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Category Archives: arts
A Most Wonderful Christmas Meeting
Our reading at Mass yesterday was from Luke 1:39-45. It’s a wonderful and too little appreciated part of the Christmas story. If you were asked “Who was the first person, besides Mary herself, to welcome Jesus and announce His coming?” … Continue reading
Posted in arts, christian faith, commentary, feminism, God, religion, theology, womanhood
Tagged art, Christmass, Elizabeth, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Jesus, John the Baptist, mary, Paintings, The Assumption, The Visitation
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A Thick as a Brick Cover That’s Thick as a Brick
I’ve been a Jethro Tull fan since the age of 10. Looking at JT music tonight on YouTube, I stumbled upon this interesting bit. It’s a group of young music school hipster-nerds from the Berklee College of Music in Boston … Continue reading
U2 Delays New Album Because Trump Won
Dear Bono: Can I speak frankly as a friend? Its time you appreciate that you and your band’s super coolness has passed its “Best by” date some time ago. It could have been a learning opportunity when scads of people … Continue reading
Posted in arts, cultural analysis, culture, music, politics, Uncategorized
Tagged album, Bono, politics, trump, u2
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Patti Smith, the Nobel Ceremony and a Turn of Beautiful Grace
It was announced on October 13th that Bob Dylan had won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. The discussion of whether his work was worthy of such an honor ensued. It is, if not for his Himalayan body of work, at least … Continue reading
Posted in arts, bob dylan, literature, music, poetry, reviews
Tagged bob dylan, hard rain, hard rains a gonna fall, nobel prize, nobel prize for literature, oslo, patti smith
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My New Installation at the Met
As sure as I’m an artist, I must object to all art that has come before. I refuse to be apart of it. Continue reading →