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The global Hindu movement Toronto inaugurated its largest Hindu temple last Saturday. It was an event full of dignitaries, with the Toronto ...

The inspiration of Enoch There's been an interesting discussion going on at Bad Eagle on Apocrypha. My take on it, regarding the Ethiop...

Getting nature right I have just had a short essay published in a botanical artists' newsletter. The article is a survey of botanical ar...

The Assurance of God Many important moments of revelation, or self-examination, in the Bible occur in the desert. - That is where Moses fir...

Schiele's decadence over time Schiele, whose most well-known portraits resemble concentration camp victims, started off with conventiona...

Portraits from Arles, to Vienna, to Auschwitz Self-Portrait, Vincent Van Gogh, 1889 Portrait of Mime Van Osen, Egon Schiele, 1910 Auschwi...

From Arles, to Vienna, to Auschwitz The Neue Gallerie in New York has an exhibition entitled: Van Gogh and Expressionism . German expressio...