Edvard Munch: Alpha og (and) Omega

“Sickness and insanity were the black angels that guarded my cradle” Edvard Munch, personal manuscript. Background Edvard Munch is one of

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Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks: “I scare myself” and a little more – in the context of perplexed personal situations

It was sometime in the early 1980’s. I was in my late 20s and doing postgraduate work in the United

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By the (breaking) sea wave: A “Fluxus Eleatis” Discourse

Mr. FFF: Παρα θιν αλος. By the breaking sea wave. MM: I see Priest Chryses praying. For his daughter Chryseis

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Blue Velvet: A “Fluxus Eleatis” Discourse

IN DREAMS, Roy Orbison A candy-colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle

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On the Dark Side: A “Fluxus Eleatis” Discourse

Ludwig Wittgenstein: “In a conversation: one person throws a ball; the other does not know whether he is supposed to

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Mushrooms and Truffles: A “Fluxus Eleatis” disourse

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin: The word gastronomy has been revived from the Greek; it sounds sweetly in French ears, and although

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Women in Men's Clothes

Today I want to address the subject of women wearing men’s clothes. In spite of the Bible’s (Deuteronomy 22.5) urge:

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The irresistible power of … UPDATED 8pm – (Το μ…νι σερνει και το καραβι και τον αρχηγο του ΔΝΤ) ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗ 8 μμ

Εμεις οι Ελληνες εχομε βαθειες παρακαταθηκες. Ειμεθα και ναυτικος λαος. Και ως εκ τουτου εχομεν επιγνωσιν των δυναμεων εκεινων που

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Hellas, Europe, Panathinaikos UPDATED 10th May 2011 – Ελλας Ευρωπη Παναθηναικος

Μεσα στα βαρεια συννεφα που σκιαζουν τη χωρα, η τριφυλλαρα πηρε το 6ο κυπελλο ευρωπαικης καλαθοσφαιρισεως – την κουπα –

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Freud on the Acropolis

On his only visit to Greece, in 1904, Sigmund Freud experienced brief but unsettling feelings of alienation as he stood

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