Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings, well known for their colourful and convoluted renditions of people and places were accompanied by equivalently striking drawings that can now be considered as so many studies, particularly of trees, expressive of the human condition lived as shared destiny. In my interpretations of the following three original drawings by Van Gogh, …
The first of May is the feast of the lily of the valley in France, in honor of all lovers, when flower peddlers at every street corner will offer them for free to passing couples. In my city the air has turned mellow and the shadows are sharper calling for one to go out and …
When May light calls … a photographic essay on ‘being there’ Read More »
There have been recently too many passing of friends and acquaintances not to be sensitive to the steady companionship of the tree outside my window I face day in day out. A companionship full of promises from season to season: promises of cool shade in the summer, of cyclic changes of foliage color and of …
…against war and pandemic This post may come as a surprise since graphically expressive work is not a mainstay of mine, except that the contextual circumstances of war and pandemic sent me searching for what emotional support colour can provide. My party pris is of course that formal design can communicate through association with certain …
Everybody knows what a place is: from the “just stay in your place” to “a place for everything and everything in its place,” we all heard these commonly held notions of what a place may mean in terms of expected use, and user’s behavior. A place “works” by providing physical indices as to its limits and …
The approach to this series of collages starts with the combination of a solid coloured square background overlaid with a formal “embryo” chosen subjectively from a pile of coloured paper left over cut-ups. From that point on the imagined development of the collage was to be guided by formal and narrative associations subjectively made. …
The tree, as early as I can remember, impressed me as being the tallest plant around, that acquired its qualities from being useful, i.e. providing shade, oxygen, bloom, fruit and wood. What I wish to illustrate and discuss here, based on my photographs, is the expressive value of the tree, i.e. how it contributes by …
What do you feel when you visit art museums, old castles, and ancient churches? Ever since I was a young girl, I’ve felt drawn to these places, as well as the artwork that hangs within them. So when I moved to New York City in my early twenties I was very excited at the possibility …
Why modern art should absolutely still be important to you Read More »
This is Cultural Weekly’s last edition. Next week we will become Cultural Daily.
Creativity as all sorts of useful applications. For artists, it is the base energy behind their works of art, and in business settings, creativity is crucial for coming up with new ideas and solving complex problems elegantly. And while it’s hard to pinpoint what makes some people more creative than others, there is no denying …
4 Habits That Can Help Maintain Your Creative Energy Read More »
The struggle of creative people with addiction is a well-documented phenomenon, but what are the fundamental reasons for this connection? Find out more, here… Creative people, especially celebrities, often find themselves addicted to drugs. We’ve all seen innocent creatives become famous, get addicted to drugs, and die at a tragically young age. The infamous 27 …
The Fundamental Reasons Many Creatives End Up with Addiction Read More »
When I was a community college student in Long Beach, California, I browsed the library catalogue looking for books containing interviews with famous writers and poets. I was particularly interested in craft—i.e. how writers and poets approach their work, how they start, maintain momentum, and conclude their stories or poems. Now some thirty years later, …
Poets on Craft: Jordan Smith and Alexis Rhone Fancher Read More »
What I’ve made and what I’ve created. Is it something that I’m proud of or something I fear? Some build walls, but we built a weapon. We move unseen, unheard, unnoticed we are the lack of concentration and ability to focus. Dangerously living. We speak, we shout, exploit, scream, and conspire. We never listen, we …
Her artworks are illustrious, her paintings carry dignity of life. Rebecca Robinson bravely wields her weapons, a pencil and a brush, to communicate life messages, to speak positive change and to heal communities from daily life traumas. Her artistic prowess tripled with maturity and exuberance mesmerizes her audience, her readers and other communities’ home abroad. …
CONSTIMOCRAZY is a story of Africa weaved by an African poet-patriot, a slinger wielding the spear, his pen, against treachery perpetrated by history and its cruelty. The same pen wielder rebukes Africa for frying its own beauty, dignity and morality in copper-roasting furnaces of disgrace and despotism. The African poet-patriot traverses with us around, from …
Talking Poetry: Nsah Mala, An African Poet-Patriot Read More »
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