Month: August 2017
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I sing the battery electric
Victoria CrawfordChiang Mai, Thailand One, two nights there came an odd flutterwhen half asleep, half awake, on my left side,as slight as a moth’s wings might stutter,a beat— lopsided, not to be denied. My five year old maker unpaced me,potholed cadences , the rhythm of my life:five years for the electric battery,four or five for me…
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Unlocking the secrets of a bohemian painting
Bernard BrabinLiverpool, England The image By an unknown artist, the Deštná painting in the National Gallery, Prague, depicts Madonna and Infant from a fifteenth century perspective. The Madonna’s attention is directed to the child, within a space surrounded by ellipses, human figures, and two angels processing petitions. Orthogonal lines connect the gaze of these peripheral…