An unsurpassed legacy has reached its temporal conclusion. The greatest sports figure and celebrity of the 20th century has passed. Rather than mourn his death, we continue to celebrate his […]
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Female Sufis in the Medieval Period
WOMAN WITH A SPRAY OF FLOWERS, ISFAHAN, IRAN, CA. 1595 Dr. Lloyd Ridgeon talks about the role of Sufi women in the medieval period. Ridgeone examines positive and negative portrayals of […]
The End of Literacy and Reality in the Age of Trump
Pulitzer prize–winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion. Chris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: […]
Andean Palaces and Aymara Cultural Reclamation | video
Modern Bolivian Archecture was originally published on It Matters
Gojira, what Godzilla is in the words of the Japanese
“Godzilla represents the complicity of mankind in its own destruction.” Godzilla does not feel emotion…Godzilla is emotion ~ Jun Fukuda, director Godzilla could not be defeated by the weapons that […]
Medieval Sephardic Music | performance
Medieval Jewish music of Spain. Beautiful. Exotic to our ears, ethereal and rhythmic. Above is a long playlist of 26 pieces of Spanish Sephardic music. The first performances are by […]
This Moment
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only […]
Portrait of a Living Saint
I love portrait photography. This one is striking and of an interesting man. He is Dobri Dobrev, a 100-year-old beggar shown here in a threadbare coat. “Grandpa” Dobri, is already celebrated […]
farewell great lady
We celebrate Maya Angelou’s life, cherish her wisdom, and learn from her words. But we will do so without her now, 28 May, 2014. “Listen to yourself and in that […]
יום השואה Yom Ha’Shoa
“Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day” Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; Today the world remembers an atrocity we would not like to remember, so painful and horrid beyond […]