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Moving Along
Self-pruning is an aspect of life. Continue reading
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Kierkegaard, OTHER/RATHER
Ours is an age of envy, distrust, and the rhetoric of a revolutionary impulse that creates an abstraction of our humanity. Continue reading
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Freedom and Passing of the Candlelight
Are our crises any different from those contended with by the generations of the American Revolution and Civil War eras? They, too, grappled with divisive moral issues. The Declaration of Independence, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and his Emancipation Proclamation testify to… Continue reading
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Oppenheimer and the Ethical Dilemma We Face
From an economic perspective, speculation in AI is limiting our investment in other sectors of the economy: energy infrastructure, housing, strategic value networks, logistics, and business innovation. Too many land, water, and energy resources are being diverted for the construction… Continue reading
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The Interior Wound and National Values
There is an interview with Eddie S. Glaude Jr. that I keep thinking about. The interview, conducted by Geoff Bennett, aired on 15 June on PBS News Hour. Glaude is the author of the book America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows… Continue reading
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Reading and the Mastication of Words
There are books that, like fast food, we gobble up to satisfy our appetite. Other books are snack food to be nibbled on to gratify a craving, And then, there are those books that are served like a three course… Continue reading
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The Vision of Chrissy Mount (Kapp): Integrating Art and Business
For newer artists or crafters, I would start with the basics: Is this your business or is this your hobby? And then act accordingly based on your answer. The danger is pretending your “art” is something it is not. Continue reading
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The Vision of Chrissy Mount (Kapp): Integrating Art and Business
I hope that through my paintings, my audience will remember their own history and develop an appreciation of the sacrifices past generations have made to create the United States of America. Much of this formal and family history is not… Continue reading
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The Unspoiled Core
Art is our response to life. The artist is a person who perceives and desires to transmit to others what they have experienced—to open the eyes of others to what is present and awaiting their (our) awareness. The artist shares… Continue reading
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On Vulgarity and Profanity
What does our use of profane and obscene language say about us as individual persons? What does their proliferation and acceptance say about our society? Does it, as some would argue, mean that we are being more honest? Or, as… Continue reading
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