Category Archives: Culture

Kimberly

Posted on November 10, 2013 by ubu507

I was goin’ crazy, so crazy I knew I could break through with you, So with one hand I rocked you and with one heart I reached for you. Ah, I knew your youth was for the takin’, fire on … Continue reading →

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The Upanishads

Posted on October 14, 2013 by ubu507

I like how big an effect chance has on what I read. Chance is, after, all one of the cardinal precepts of my beloved Surrealism, and really, along with its cousin uncertainty, is one of the hallmarks of our age. … Continue reading →

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COSTUME DRAWING FOR THE AKRON RUBBER BALL: TRANSPORTATION (FEMALE) , 1938-1939

Posted on September 6, 2013 by ubu507

    Viktor Schreckengost (Sebring, Ohio, 1906 – 2008, Tallahassee, Florida) Renowned for his work in ceramics and toy and industrial design, Schreckengost also designed dazzling costumes for the royal court of the 1939 Akron Rubber Ball, a lavish social … Continue reading →

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Rosa Mistica

Posted on May 15, 2013 by ubu507

This garage sale find is reference to a very specific Marian apparition. I’ve always been fascinated by them — very rarely does the apparition identify herself as Mary, mother of Jesus from the get go. It’s only later when the priests get involved … Continue reading →

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Lindsay Lohan

Posted on April 8, 2013 by ubu507
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The Queen

Posted on March 29, 2013 by ubu507
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The Hermit

Posted on February 21, 2013 by ubu507

The years pass like clouds And leave me here alone; The world has forgotten me; Then you stepped toward me miraculously When, to the rustling of the forest, I stood here lost in thought. — Joseph von Eichendorff

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Posted on February 5, 2013 by ubu507
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THAT’S WHAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT

Posted on February 4, 2013 by ubu507
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Do they

Posted on January 31, 2013 by ubu507

call it Late Period Capitalism because it’s pregnant with something else?

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