March 2012 Blog Posts (19)

In this week's edition of the Threshold Bookcast, we follow Jake Harvey as he visits the illustrious Mistress Aeira for a private consultation.

At the beginning of the episode, the former businessman reminisces some of the events that have lead him to the political arena, and ponders what…

Portrait From A Waiting Room

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We struck up a conversation while sitting in the doctors office and he had that look like whatever he was there for it wasn't good. It was equal parts fear, fatigue and…

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...in the early 80's american bluesman Billy Jones was the lead guitarist for an outstanding group of touring musicians who called themselves 'The Incredible Rock City Band'. ...this song is taken from…

The bicycle has been a functional, fun and accessible way to travel around for many many years. Used all over the world by people of all ages the bicycle is in essence a timeless piece of engineering and design and it would seem that more and more of a cultural…

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     Yet only a few people seem to notice.  Most are so often distracted by mundane concerns and hypnotized by the mass media, that they mostly fail to see just how surreal it can be.  We are wrongly taught that the best way to find surrealism in life is by paying for some kind of show, when in fact, the surreal is waiting for us wherever we are.

     We artists, however, are generally more aware of the stranger side of life; observation is integral to our profession. We can help…

As the title suggests, the fifth chapter of « 2206 : Window Onto A New World » reveals more details of the recently discovered spatial anomaly, the baffling phenomenon that has all of Ovel talking.

In this instalment, we meet the other two key figures of the Coalition of Progressives,…

What we and others see as our weaknesses are begging to be transmuted/transformed through love into our greatest strengths and the source of our greatest creativity...

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     On a recent visit to my hometown, NYC, I attended the usual figure drawing sessions at the Art Students' League.  After class, evening time, I rested for a while on a bench in the lobby.  Soon after, a blind woman - Asian, with orange-dyed hair, walked in, poked around with her walking cane, then sat down on the bench diagonally across from me.  The first thing I thought was why would she dye her hair if she couldn't see it?  Maybe she once could see and knows what orange looks like?…

They exist in the here and now, fully present and responsive to the life and beauty in them and around them.  We humans have many special abilities that they don't have, but we often misuse them due to our capacity for imagination which can both help and/or lead to a destructive sort of irrationality.  …

We have to be careful not to miss out on, neglect, ignore, sacrifice the precious aspects of life due to the increasing demands for a focus on technicalities, economics, and minutia.  We have to remember our original soul intent, what drove us to achieve in the first place. If one loses sight of this in favor of technical perfection, what is the point?  It all reminds me of the famous Native American quote:

"Only when the last tree has died and the last ... last fish been caught will…

The central character of the fourth instalment of the Threshold Bookcast is none other than the Chancellor of the Ovelian Federation himself, Richard Ramsay.

As we join him in a conference room of the First Cruiser of the Federal Fleet, we find the experienced politician in deep…

Portrait Of A Him In A Moment Of Thought

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This is one of those that the title says it…

The third chapter of « 2206 : Window Onto A New World, » revolves around Aeira, a high profile soothsayer, often derided as a celebrity astrologer by her detractors.

As the narrative begins, the prophetess is enjoying post dinner conversations with three of her closest friends.…

The Importance Of Letting Each Idea Be Yours And Be Unique

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This is one of those that doesn't have a story with it because that painting itself provides all the info you need. ...Enjoy!…

In this rule-driven world, isn't it great that in art, one can break the rules? Why? Because breaking rules is the very essence of creativity, and without it there is no creativity.  In this light, ANYONE can be an "artist" in their own way, expressing themselves uniquely through a creative medium even under the most tyrannical conditions. A tyrannical leader may set limits on life and its counterpart -  art, but there is always that individualistic touch here or there that survives through…

In « Going For The One, » we meet Jake Harvey, one of the key political players of the era, and members of his entourage.

At the beginning of the chapter, the former businessman is settling in his executive suite for a determining weekend in Triton Aeolus.…