Archive for 'Arts & Poetry'
Photo Essay: Timeless Reflections
Photo Essay by Philip Wood
Philip Wood shares his love of black and white photography and its rituals, for over 30 years, and those moments when natural light supports the subject or landscape, revealing its deep beauty, innocence, truth, authenticity.
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Timeless Reflections with Philip Wood
Philip Wood shares his love of black and white photography and its rituals, for over 30 years, and those moments when natural light supports the subject or landscape, revealing its deep beauty, innocence, truth, authenticity.
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Robert Bly Reads Guillaume IX & Countess of Dia
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From ted.com: Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) on Nurturing Creativity
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An Interview with Jerry Wennstrom on His Life, His Art and Transformation
In 1979, Jerry Wennstrom, a rising star in the New York art world, intentionally destroyed his paintings and gave away his possessions and money. He spent well over the next decade wandering, seeking, and listening, relying only on his own intuition and an unconditional trust in the Universe to provide for him. In consciously emptying [...]
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A 1996 Interview with Frederick Franck on Art, His Life and His Work
A decade ago Issue One of Lapis Magazine featured this interview with Open Center faculty member Frederick Franck. We publish it a second time to mark the passing of this inspired and inspiring friend.
[Edited Version]
The following interview was first published by Lapis in 1996. We bring it to you a second time to [...]
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The Nature of Beauty in Contemporary Art by Suzi Gablik
If much of the contemporary art scene is a suburb of hell dominated by money, prestige, and power, what might replace it?
Suzi Gablik is an artist, writer and teacher whose books include Has Modernism Failed? and The Re-enchantment of Art. The following article is from a symposium on The Nature of Beauty in Contemporary [...]
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In the Rift by Robert Bly
A poem.
Robert Bly, winner of the National Book Award for poetry, is the author of many books, including The Soul Is Here for Its Own Joy, The Sibling Society, Iron John and, with Marion Woodman,The Maiden King.
There were a thousand sheep admiring the Milky Way.
Birds start singing when the branch reddens.
But we usually write poems when [...]
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June 2009: The first topic for discussion here is the upcoming New York Open Center/Lapis Magazine Conference on Inner America – the History and Renewal of the American Soul.
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