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The Power of Art

The artist is a shaman. The artist's role, especially in the West, has always been to alter the state of consciousness of the viewer, and to force the big Other, the collective superego, to face its own shadow -- as well as to face the super-consciousness, the One that is beyond the Other, that it denies. (more)

10-18-11
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Children Give Birth to their Parents

Brian George

Again, we will meet at the wish-fulfilling stone, where some but not all requests born from necessity will be granted. There, standing in a circle, we will meet with those we love, and there will be none among us who will be able to determine the other’s age. We will show each other our scars—laughing, as we draw lots to project ourselves towards death. For our golden bodies were designed to sustain much wear and tear. (more)