Tag: Spring 2010
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Bosch’s Stone Operation: meaning, medicine, and morality
Laurinda DixonNew York, United States The Stone Operation (fig. 1) (ca. 1488 or later), also known as The Cure of Folly, by the Dutch fifteenth-century painter Hieronymus Bosch (ca. 1450-1516), is, like all of his works, bizarre and incomprehensible by modern standards of reality.1 The painting depicts a surgeon, dressed in the characteristic reddish robe…
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Hunger – Thin
Mark King Hunger Thin I want Hollow Vacuum Sucking in parchment over yellowed ribs Lungs clutching at thin air Like a crone’s wizened claw I want Not like infatuation Nor envy, nor greed More like desperation But without the passion I want urgently But with resignation I turn my eyes up to plead…
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Día de los Muertos ofrenda
Caley McIntyre Chicago, Illinois, United States Mexico Fulbright-Garcia Robles Alum Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) ofrenda, Mexico City, UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) A well-dressed skeleton makes his way through UNAM “An ancient and cherished tradition throughout Mexico, Day of the Dead celebrates the return of the spirits…