the most interesting burial method iv’e seen.
http://www.capsulamundi.it/english/Capsula%20Mundi.swf
Green burial not yet lawful in italy. Elegant egg holds the corpse in a fetus position in a biodegradable shell.
A tree is chosen before death for planting at its apex.
Dec 12, 2008, 08:30 AM
Bettie Page, the 1950s pinup credited with helping to spark the next decade’s sexual revolution, died in Los Angeles yesterday from pneumonia. She was 85.
the 20th century mona lisa.
Kris Kuksi is an artist i recently found online. Macabre, grotesque, impeccable. He has a show in NYC this week.. here’s the link for the details.
“Imminent Utopia” Kris Kuksi Solo Exhibition Exclusive
Kris will have a major solo exhibition in New York City opening November 22nd at the Joshua Liner Gallery located at 548 W. 28th Street Suite 334, New York NY. For more information contact Josh at Josh@joshualinergallery.com
Reading bell hooks for the first time – i am struck by her passionate writing style and unconventional combination of the anecdotal with the academic. In fact, there are many such dichotomous entities mingling side by side in her prose. It is often difficult to differentiate between her ideas of theory and critique of theory; however, central to much of her argument is the affirmation of ‘praxis’. “Everything we do in life is rooted in theory” (hooks, 2000, p.19). Being an activist, feminist, cultural critic intellectual, bell hooks is in a pivotal position to highlight the oft contrasting viewpoints on the interrelationship of theory and practice. What concerns me most in grasping hooks’ thoughts is this notion of uniting theory and practice into ‘praxis’, a term she inherited from Paulo Freire meaning “action and reflection upon the world in order to change it” (hooks, 1994, p. 14). Read the rest of this entry »
An autobiographical fiction in honor of F. Kafka and P. Freire.
education as risk
Summer 1993, it was early morning when I arrived. Placement had been expected and seemingly predetermined – a long push from a low place. The College had sent documents earlier that May indicating acceptance and the award of a financial package, pending fulfillment of the necessary requirements. Diverting expenses through borrowed funds, I found employment and lived on the grounds. Leaving my mother’s home and father’s township, two brothers also – though neither of them pursued this type of education, I embarked on the formal kind. Read the rest of this entry »
Last evening marked the beginning of the spring 2008 semester, in which I am currently enrolled in 3 courses at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Themes of adulthood. A required course. Not one i would have chosen, except it is taught by a lovely little man with an inquisitive demeanor. After the usual introductions and explanations, course objectives and topics — deja vue set in.
Background: Withdrawing from school and returning to my life as a lower class worker is a constant thought. Education is a sensitive topic for me, to say the least. I can educate myself rather well and despise the cost of paying an institution to document it with a slip of paper. Read the rest of this entry »