Pomegranates Food of the Underworld

Abducted by Hades, Persephone was given only a pomegranate to endure the profound hunger, she’d met in the underworld. The very model of restraint. She resisted and consumed only three of the fruit Berries. Each fruit represented a month, in the deal struck with Hades. These now, are our winter months. The Pomegranates made by…

Spagehetti Horror!

No, not a new cross hybrid of the Spaghetti Western and a New kind of horror movie. But in fact New localised adaptations of spaghetti sauces that may just be described as genre bending! Japan Spaghetti Naporitan The name meaning Neapolitan. It is Part of the “yoshoku” dishes which are Japanized Western foods. Described as…

keats Community Library

Keep The Keats Community Library Flying As George Orwells Novel Keep the Aspidistra flying was penned, following events on Pond street. Round the corner at Keats Grove, the public at wonders at large if the precarious nature of the word has change much since then. Keats Community Library maybe forging ahead, but keeps eye fixed…

Mayan Fifth World begins. Coming soon

Prepare for the Mayan Fifth World. Coming Soon. Work On paper.   Currently on view at the http://lionandlambgallery.co.uk/ End ofthe World? And here is a nice clarificatory article. The comments section contain several interesting additional points. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/what-have-the-mayans-ever-done-for-us-apart-from-predict-the-end-of-the-world-8424562.html

Promise. My very own Jeffrey Beaumont moment.

Just Like Jeffrey Beaumont Finding A Severed Ear In Blue Velvet, Does This Bar Of Chocolate Signify, A Mysterious Adventure A head of Me? Oh lonely chocolate bar! Who left you here so desolate on the ground? Was it a small child frightened by a fox? Was the idea of loss greater than the actual…

Giovanni Bellini, The Dudley Madonna

Book Review.  By Giuseppe Marasco Bellini is one of the most celebrated and influential Italian artists. Venetian. Pioneering portrayal of natural light. Dürer thought him the best of all artists. popularizer of the “eyewitness” style. The most famous work of his in England was the Doge Leonardo Loredan  at the National Gallery. The past tense is…

Movember Hulk

Old Pal. Had the Genius to grow a Hulk Hogan Tash for Movermber. All to him for sticking to it. Most extraordinary result!

Lost – Have you seen the Prime Minster?

Generally reported to be quite nice, but doesn’t really do much. Have you seen the Prime Minster? He was last seen looking lost and confused and fumbling over the Leveson Inquiry. Very odd, dismissing the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry. One thing is press freedoms, the other is the character, tone and treatment of the…

An Ad Agency Asked. Answering in Reply.

Ad  Agencies ask all sorts of questions. Mostly to feel good.  In that it gives them the illusion that there was a process of some kind. Having a bit of security like that, a script of sorts to hang onto. Must make the interviewing easier. As interviewer and interviewees lock eyes. And the silent scream…