Author Archives: editor, facilitator, decider

About editor, facilitator, decider

Doesn't know much about culture, but knows when it's going to hell in a handbasket.

Sessions wants names, does he?

Posted on August 5, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

Limp A.G. and unloved sycophant Jefferson Beauregard Sessions announced this week that he was going after leakers like nobody’s business. Whether or not the man with the Most Confederate Name Ever truly believes this needs to be a focus of … Continue reading →

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Satisfaction

Posted on July 30, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

These are strange and unsettling times, and do please sing out when I start telling you something you don’t already know. What can we do? It seems irresponsible somehow to completely unplug from it all, and besides we haven’t yet … Continue reading →

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The long history of :)

Posted on July 23, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

Thanks to the ubiquitous emoji, we’re now communicating more than ever in semiotics, and most specifically with some simple yet telling arrangement of two dots for eyes, and some visceral version of a frown, grimace, or smile. It shouldn’t come … Continue reading →

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Send me art

Posted on July 16, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

You already know what a sizable percentage of humanity’s wit, wisdom and culture is readily beam-downable to that device you keep in your pocket (and that might not be the safest place to keep it, by the way). But what … Continue reading →

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Whisky business

Posted on July 9, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

SOME whisky business slowed our trek it slowed the way we share our throes. . We ran our road we had our wreck we have still more and on it goes. . I cannot say I miss our start or … Continue reading →

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When in the course of human events

Posted on July 4, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

The course of human events can be a harrowing run, and even in the best circumstances the road takes you, eventually, to landscapes you did not expect. The act of political estrangement that began on the Fourth of July, 1776 … Continue reading →

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Rhapsody

Posted on July 2, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

Because sometimes only verse will do…

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Summer Solstice 2017 – fiat lux

Posted on June 21, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

Whether this particular day marks for you a simple celestial event unique to our solar neighborhood, or a sacred quarterpost within the wheel of the year, it remains unarguable that something special is happening right now. We in the northern … Continue reading →

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Patronage made easy

Posted on June 18, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

One of the best bumper stickers I’ve seen lately is also one of the most succinct: Buy Art. . . . And so you should. But does it cost Medici money to enter the rarefied world of art patronage? Oh … Continue reading →

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RIP Adam West (Sept. 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017

Posted on June 10, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

Must the Dark Knight brood? Does every incarnation of the Batman need to be darker than the last? Maybe that’s a question for today’s superhero fan base, but we’re fortunate to have had it answered long ago. From 1966 to … Continue reading →

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Kathy Griffin’s double fail

Posted on June 4, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

Michelle Obama once told us everything we need to know about maintaining a sense of honor and dignity during these woeful times of bitterness and divide. She said, “When they go low, we go high.” Kathy Griffin, alleged comedienne, certainly … Continue reading →

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Memorial and monition – Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing

Posted on May 29, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

We take this day as personal time, hopefully as a time of reflection and gratitude but in any case as a day that exists as an exemplar of freedom, bought and paid for, like all freedoms, with blood and sacrifice. … Continue reading →

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RIP Roger Moore (Oct. 14 1927 – May 23 2017)

Posted on May 23, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

There are two venerable British-born franchises with a rotating stable of actors playing the lead: James Bond, and Doctor Who. In both cases (and I’ve informally verified this in conversations with fans of both, from both sides of the pond), … Continue reading →

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Virtual exhibitions bring art to us all

Posted on May 21, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

Hopefully there’s an art museum, gallery, studio, or exhibition space within easy traveling distance from wherever you’re sitting right now. And hopefully it beckons you, and you grace it with your patronage just as often as you possibly can. But…we … Continue reading →

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Mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters

Posted on May 14, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

Mother’s Day just might be the most well-earned holiday on our calendar. That’s not just because of the honors due to all the mothers who selflessly put themselves in the integral, irreplaceable centers of functional family life. Those are the … Continue reading →

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