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Another buzz from the master.

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Rebellion against the Gods.

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Post existential humanist writing, creative photography, in depth look into the chaos of human relationships.

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From "On meeting A Dead Body" Deep Surfing Alligator sailing through the blue ripples like they were made for you but never fear because it's here soon you will feel the wrestle, that familiar vessel, of which you thought you'd gotten rid....

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Poetry 1 Death And Rebirth/Once Upon A Time 2 Waiting For You 11 On Meeting A Dead Body 16 Worms 18 Healing 19 We Walked With Lions Short Fiction 3 Darien...

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Canandaigua National Bank and Trust featured artist Mike Kraus' "BRIGHTSCAPES." a series of colorful landscapes both real and imaginative, January 1 through June 30, 2016 at the Alexander Park Community Office, 210 Alexander St., Rochester, New York. "I wanted to create pieces for CNB that are energetic and bright," Kraus said. "to make a lively environment for the bank's customers." Kraus is known for his vibrant paintings of nature. Originally from Muskegon, Michigan, he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before moving to Rochester. Kraus is now a full-time artist living in Rochester with his wife, Megan Bell...

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Canandaigua National Bank and Trust featured artist Mike Kraus' "BRIGHTSCAPES." a series of colorful landscapes both real and imaginative, January 1 through June 30, 2016 at the Alexander Park Community Office, 210 Alexander St., Rochester, New York. "I wanted to create pieces for CNB that are energetic and bright," Kraus said. "to make a lively environment for the bank's customers." Kraus is known for his vibrant paintings of nature. Originally from Muskegon, Michigan, he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before moving to Rochester. Kraus is now a full-time artist living in Rochester with his wife, Megan Bell...

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Having lived as an experimental ‘artist-at-large’ for the past two decades, I took it upon myself to try my hand at representative oil painting this year. I moved to Florence, Italy, in December, 2012, because I wanted to see how renaissance painters created Beauty on canvas. What I found was that far from being hyperrealist in the execution of their paintings, the Old Masters simply attempted to create Beauty in as realistic a way as was possible. Trompe l’oeil was and is a niche technique. The unitiated often fetishise hyperverisimilitude, believing it to possess the greatest intrin- sic artistic value. But my goal is to create Beauty. I’ve even created my own art movement which I call Pulchrism. So I attempted realism in painting this year merely as a potential vehicle for Beauty. Drawn somewhat unconsciously to silent movie imagery, I began this quest with a still image capture from an old movie, interpreting its general form into my Sacred Hermaphrodite diety 5=6 who descends onto Florence’s Via del Moro. From there I pursued more realistic body contouring with Suffrage and Beauty Disarming Love, learning about backgro...

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Composed, found, changed, modified, diversified computer-programmed images of stars, galaxies, cosmic dust, black (and other color) holes, comets, spacecrafts, robots and poetry....

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…We simultaneously leave in parallel universes without knowing it… …Our contradictions coexist in a multi-space endowed with a multi-structure…

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COSMOLOGY : pages 4-69 LET’S BIKE THE ART! : pages 70-129

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Spanning periods spent in a vast range of locations, an identifiable style begins to crystallize, which links seemingly disparate expressions, heedless of media employed. A forthright, earnest, and earthy vein courses through the works of Jesse Waugh, as he endeavors to deliver pulchritude manifest. The compendium concludes with The Pulchrist Manifesto, which should serve to define the art movement which has been inaugurated by Jesse Waugh....

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I first noticed Jesse Waugh as a young student at L.A.City College in 1995. He would sit in the History of Cinema class, on the right hand side of one of the front rows of the college movie theater, with his roaring twenties-style, buzzed-on-the-back-and-sides, neatly-combed-on-top haircut. When I saw him working at the Temporary Contemporary Art Museum downtown I approached him to model for some photos, not realizing how well my offer fit into his particular style of self-expression. The intention behind Jesse’s art, while it can’t be pinned down in a few words, has a lot to do with exploring—or a more precise word might be celebrating—the self and the ego. His work is informed by his religious upbringing in a California church with a doctrine based in Hinduism. While riffing on the church’s mythology and iconography, Jesse’s art is in part a howl of dissent against its core ideas, or at least the way they have become codified. There’s a concept I once heard expressed by Guru Singh of Yoga West—one of the pre-eminent American teachers of Kundalini Yoga—that rather than suppressing the ego, we should work to expand it out to infi...

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FOREWARD 4 INTRODUCTION 5 FILM 7 OBJECTS 23 IMAGES 43 PERFORMANCES 63 MUSIC 71 ARCHITECTURE 79 GALLERY 93 LOGOS 113 PUBLICATIONS 115 PRODUCTS 125 THE PULCHRIST MANIFESTO 141...

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The wanderings of Odysseus.

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Book I Athene visits Telemachus Book II Debate in Ithaca Book III Telemachus in Pylos Book IV Telemachus in Lacedaemon Book V Odysseus and Calypso Book VI Odysseus and Nausicaa Book VII Odysseus meets Alcinous Book VIII The Games in Phaeacia Book IX Polyphemus the Cyclops Book X Odysseus and Circe Book XI Odysseus in the Underworld Book XII Scylla and Charybdis Book XIII Odysseus in Ithaca Book XIV Odysseus and Eumaeus Book XV Telemachus Returns Book XVI Odysseus and Telemachus Book XVII Odysseus in the palace Book XVIII Irus the beggar Book XIX Odysseus and Eurycleia Book XX Preparations for revenge Book XXI The archery contest Book XXII The fight in the palace Book XXIII Odysseus and Penelope Book XXIV Athene makes peace...

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The killing fields of Troy.

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Book I The Quarrel Book II The Catalogue of Ships Book III The Duel Book IV The Truce Broken Book V Diomedes Fights the Gods Book VI Hector and Andromache Book VII Ajax against Hector Book VIII The Trojans at the Wall Book IX Achilles is Unmoved Book X The Night Raid Book XI The Achaeans Routed Book XII Hector storms the Wall Book XIII The Fight at the Ships Book XIV Hera tricks Zeus Book XV The Greeks at Bay Book XVI The Death of Patroclus Book XVII The Fight for Patroclus’ Body Book XVIII New Armour for Achilles Book XIX The Quarrel is Ended Book XX Achilles Leads the Army Book XXI The Fight at the River Book XXII The Death of Hector Book XXIII The Funeral Games for Patroclus Book XXIV Achilles and Priam...

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The master returns!

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Everything is big in terms of grandeur and size but not in vertical: in Washington, in fact, there are no skyscrapers. Bizarre? No. It’s even better this way. For example the Washington Mall is incredibly vast and neat and amazing: start from the Lincoln Memorial (and admire all the others, such as the Korean, Viet Nam, World War II) to get to Capitol Hill and you’ll understand how huge it is...

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There’s no place like Venice in the world: you’ll fall in love with its canals and bridges and spectacular views. Rich in museums and historical buildings, you’ll soon find that its fame is really deserved...

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Paris is a marvellous city, also know as “City of Lights” and “City of Love”: indeed it is very romantic and each street has a peculiar building or monument which reminds its ancient history. Explore it quarter by quarter and let you tempt by its charm...

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Rent a car and drive: the most beautiful sceneries are to be found driving along Highway 1 (just everywhere, north to south), Highway 319 in Apalachicola National Forest, Interstate 10 just outside Pensacola, and Highway 98 near Fort Walton Beach...

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Glamour, chic, rich: this is Miami Beach! An incredible nightlife after dinner in one of its famous restaurants, days spent on its sunny lazy beaches, an extensive Art Deco District: a vibrant and multicultural centre...

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Few cities can show as many amazing sights and fantastic attractions as London: the Big Ben, the Tower Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral and Trafalgar Square to name a few. London’s vibrant culture keeps evolving: new trends start here and then spread themselves beyond the Channel in continental Europe...

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The Roman Forum was the political, commercial and religious center of Ancient Rome: walking among arches, temples in ruins, stone paved streets towards the Coliseum is a unique experience...

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A city surrounded by mountains and beaches: almost incredible but this is Barcelona! A sunny climate comes with architectural wonders, a very good cuisine and its renowned Movida...

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This is the very heart of Florence: start here your visit, in this strangely shaped square whose renowned Palace is one of the symbols of this town; near the front door, there’s a copy of the David by Michelangelo. The Uffizi Gallery is one of the most famous museums in the world: art masterpieces from 13th to 18th century reside here...

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Nobody thinks about this as a very beautiful city: indeed it is! Easy to get to and to visit, Brussels is a tranquil and relaxed city. Moreover it is the administrative center of Europe. Climate is its only flaw: you can experience spring, summer and fall (even winter, sometimes) in just one day...