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She Waltzed with Mark Rothko

02/12/2009

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Background

A woman can loose her way in the wilderness of life; but if she will revisit her inner child and nurture her, she will in the end, reclaim her voice.

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Miami Miscast

26/10/2009

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Woman with Rope, Photo by Dave Wadsworth

That which eats you up is in your clothing. — Swahili Proverb

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Cast Out

19/10/2009

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Screaming Man

An insidious killer spread by man’s basic nature, where upon in a process of creation, victims assassinate themselves.

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The Magician’s Marionette

16/10/2009

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Hands of the Puppeteer, Photo by Tina Modotti

“You reveler, do things in moderation; if the string of life is cut there is no retying it.” Yoruba Proverb

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Hoary Rock

23/09/2009

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House in Philippolis, Free State, ZA, Photo by Baron von Fotosnappen

He sits alone, lost and unloved, ramshackled eaves choked with dust, a scrawny hen pecks in baked earth, just beyond a porch, parched by African thirst.

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The Spider and the Butterfly | The Death of Miles Davis

21/09/2009

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Miles Davis

Meeting Miles Davis at one of his last performances in Philadelphia before his death a few weeks later.

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No Accessories Necessary

07/09/2009

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Botero, Banistas 2000

The expression of love between a man and a woman is one of the greatest acts of creation that we command. It is a moment that is sacred, magical, and transformational.

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In Night is Morning

07/09/2009

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Each of us, at least once in life, has one long night before the morning light.

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Politics of Abnegation | Hieronymus Bosch

06/09/2009

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The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch

Observations on the politics of wealth and American consumerism. How the system was constructed to ensure self-imposed slavery, indebtedness, through the illusion that one can catch the brass ring and “make it big!”

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