He was the superstar of the High Renaissance as an artist. He was above all a sculptor. He painted but had little regard for painting. Accomplished in architecture. Wrote poetry. […]
anniversary
Happy 242nd US Navy, 220th USS Constitution
It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious. — George […]
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 […]
Angela Davis 1973
Great portrait. A gorgeous, powerful image…subject and photo. A late celebration of her birthday, January 26 1944. Edited with BlogPad Pro
November 22 remembered
Creator: Photograph by Abbie Rowe, National Park Service, in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Musen. Copyright:Public Domain Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy aboard the PT-109 in the South Pacific, […]
Eid Mubarak!!
Taqabbalallâhu minnâ wa minkum God accept from us and you It means “[May] God accept from us and you [our fasts and deeds]”. The Companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad […]
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Andy Warhol birth anniversary. August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987. He was one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s. He began the 1960s on the edge, avante-gard and […]
Little Boy and a garden
Hiroshima, 1945, a city becomes an historic event. Shukkeien’s (縮景園) name can be translated into English as “shrunken-scenery garden”, Hiroshima. Ground zero for Little Boy. Related articles The Details […]
Peter O'Toole lá breithe
He has officially retired from acting and the public. And he is missed. We have so much of his work to enjoy that it matters little. As long as he […]