Art and the Homeless

The Censored Symposium: Plato's Dialogue and the Missing Erotic Performance Plato's Symposium is a celebrated artifact of ancient Greek culture, often studied as a static text that captures the intellectual and philosophical discourse of its participants. However, my thesis is that Plato's Symposium is incomplete without considering the live performance that took place during the event, particularly an erotic performance that was censored or bowdlerized by Plato himself. Plato's Symposium recounts a gathering where guests, including Socrates, engage in a series of speeches praising the god of love, Eros. While the text provides a rich narrative and philosophical discourse, it lacks the dynamic, performative aspects that were integral to the original symposium. The symposium was not merely a literary event but a ritual banquet that included libations to the gods, hymns, and the consumption of wine. The speeches were delivered in a specific context, with the participants ...

Give an example of a simple equation explaining thermonuclear fusion. Simple Fusion Equation: A simple equation that helps explain fusion is E=mc^2, which describes how mass can be converted into energy. In fusion, lighter atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus, and the mass difference is converted into energy, as described by Einstein's famous equation. Give an example of the lighter atomic nuclei combining equation. An example of lighter atomic nuclei combining in a fusion reaction is the fusion of two deuterium nuclei to form helium-3 and a neutron. The equation for this reaction is: D + D > He-3 + n  This is known as deuterium-deuterium (D-D) fusion and is one of the fundamental reactions in fusion energy research. The equation can be stated in simple arithmetic: 2 + 2 = 3 + 1. Absolutely! You can think of it as aritmetic: 2 (deuterium) + 2 (deuterium) = 3 (helium-3) + 1 (neutron) The numerals represent the number of nucleons (protons and neutrons) in each nucleus. ...

Echoes of Historical Tragedies: The Paris Commune and the Bar Kokhba Revolt Historical events, especially those marked by violence and death, leave deep and lasting impressions on the collective memory of a people. Two such events, separated by nearly two millennia, continue to resonate in the hearts and minds of their respective communities: the massacre of the Communards in Paris in 1871, and the violent suppression by the Romans of the Bar Kokhba revolt, in the 1st Century AD. Both events are marked by the brutal suppression of a rebellion against overwhelming opposition, which resulted a profound sense of collective grief and remembrance. The enduring human identification with the victims felt by the French for the Communards, and by Jews for the victims of the Bar Kokhba revolt, long after events, show similarities in how the memory of communities remember and honor their fallen. Despite their historical remoteness, these events remain powerful symbols of the human struggle for di...

The homeless subject of my work began with the simple observation of a people laying on the sidewalk. It always looked wrong and, finally, it became impassable. What made a difference was a change of state. A line had been crossed, a threshold of tolerance. The homeless had not changed. I had. You could say I'd had enough. The fact of the matter could no longer be ignored.  The homeless painting series began as a pathetic, shriveled body laying on the ground, surrounded by a lot of empty space  -open space, public space, exposed space. As a personal disclosure, the contrast between the focal point of an isolated body, surrounded by vacancy, suggested to me artistic possibilities. You could say I was taking advantage. Everyone responds differently to the homeless problem. My response is artistic.  The homeless figure in my art is a not very challenging problem, artistically. The figure is typically featureless, easy-to-draw, and instantly recognizable by the viewer a...

... search Dostoevsky notes from underground ... Dostoevsky Notes Underground "Notes from Underground" is a novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky first published in 1864. It is a first-person narrative in the form of a "confession" and is considered one of Dostoevsky's most revolutionary works, marking the dividing line between 19thand 20th-century fiction and the visions of self each century embodied. The novella presents itself as an excerpt from the memoirs of a bitter, isolated unnamed narrator, generally referred to as the Underground Man, who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. The work was originally announced by Dostoevsky in the journal Epoch under the title "A Confession". The Underground Man's narrative is acutely dialogized, and according to Mikhail Bakhtin, it is a highly influential work in literature. The novella is known for its critique of a popular Marxist idea at the time, specifically Rational Egoism championed by Nikola...

... the judge effectively ruled the district attorney’s office could hunt down such looted treasures if they ever pass through New York City regardless of their current location ... Judge Allows DA to Seek Looted Treasures Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos, chief of the US Antiquities Trafficking Unit, has been instrumental in recovering and repatriating looted cultural treasures from various countries. His unit has recovered more than 3,600 priceless cultural treasures from over two dozen countries, with half of them already returned to their rightful owners This indicates that the district attorney's office can indeed pursue the recovery of looted artifacts that pass through New York City, regardless of their current location, as long as they are within the jurisdiction of the office's legal authority. ... what is the test for proving claimed art works are within the jurisdiction of the office's legal authority ... To determine the jurisdiction of a District At...