December 2023
Gandhi, Agatha Christie, and Musicals Re-Imagined Another Sojourn in London's West End. Carla Maria Verdino Süllwold
Almodóvar Short Films Part 1 Strange Way of Life Both films take up cultural icons and twist them in amusing gay and feminist ways. Renate Stendhal
The Destroyer (and Saver) of Worlds Oppenheimer The irony of his life is that, in order to save the world, he had to lead the effort to create a device that could destroy it. Miles David Moore
Postcards from Fitzroy Fitzroy is a vibrant and eclectic suburb that pulsates with creativity, diversity, and a rich historical tapestry The Photography of Jon Rendell
Four Cat Poems Bandida feeds on the back deck / for herself and five / dubbed for the cowl of black fur / around the feline green of her eyes, / abandoned scarred by street edges / but safe on our back deck scarfing down Michael Bettencourt
Happiness and the Absurd At the core of human sentience, of human consciousness, the rock of repetition is at the center. Repetition is the gateway to memories and the throughway to the space-time of human self-understanding. Arthur Danin Adler
Five Reasons for Fucking Around My current routines, for the last couple of years anyway, revolve around weight loss, friends, family, music and mental health. To flesh out the details seems worthy. Claudine Jones
A Minor Regional Writer Early in his writing career, the late great Larry McMurtry found success with novels, Horseman, Pass By, Leaving Cheyenne, and The Last Picture Show. Les Marcott
The Persistence of Memory III I realized after I dispatched last month's column that I had failed to mention another kind of animal encounter that provided entertainment to my cohort and myself. Gregory Luce
The Mantle One day, the gods Apollo and his half-brother Dionysus sat together over goblets of a timeless vintage discussing the virtues of music. Dionysus had decanted an amphora of his Olympian Cuvée. Patrick Walsh
Ice Legacy…that's the essence of David Keplinger's Ice, his tribute poem to the legendary Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. Karren Alenier
Exclusive Scene4 Interview
AI "chooses" and discusses December's favorite poem.
David Alpaugh
Historic: Kandinsky's Unpublished Letters, Published Renaud Interviews Hahl-Fontaine Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
Amnat Kongwaree อำนาจ คงวารี์ The most important role besides being an art teacher, is being a contemporary graphic artist in Thailand Janine Yasovant
The Goddess as Active Listener Part Three - Omphalos Each of us starts life as a world center, indifferent to the laws of time and space, sure that our call will result in a response Brian George
writings
Sad Men Write While They Cry - Part II Altenir Silva There were so many gifts that I wished for, but I never thought I would receive one of them in the form of an encounter with a playwright.
images
How to Sing a Duet (as a Visual Artist) My artist friend and I are singing a duet, in visual art terms that is... by mounting a vibrant 2-person gallery exhibition in New York City this month. The Art of Philip Gerstein
Painting The Enigma of Contemplation Writings What It Is The Art of David Wiley
The Art of SS. Burrus A Retrospective
When the Earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people will appear on the Earth
Patrick Nagel It's in the Eyes
media
Audio
Theatre Thoughts An entertaining array of audio essays on an array of theatre topics by an astute and entertaining essayist
You Don't Say! Occasional Musings by an occasionally amused writer
Video
Undress Me In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undress her, by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue
Light Fantastic Weighty matters of brain neurons and addiction, two kisses, single-malt scotch, the green dance of blue, yellow lasers
Ear Buds What happens when we love our devices — and they love us back
The Greed Gene A young couple is told by their genetic counselor that their child has the greed gene, there is nothing they can do
letters
Letters to the Editor
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The One January 2009|●
What Is Art? January 2008|●
View of the Arts January 2007|●
The Art of Sex in the Arts February 2006|●
State of the Art of the Arts October 2005|●
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The Steiny Road Index of Karren Alenier's columns and writings|●
Writings Index of Arthur Danin Adler's columns and writings|●
Kandinsky Anew Index of the series by Lissa Tyler Renaud|●
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