Photography’s Shooting Star

Exhibitions in London and New York honor the prodigious photographer who left behind a timeless body of work following her death, at just 22 Gagosian in New York City is celebrating its newly announced representation of the Woodman Family Foundation with the show “Francesca Woodman,” and in London, where the National Portrait Gallery features herContinue reading “Photography’s Shooting Star”

Poetry: Homes, Back to Home

Homeswe all leave home eventually,leave the dark comfort of wombs,leave the home of childhood,some earlier than others depending uponthe warmth or not of particular hearths.inevitably some step outand abandon silver spoons like Siddharthawho was not comforted by comfort,while some break from huts of sheer neglect.eventually, some even leavethe cocoon of self,cracking its cramped shell,flying beyondContinue reading “Poetry: Homes, Back to Home”

‘Guernica’ in Gaza

The town of Guernica in northern Spain was heavily bombed during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. The bombing had a great impact on people all over the world, including the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. He characterized the impact by painting his famous work, “Guernica” –it conveyed a profound message describing the ugliness of theContinue reading “‘Guernica’ in Gaza”

How “The Prophet” Made Kahlil Gibran a Household Name in America

Gibran’s closest counterpart today is the Brazilian sage Paulo Coelho, and his books have sold nearly a hundred million copies. Joan Acocella at Literary Hub: What made The Prophet so fantastically successful? At the opening of the book, we are told that Almustafa, a holy man, has been living in exile, in a city called Orphalese, forContinue reading “How “The Prophet” Made Kahlil Gibran a Household Name in America”

In These Dissenting Times

To acknowledge our ancestors meanswe are aware that we did not makeourselves, that the line stretchesall the way back, perhaps, to God; orto Gods. We remember them because itis an easy thing to forget: that weare not the first to suffer, rebel,fight, love and die. The grace withwhich we embrace life, in spite ofthe pain,Continue reading “In These Dissenting Times”