Tag Archives: art

An Invitation To a Mud Bath

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Gene Stewart

Famous writers aren’t as famous as celebrities from other walks of life, such as actors or rock stars. There are exceptions to the Known By Looks stuff, such as Neil Gaiman doing a rock star image and Donna Tartt’s actor … Continue reading →

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Let History Stand (So We Can Learn From It)

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Gene Stewart

Regarding censorship and bowdlerizing older books etc. —  Correcting errors is necessary to present a better book and is not censorship or bowdlerizing. Copyediting is entirely ethical, and improves the work. It is not ethical to change published work. If … Continue reading →

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Be Amazed

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Remakes are easier to get funded because they have a proven record. That has traditionally been what has driven Hollywood to keep producing retreads. Same story, new cast. What’s been happening lately differs because X-gen and later directors who grew … Continue reading →

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Culture Theft Vs. Exploration

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Gene Stewart

Cultural appropriation would neither work nor matter if it didn’t sell. It is those supporting it that make it vile. There is a racist market for such theft. When Pat Boone whitened music by Little Richard or Chuck Berry, that … Continue reading →

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Books, Music, Atoms, Electrons, & You

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Gene Stewart

I don’t like publishing at ALL and I think there’s room for a total revamp. Thing is, getting product to customer. This requires defining product. As cited in Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte, it’s a matter of atoms versus electrons.  … Continue reading →

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One of These Things is Not Like the Other

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Gene Stewart
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Hayseed Coup & Evidence of Simulated Existence

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Gene Stewart

Never blame conspiracy for what incompetence can explain. Ah, but what if it’s a conspiracy of incompetence? / geste /// “Hayseed Coup” If people can go insane Why not cities, states, Countries going insane? Look around. First small groups went … Continue reading →

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Never Learn, Do We?

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Gene Stewart

When I was in 5th grade I was chosen for a summer arts program at the school.  Ages ranged up to high school and kids were drawn from all over the area. These two guys stood out.  Slightly older, they … Continue reading →

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The Beginning of The End, Black Sabbath’s Last Tour’s First Concert

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Black Sabbath, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, 20 January 2016 CE, evening No one to glance at, share with, In moments when events Signify chains of memories Shared memory means life. / W B Kek /// Writers learn to store experience, observation, … Continue reading →

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Aping the Worst

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Serial killers become celebrities in America and around the world, their personal things collected, their images polished, and their lives endlessly studied by wanna-bes.  This despite serial killers having reduced everything to a mindless stupidity:  Kill. They are boring imbeciles, … Continue reading →

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