How Did Animals Escape Tsunami?
Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess a sixth sense for disasters, experts said Thursday. Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found…. The waves washed floodwaters up to two miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife reserve and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.
Stolen youths
.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #999999; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Stolen youths, originally uploaded by javajive. Here’s a photo of the some of the children from Indonesia who died in the tsunami. Blessings be with their Souls and their loved ones.
On Making Art
You can use almost anything to do art. “When I asked Cy Twombly about the near absence of brushes, he said, ‘Oh, I never use brushes.’ ‘What do you use?’… And he answered, ‘Oh, rags, sticks …
On The Art Life
“The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for.”
Art Is a Calling – a talk by Larry Poons
For Larry Poons there is no drawing in painting – just the relativity of colors coming together. Even if your drawing is good but the colors are wrong, then it’s a bad painting…. For him there were three great painters of the last century: Neuman, Pollack and Mondrian.
On American Art
“I was born in Hoboken. I am an American. Photography is my passion. The search for Truth is my obsession.” – Alfred Stieglitz
LITERARY EVENT: Nicole Brossard in Conversation with Mary Ann Caws
Last night I went to see Nicole Brossard in Conversation with Mary Ann Caws at The Poet’s Center 72 Spring St, New York. Nicole Brossard has published more than thirty books of poetry, essays and novels since 1965. She co-founded and co-directed the literary magazine La Barre du Jour, co-directed the film Some American Feminists ...
The View from the Rooftop
Seeing this makes me feel good about New York and everything that it stands for – freedom, culture, a new start in life and the world’s largest center for the appreciation of art. In another direction you can see the skyline of the Woolworth’s building and close by the famous Montauk Club, designed by the famed New York architect Francis H…. The Club House was completed in 1891 and its Venetian gothic architecture, carved mahogany woodwork and beautiful stained glass windows remain its signature features…. Recent events have included talks by local authors, jazz performances, a formal dinner to celebrate the Club’s 115th anniversary, and informal parties and dinners to celebrate everything from Bloom’s Day to members running the New York City Marathon.
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