The mount of a hideous fresh irrational fear is intimidating multiculturalism. One of the most significant ways the world has distorted since the dreadful felony of September 11 has been the increase of an unsightly strain of Islamophobia all through the Western humanity. Beginning this new ideological virus Australia has, regrettably, established far from immune. […]
Being a Creative Freelancer in a Creatively Challenged World – It is OK to be Different
The art world is full of colorful and interesting people who defy the 9-5 corporate lifestyle. We tend to be looked at with curiosity by those who don’t understand the artistic way of life. Being an artist myself, I am more conservative in many ways than many people I knew in art school. One of […]
The Art of My Life
I am going to talk about the art of my life and how I came to it. It is going to be a long article since it spans my whole life. I cut many things off, but it is still quite long. So please bear with me. As a kid, I enjoyed playing very much […]
Free Media, Unless You’re Arab
Since 9/11, when the whole turned their faces to understanding — or criticizing, for some — the Middle East and its Islamic population, one channel managed to rise as a spokesman for the Arab population in the world, the voice of what the people in the Middle East, as well as in other Muslim nations, […]
ZEN AND THE SUNDAY MORNING RIDE
ZEN AND THE SUNDAY MORNING MOTORCYCLE RIDE By Warren D. Jorgensen I rolled up to the light and stopped, the muffled throbbing of the engine beneath me the sole sound in the morning air, the only other movement the sun rising slowly over Westchester, warming my back. A cool brisk wind blew out of the […]
Schooling isn’t education
Until the moment I withdrew my sons from state education in the UK, I confused education with schooling. It’s a common mistake, and one which is easier to make if you have been through the state education machine yourself. The state spends considerable amounts of money – our money! – persuading us that the two […]