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Light Seekers2 comments

Deborah Barlow wrote 1 month ago: Highlights from a much needed getaway to New York: *** Charlie Hass (Photo, Narrative Magazine) Wa … more →

Tags: Current viewings, Books, Aesthetics, Art, Bill T Jones, Chapel/Chapter, Charlie Haas, Francis Bacon, Reading

The Circle is Never Perfect

Deborah Barlow wrote 1 month ago: I’m on my way to New York City for a weekend full of the best kind of distractions—a bo … more →

Tags: ART-making, Art, Bill T Jones, Charlie Haas, Francis Bacon, Jason Moran, Lady Mendl's, Lewis Hyde, Picasso

The Devotion of Father Teresa - an original poem

Mark Nielsen wrote 1 month ago:      Devotion (aka The Devotion of Father Teresa)    by Mark Nielsen, June 2009  I’ve got this poem … more →

Tags: Music, Religion, Christianity, Books & Publishing, poetry & writing, Arts & Culture, Environment, The Universe, Science

immigrant funk.

unethics wrote 1 month ago: μεταφερθηκαμε. επιτεθηκαμε. U N E T H I C S.P O G R O H M.O R G … more →

Tags: Repercussions, Le spectacle

The Allure of Living Vicariously

Mark Nielsen wrote 1 month ago: Since I got out of bed this morning, I’ve matriculated as a novice Benedictine monk, won a cha … more →

Tags: Sports, Music, Religion, Christianity, Personal & Family, Movies, Arts & Culture, Drama, Food

The Tempest - Tossed About by Rage, St. Benedict, & the Theater

Mark Nielsen wrote 2 months ago:   One of the crowing production design achievements in Steppenwolf's *The Tempest*. My wife and … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Religion, Christianity, Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, Nonprofits, technology, Catholics

Get Thee To a Shakespeare Event or Fillum2 comments

Mark Nielsen wrote 2 months ago: It’s Shakespeare’s 445th birthday! In Chicago, Da Mayor (with support from Chicago Shake … more →

Tags: Movies, Arts & Culture, Education, Nonprofits, Comedy, Drama, Documentary, radio, Reviews

My Top 25 "Personal" Albums

Mark Nielsen wrote 3 months ago: I know… it’s actually been months now since this particular p0ll/quiz was circulating he … more →

Tags: Arts & Culture, Christianity, Comedy, God, Jesus God, Movies, Music, Personal & Family, Politics

Walk, Do Not Run, To the Fringe and Look Inward1 comment

Mark Nielsen wrote 3 months ago: oblation (noun):   “an abbeviated yet powerful profession of monastic vows; you attach yoursel … more →

Tags: American History, Arts & Culture, Bible, Books & Publishing, Buddhism, Catholics, Christianity, creation care, Education

T.S. Eliot Says "Keep Your Day Job"1 comment

Mark Nielsen wrote 3 months ago: On how working a “day job” can often be good for the growth, vision and artistry of a po … more →

Tags: Christianity, Books & Publishing, poetry & writing, Arts & Culture, Education, Publishing, Employment/Unions, aging, Men's spirituality

The Impulse to Boogie (Or to Write... Whatever Comes Naturally)1 comment

Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: “I heard papa tell mama, let that boy boogie-woogie, it’s in him, and it got to come ou … more →

Tags: poetry & writing, spirituality, God, Men's spirituality, Buddhism, Mental Health, Trappists, TS Eliot, van morrison

Growing Into Readiness: Anne Rice's Jesus Novels 2 comments

Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: To help you take a few more tentative steps on your own marathon, your ”readiness” journ … more →

Tags: Politics, Religion, Christianity, Books & Publishing, Arts & Culture, Publishing, Catholics, peace & justice, spirituality

Steeler Swami on Super Bowl: Cards Win, 5 Reasons Why

Mark Nielsen wrote 5 months ago: For some reason ever since I was a kid, even though I live in Chicago, I’ve been sort of a Ste … more →

Tags: aging, Economics, Men's spirituality, Personal & Family, radio, Sports, Television, Travel, 2009 super bowl

holla, me goldfishes

mobilization wrote 5 months ago: the goldfish sing all night with guitars, and the whores go down with the stars, the whores go down … more →

Tags: goodmorning

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Molly wrote 1 year ago: Magazines are border literature. If novels are birds, mags are butterflies: ephemeral, colourful, th … more →

Tags: Literature, Vogue, Sunday supplements, New Yorker, National Geographic, intelligent life, Wallpaper, Magazines


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