Boris Johnson
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A top BOJO’s column, Trafalgar Square, London, England.
Mona Hatoum
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Although her name was familiar to me, Mona Hatoum’s work was not. In correspondence with a friend MH’s work was brought to my attention as a response to a photograph that I took of a wall of shining new scaffolding … Read More
Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza
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I don’t read philosopher’s works but I do like it when their theories are explained to me in sensible ways. Spinoza’s name comes up on occasion and it gets my attention usually because I like the look and sound of … Read More
David Hockney
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I was watching a video post that The Guardian put up of Martin Gayford interviewing David Hockney on the topic of what turns a picture into a masterpiece. I wasn’t overly interested in the topic but I found the aging … Read More
Arnold Palmer
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From everything I read today he was a decent man. For what ever reason I could never warm up to him but my brother, a scratch golfer, thought he was golfing deity, the king. I used a picture of him … Read More
Jose Fernandez
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It was pretty evident from looking at pictures on line of Jose Fernandez that he was a fun loving good kid. So sad to read of his passing. …dh
John Bentley Mays
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I knew John Bentley Mays work as a writer covering visual arts mostly in the Toronto area, for Canada’s national news paper, The Globe & Mail. I don’t think he has written on the visual arts for them for a … Read More
W. P. Kinsella
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The sketch of W P Kinsella is true to my back pocket sketch book. I have read three or four of his novels and collection of short stories and was fascinated by what I had seen in video documentaries or … Read More
Prince Buster – Cecil Bustamante Campbell
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There were a fair number of Prince Buster tracks playing on various radio stations yesterday in tribute to the Jamaican musician. He passed away on Thursday September 8th. The track that seemed to be getting the most play was his … Read More
Elliot Tiber
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Elliot Tiber died on Wednesday August 3rd. The New York Times obit tells how in his capacity as the head of the Bethel Chamber of Commerce he took out a permit that allowed the August, 1969 Woodstock music festival to … Read More