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Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis has inspired much reflection about creativity, commerce, the freedom of the artist and the state of Hollywood. … Continue readingFrancis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” is Bad Art. But At Least It’s Art.
I write for the young man, demented, who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima; I write for Nasser and Ben Gurion; For Krushchev and… … Continue readingPoem: Whom I Write For
by Arjumand Faisel at Gallery 6: After displaying 90 paintings on diverse subjects for the show, I meticulously toured the expansive display area, ensuring each exhibit received its final touches
On this bed of chilled steel, I am the morning’s work,your project after coffee and, oh yes, some woman’s son.Whistling to break the ice in the room, you holdmost of
Now we are on the ferry we flew to drive to,It’s enormous engines vibrating Every molecule, spreading out,A family of ducks getting out of the way. My wife claims there
If you are an artist, that means that you are denuding yourself more and more, that by the time you die you are stark naked and your bowels turned inside out. — Henry Miller … Continue readingHenry Miller on Becoming a Writer: “No Daring is Fatal”
Surendriya Rao: “I am an American poet of Indian origin. I heard ghazals sung from a young age, but never thought of them as poetry.” … Continue readingPoem: Yeh Dooriyan (These Distances)
Not all of Alghorra’s photos depict despair, plentiful as it is. In one photograph, a Palestinian teacher is seen drawing on a whiteboard in a makeshift classroom built under a tent. … Continue readingA Palestinian Photographer Reflects on One Year of Life and Death in Gaza
What is less well-known is that the point of translating foreign works was not to preserve them but to build on them. … Continue readingOn the Myth that Arabic Translations Merely Preserved Greek Literature
Steve Pyke is a renowned portrait photographer. He has published ten books, including the award-winning I Could Read the Sky. … Continue readingWhat The Photographer Who’s Taken Hundreds Of Philosopher Portraits Really Thinks Of Philosophers
A poetic expression penned by Irshad Salim in the Summer of 2020 –while in Islamabad:.. … Continue readingPoem: ‘Moment’
Poet and artist Gozo Yoshimasu defines what poetry is via Basho, Walter Benjamin, Paul Klee, smoke, Zen philosophy, and handwriting. … Continue readingWhat is Poetry?