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Tomorrow’s cover today. Religion is a growing force in the Arab awakening. Westerners should hold their nerve and trust democracy.
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Tomorrow’s cover today. Religion is a growing force in the Arab awakening. Westerners should hold their nerve and trust democracy.
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The most painful thing in life is losing yourself in the process of valuing someone too much and forgetting that you are special too.
Rene Magritte Treachery of Images
Recent research by Tim Airgeeten, an art historian from the University of Toronto, suggests that Belgian surrealist René Magritte’s iconic painting, “The Treachery of Images,” may be an encoded condemnation of his least favorite cigar company. The painting, fashioned in the style of a tobacco store advertisement, pictures a brown pipe floating above the phrase “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (“This is not a pipe”). The work is traditionally interpreted as a commentary on the imitative nature of art — the wooden pipe in the painting is, of course, a representation of a pipe rather than the physical pipe itself. But a document recently unearthed by Airgeeten suggests that the image might have held additional, more personal significance for the artist, an avid pipe-smoker. The scholar uncovered a letter Magritte wrote in 1927 — a year before he began working on “The Treachery of Images”— to the president of Alterdis, a French tobacco company. In it, the artist complains about the company’s “lousy excuse for a pipe, which burns out in short order and hardly conducts any smoke at all.” Upon further investigation, Airgeeten discovered that Alterdis’s advertisements from 1927 contain a tan background and graphic pipe design strikingly similar to those in “Ceci n’est pas une pipe.” Magritte’s painting, then, may be a philosophical statement about the nature of painting (and language, as Structuralists believe) — but it could also be an unhappy customer’s way of getting back at Altertis for a disappointing product, and a joke at the company’s expense.
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Fallulah - I lay my head
Another video ripped straight from the ex’s facebook. However shes got better taste with this one. “Fallulah creates popmusic with finesse, integrity and a fiery, hot- tempered feel of Central Europe. Her songs defy genres and contain subtle elements of classic pop, rock´n´roll, indie, balkan, jazz and r&b. They are energetic and highly physical, which is reflected live, when Fallulah is backed by a tight quartet that plays with a teenth-grinding, feet-stomping bluesy rawness.”
“24 year old Maria Apetri aka Fallulah will surely join the ranks of Bat For Lashes, Jenny Wilson and Marina & The Diamonds, as part of the new emerging wave of proud, bold and adventurous female popartists”
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Newest tattoo on my leg. Love my owl so much.
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Survival Story of the Day: A dog that had been carried out to sea by the tsunami was found alive three weeks later on a floating pile of debris off the coast of Kesennuma, Miyagi.
After several rescue attempts, the Japanese Coast Guard eventually managed to safely retrieve the stranded pup (see photo below).
[barstool.]
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