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Art and human suffering

. In my March 2022 post Falling Man, I contemplated on the tension between art and human suffering; how art may ignore suffering or even exploit it.  Here Auden’s poem “Museé des Beaux Arts” brought out the conflict in sharp contour with sarcasm and biting wit. Recall that the poem was inspired by that famous … Continue reading →

Leaves of absence

The lack of snow, I suppose, is a blessing. On the cement of the sidewalk of my street, leaves that are long gone have left a mark. The mark is light-brown, like the tint of an old photograph, and only recognizable by its contour — gingko, maple, oak. It’s like a chemical exposure, the whole … Continue reading →

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