March 14th, 2010

The Outrageous Comics of Paul Madonna

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Flunking a breast exam one week after womb removal I get the call that something’s showed up and I go back to be prodded, probed and sonographed.
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The Outrageous Comics of Paul Madonna.

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March 13th, 2010

Celebrating the Art of the Doodle: 20 Awesome Doodles

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Van Helsing unfastened the coffin lid, peeled the crucifix from the bone-white brow.
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As a follow-up to our recent article, “Beyond the Doodle,” we are showcasing some of the best doodles we could find on the web.

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March 12th, 2010

Beyond the Doodle

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How the Muses have treated us. They: Sing of rage, then ragers. Sing of weapons, then men.
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Although the doodle is treated as if it were a natural, spontaneous and universal phenomenon, it is in fact an invention, a concept that emerged at a certain point and rapidly became extremely popular.

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March 11th, 2010

Rene Magritte: Surrealist Master

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kiss me like a cab driver all fury and fumes consider the meter its hard click we've crossed into another borough all heart-stopped
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With its irrational approach to perception and reality, surrealism taps into the subconscious mind and opens doors that were not opened before. Escape into Life has seen an immense popularity in surrealist artists from the Polish artist, Rafal Olbinski, to the Chinese painter, Xue Jiye. It seems, more than ever, people are identifying with these images of unreason and “absurdity” as the surrealist Michael Cheval calls his own works.

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