“Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came.”
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables – from Alain Boublil’s libretto
for the musical, Les Misérables.
I have an aversion to the Orwellian truncation and mangling of English words and their meanings. Last year Lake Superior State University came up their 40th annual list of words that should be banished for their mis-use or uselessness; words like swag, foodie, curate, and enhanced interrogation. I would like to add to that list the words twitter and tweet….
The first Earth Day was held on April 22nd, 1970, and the event was celebrated by 20 million Americans who held demonstrations across the country to demand protection for the land, air, and water. Earth Day came about as the result of concerted environmentalist action, and artists played an important role in that process. In fact, the Ecology symbol was…
I did not start my American life at Disneyland but it was a close starting point I was born September 7, 1953 Disneyland opened in California in 1955 my parents took me there in 1959 I was six-years-old. That same year Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was denied permission to visit Disneyland I liked Tomorrowland where I rode the look-alike U.S….
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement describes contemporary U.S. society as being under the domination of the “one percent”, those super-wealthy individuals and corporations that control everything from the media to the halls of Congress. While the primary focus of OWS has been aimed at the home foreclosures, unemployment, and social inequality fostered by the greed of rapacious banks and…
When I was a 10-year-old in 1963, the very first record I purchased on my own was a recording of the Peer Gynt Suite by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). It may come as a surprise to some but these days, more often than not, I listen to classical music while I work at my easel. Being a longtime devotee…
I Am Not The Enemy Free downloadable, 11 x 17 poster. Download and publish the poster on any printer that takes 11 x 17 inch paper. Poster available here. Print and display this poster for solidarity, unity, and compassion, and to express your opposition to xenophobia, and racism. — // — I first published this poster in the weeks following…
