Saturday, August 16, 2008

"Painting as agitation" -- Saul Manifesto -- from NYTs

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/arts/design/16saul.html

Not for everyone, and hard to hang in the living room, but nevertheless reflective of truth.

My personal favorite, "Columbus Discovers America."

I was at US Chamber of Commerce a couple of years ago, where President Bush gave a speech, and a recently arrived refugee from Burma and I tried to decipher the heraldic shields and banners on the ceiling and walls -- Ponce de Leon, Columbus etc.

Finally we figured it out.

Comment -- copyright Kyi May Kaung.

Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to go to port Crete for repairs due to fire damage.

Most recently deployed to Strait of Hormuz and Venezuela. https://www.reuters.com/world/us-carrier-ford-deployed-war-with-iran-go-port-temp...