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On Visiting A Bonfire-Site
A Ruined Chapel in the California Desert Beyond the typical “I Was Here” announcements and the profanity left by PHUX; also disregarding the unfortunate pictures of women with no features beyond vulgar lips and distorted breasts, is there anything deeper here — anything of significance? There is no public history — nothing in newspapers […]
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Concerning My Belated Visit to the Hermitage
While serving at a remote Air Force station in Alaska, I discovered Art History. We lived in dense forest inhabited by wolves among other wild beasts. Our base was in effect an isolated town with three paved streets. One two-story dormitory sat in the middle of everything, housing one hundred-fifty enlisted men; a day […]
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Homage For Robert Johnson
“I got ramblin’ I got ramblin’ on my mind I got ramblin’ I got ramblin’ all on my mind Hate to leave you baby But you treats me so unkind” Lyric by Robert Johnson Ask a painter, musician, writer — anyone practicing a difficult art to confide their heroes; they usually will not hesitate. Their […]
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Comments On An Accidental Pilgrimage
It is the simplest message in Christian teaching: God Is Love. It is also the most audacious scripture propagating endless conundrums — the least believable too — open to rational criticism and ridicule. The jalopy in our image belonged to Leonard Knight, folk-artist and evangelist. The vehicle doubled as his residence. He wrapped the dilapidated […]