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Thingly Conversations on Sunday Ambulations

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[who now knows that our numbers came from the medieval Arab world and that these in turn derived from Hindu numerals...? this golden "3" was nailed to the bottom of garage door painted sky blue... I was enraptured by its … Continue reading

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A History of the Disembodied Head- Interlude): The Mask

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Before moving on to part iii of this exploration (focusing on the head as an oracle and omen) I offer up a selection of images and quotes addressing that most common of all disembodied heads, that most present of all … Continue reading

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A History of the Disembodied Head II.): Portals and Passageways

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Yet on probing one finds in liminality both positive and active qualities, especially where that “threshold” is protracted and becomes a “tunnel”, when the “liminal” becomes the “cuni- cular” [tunnel like]; this is particularly the case in initiation… ~ Victor … Continue reading

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A History of the Disembodied Head I.): Getting Ahead by Seeing Faces

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In the center of the chair was an enormous Head, without a body to support it or any arms or legs whatever. There was no hair upon this head, but it had eyes and a nose and mouth, and was … Continue reading

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Caught Up in the Clouds: The Rapture as Anxiety, Expectation and Ecstasy

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Running late, or left behind 10 and 9, 8 and 7, 6 and 5 and 4, Call upon the savior while you may, 3 and 2, coming through the clouds in bright array, The countdown’s getting lower every day. ~ … Continue reading

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Mathematics or The Gift of Tongues: Launching a poem into cyberspace

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I am always amazed when I go looking for something online and cannot find it. Surely in 2012 almost everything ever written has been digitized? Well not quite it seems. This is especially true of old poems. Over 20 years … Continue reading

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A Brief History of Christian Fundamentalism

“Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read’st black where I read white.” ~ William Blake “The world is wrong side up. It needs to be turned upside down in order to be right side up. ” ~ … Continue reading

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Three Pictures on a Timetraveler’s Wall: 1.) The Persistence of Memory

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Mr. Janson opens a window. Having just returned from two weeks away seeing great works of art in New York and Boston, I’ve begun to consider the deep impact that certain paintings had on me in adolescence. In fact it … Continue reading

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Continuum: New Works by Daniel Joshua Goldstein, a mini-retrospective

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The following essay appears in the catalog issued for the exhibition Continuum at 443 PAS Gallery in New York City, October 11-November 11, 2011. _______________________________________________________________ “I think there have always been two central themes in my art- motion and permeability. … Continue reading

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A Thin Line Shimmers: Part 4, Notes to David Wojnarowicz: positions: impositions: superimpositions

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PREAMBLE as a ramble Dear David, these jottings are really all about me. They are all about how I feel when I remember my life when I look at your work. My scraps of thought in these letters to you … Continue reading

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