von Hejne – founder of uTales – a two-year old Swedish digital children’s book publishing company.
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With a gun held at her stomach and threatened with immediate death, Santander calmly was able to convince them she was an artist. An artist with a passion to paint the wildlife for children. As darkness squeezed out the remaining light, Santander says “miraculously’ she and her friend were released. Minus their motorcycle they began the silent, slow walk home through the jungle. Their walk became a journey through the blackness and certain death to life, freedom. Continue reading
Stephane Lefebvre, a painter from Brussels, is like a magician who brings ancient cultures forward to the present with the ease only an illusionist can accomplish leaving the viewer reaching forward to touch the canvas — wondering out loud, “C’est vrai?” He responds, “Oui.” Continue reading
Rubin Museum of Art, New York is a respite from the expected and offers a glimpse of the wonders of the Himalayas. Continue reading
Cape Dorset artists on display at the Embassy of Canada, Washington, DC. Continue reading
Indian Days Evie Lovett at the Vermony Center for Photography Continue reading
The original text message? The Inuit Inukshuk, the symbol of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Continue reading
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