René Magritte: Master Forger and Surrealist Rebel
The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.”
– Rene Magritte
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Toni Morison’s “Sula” – where evil is a place
Evil is a place and it resides in Medallion, Ohio. The opening sentence of Sula recounts an act of annihilation, “In that place, where they tore the nightshade and blackberry patches from their roots to make room for the Medallion City Gold Course, there was once a neighborhood.”
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The Great Beast
Theatrics, spectacle, ritual magic, kabbalistic ciphers and questionable libations laced with morphine and opium, became de rigueur in privileged Paris salons – all led by a self-appointed magus.
Unica Zürn: Surrealist, Schizophrenic, Artist
Surrealist artist and author, Unica Zürn, created nightmarish creatures that revealed gateways to a netherworld.
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The Quivering Cavern-Light of Good and Evil
“I am willing to accept the notion that although the Devil is a very clever fellow, he is no match for some ninny who is merely good… And what is this goodness? A squalid, know-nothing acceptance of things as they are …”
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How Disaster Drives Economy
How Disaster Drives Economy Jørgen Randers, professor of climate strategy at the Norwegian Business School first addressed climate change in 1972 with his seminal work, The Limits to Growth: “Capitalism is carefully designed to allocate capital to the most profitable projects. And this is exactly what we don’t need today…” Randers lamented the fact that
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