Relatos breves de Victoria Morrison
Dos retratos en dos marcos diferentes, dos fechas de nacimiento, dos nacionalidades, dos identidades. Ella no abraza a los árboles, los besa apasionadamente, la sangre que brota de su boca rota es savia dulce.
psychology
Brian J. McVeigh Decluttering My Mental Space
Decluttering My Mental Space Collected Poems with Commentary Brian J. McVeigh My first encounter with haiku was not out of a love for poetry; rather it came from an educational motive. Many years ago, I was tasked with teaching Japanese students English. This was a bit of a challenge as the students had been taught …
Shanta Lee, The Topography of One’s Body
What does it mean to have secrets as the topography of one’s body? It is true, not all secrets are created equal. Some add a sway to the hips while others…well…they are a poison that eat us from the inside out. I’m Tellin’ All unsaids, All secrets are not created equal. Some secrets kin with …
The Madness of Philosophers by Wouter Kusters
In his seminal work Madness in Civilisation the American sociologist Andrew Scull examines the way madness has been both an ineradicable aspect of any ordered human society, a haunting image of fear and terror, as well as a fascinating realm that inspires and attracts artists and thinkers. With the Greeks the Hippocratian tradition began, in which physicians …
Baetylus and our birthright to know our brain
our birthright is to know our brain and to become aware of the impact of meteorites on our language.
cultivation phases of the basal ganglia and paleomammalian soul
the psychic robot, how our animal selves passed through the portions of different brain territories. the snakes, the monkey scribe, and now the circuit board advisory city-state. clay tablets as a big golem, ideas as ghosts informing the brain
Languaged, Body Synthetic by Giorgia Pavlidou
How would you describe your painting process and your associative relationship between concepts, events, or mental states of the subconscious? Is there a link between self-hypnosis and inspiration? Artists, writers, and poets such as Garcia Lorca, Roberto Matta, Henri Michaux, and even Anais Nin have inspired me to paint. Language, for me, comes first, but the …
Alkalizing the Wendigo with a Whirling Mantra
Every culture has experienced cannibalism, headhunting and parasites. This intrusive painting is about those things but thankfully it’s all metaphorical. In this painting I use figures of speech to convey malignant narcissism and greedy tendencies as a psychic virus. While no specific group or person is targeted it is important to be aware of the …