Monthly Archives: June 2012

Happy Canada Day weekend, eh!

June 30, 2012
Happy Canada Day weekend, eh!

It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw. — Emily Carr This weekend, Canadians across the land, all 3,854,085 square miles of it, will be celebrating Canada Day. That is an amazing amount of land for a country with a population of only  34,842,000 (2012 Census) and it equals 1.4 people per…

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Peek into the world of Melody Lane

June 22, 2012
Peek into the world of Melody Lane

As with yantras or mandalas, mystical symbols in Eastern spirituality, or the Rose Window at Notre Dame, the materials with which the work of Melody Lane is made are inert, yet, once combined they become alive and vibrant. Her windows series is so striking and I would love to see one of her outdoors installations,…

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Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through art

June 20, 2012
Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through art

Lord, what fools these mortals be! — Puck over the trials of Helena, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius (3.2.115) Pyramus is a sweet-faced man; a proper man, as one shall see in a summer’s day. — Peter Quince trying to convince Nick Bottom to play Pyramus (1.2.89) Puck. How now, spirit! whither wander you? fairy Over hill,…

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Ancient ceramic dog effigy vessel from Mexico

June 18, 2012
Ancient ceramic dog effigy vessel from Mexico

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