Ice plant, a native
to South Africa, came to the U.S. in the 1800’s and has since taken
over saltmarsh wetland areas in southern California. It is normally green,
but will turn red with lack of water. The image above portrays a paradox:
Ice plant as flames. Imagine one man who makes his living working in an
ammunition factory. The bullet he handles today could possibly rest in the
hand of a surgeon tomorrow after having been removed from the brain of a
Palestinian—or Israeli, Irish, Chechin—child. Economies that
put food in children's mouths in one country finance death in another. We
live in a world of paradoxes. We were born to die. Less can be more. What
is happiness without grief, the Left without the Right, sweet without the
sour, and the beautiful without what is not? So there is, after
all, a place and purpose for the mass-produced, Kincadian warehouse
art that chokes the Shopping Mauls of America. Without it, TheScreamOnline
would be just another pretty face.
A new feature, the Time Line, lists historical people
and events in the worlds of politics, literature, art, inventions, and plain-old
everyday items from the years 1640 to 1900. And be sure to read this fabulous
review
of TheScreamOnline by Netsurfer Digest.
ART
Not many people
can claim true individuallity. Ideas and styles are often rehashed versions
of a few original concepts. Though no stranger to trends, Washington State
artist Dean Eliasen follows only
his own muse and has developed an artistic signature all his own.
Mary Balcomb’s long-awaited book on Russian artist Sergei
Bongart is finally out. See his equisite paintings and read selections
from the book.
Be sure to bookmark this feature: the 2003
Calendar, created by Jeanie and Larry Lytle, with planetary correspondences for each month.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Atlanta-based Robin Davis teaches at the prestigious Cortona
Center of Photography in Tuscany, Italy. See her “13
Women” series, featuring her portrayal of such figures as Cleopatra,
Athena, Ophelia, and Luna.
Burning Man is an experience
beyond words, beyond description. Fourteen photographers who attended the
event in years past contributed to this compelling photo essay. [Some nudity]
A Day in the Life of Africa
features the work of almost
one-hundred photographers who were spread out all over the continent to shoot
what they could in 24 hours. TheScreamOnline
photographer John Isaac (January and April 2002) has seven images in this
landmark book.
See a recently-discovered
photograph taken in 1965 of Joan Baez, John Lennon, and Ira Sandperl at the Beatles’ pad in the Hollywood Hills.
Another interesting item is this Quicktime movie of New
York underwater, courtesy of Rich Carter.
For the second year, TheScreamOnline covered the most prestigious photo l.a.—the immensely
popular West Coast event for fine photography, featuring the collections of galleries and private dealers from around the world and produced by the Stephen Cohen Gallery.
View our new Photo Gallery featuring
images submitted by our own writers and artists.
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FILM
Brian Taylor has created perhaps one of the most unusual and endearing animated
characters since Steamboat Willie. See stills and scenes from his work-in-progress,
Rustboy.
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MUSIC
In 1667 John Milton
wrote his great epic work about temptation and the fall from grace. A new
opera, “Paradise Lost,”
by composer Eric Whitacre and librettist/director David Noroña, combines
classic traditions and electronics, and will have performances this year in
New York and Berlin.
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NONFICTION
All throughout
Rob Woutat’s “Dakota Boy:
A Childhood in Memory” are references to historical and cultural
elements (WWII, the Korean War, the death of Stalin, Eisenhower, the McCarthy
era, Krushev, the payola scandal, Mickey Mantle, sock hops, Butch Wax, and
Brylchreme), providing a rich backdrop and a wonderful sense of time and place
in the context of a sheltered Dakotan upbringing.
In 1943, while demonstrating
to a physics class that airplanes can fly backwards, Frederick H.C. Schultz
learned that timing is everything in “Vectoring
Backwards.”
“First
Ticket,” by David McHugh, describes a lesson in accountability for
his teenage son.
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EDITORIAL
Credit cards, mail-order
catalogs, telemarketing, home shopping channels, and on-line services have
made it much too easy to amass material goods, and have created our false
need for Instant Gratification.
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COMMENTARY
In the mere blink
of a four-million-year-eye, “cute little bipeds” went from standing
up straight to “decoding their own genomes.” Their crocodile tears
for the rest of the savanna are exposed for what they truly are in “History
of Abuse.”
Has the The Fountain Pen
become the “dodo bird” of the twenty-first century, going the way
of the book, the handwritten Christmas card, doing math problems in your head,
and the walk to Grandma’s house?
Resident TheScreamOnline writer/photographer Larry Lytle talks about The
Reconstruction of Time, and how digital editing can create yet new realities
to freeze in time.
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POETRY
Contributions from
Homer Christensen and
our own no-moss-on-this-stoned-roller Editor Stuart
Vail.
View the Poet Index for access to all poets in every issue.
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EPIPHANIES
In “A Year of Epiphanies: The September 11th Effect” Jennifer
Prado writes, “My own personal epiphany... occurred when I was reading the tributes in The New York Times for the people who had been lost. One paragraph told the story of a young broker
who had planned to propose to his long-awaiting girlfriend the following weekend.” Jennifer’s personal journey took her from Manhattan to rural Brazil to “pursue
the dream that had gotten lost in the shuffle.”
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QUOTATIONS
A compendium of
some of our favorite quips (from Woody Allen
to Henny Youngman). This feature will grow with each new issue.
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HUMOR
HeBrew, e-Piscopal, foreign signs, the Lone Arranger.... click.
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THE STRANGE & BIZARRE
Remember Legos, those addictive little plastic building toys? Here are Lego constructions you won’t
see advertised at your toy store.
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TECHNOLOGY
Can’t see enough of a web page? Increase your browser’s
viewing area.
BOOK SHELF
Want some suggestions for good reading? Check out TheScreamOnline Bookshelf.
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whose building-site the mob breaks into, knocking down his stones.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke
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