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Getting and Spending

I recently aqcuired a print of Richard T. Scott’s “The Time Traveller’s Wife” from Fine Art America. Perhaps there is a small lack of beautiful things in my house; I want there to be more beautiful things around. If money can buy beautiful and uplifting things, why do we spend it on junk?  Human nature…give […]

How Does Art Reflect Culture?

Does Art Reflect Culture? How is art reflective? Primarily this article explores how 20th century art reflected the culture around it and discusses contemporary examples of how any made thing reflects the culture around it. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- From time to time I have heard the expression that “art reflects the culture around it”. I was curious about what that […]

“And rural mirth and manners are no more” – Watch “FRESH” a powerful documentary about American agriculture

Please visit this link HERE to watch the documentary “Fresh.”  This film takes a look at the deficiencies and horrors of American Industrial Agricultural, but also provides a glimpse of several different organizations or farmers that are working today to create sustainable, philosophically sound, ethical, organic, and natural options for farmers and consumers.  It is only an […]

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