I. INTRODUCTION

A. Art of the Day

The brilliance of Banksy, the greatest public muralist alive, the pseudonym of the ubiquitous artist whose overnight artworks shape public conversation, sagely satirizing Britain’s judicially-sponsored censorship on the walls of the courthouse itself, whose state coverup only makes the point of the art that much more persuasive. 

B. Wisdom of the Day

“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” Gandhi. 

C. Cultural Recommendation

The respectable members of the Klan, whose political permission slip from the powers-that-be animated the sick, violent fantasies of it’s psychotic members. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216152554-behind-the-mask-of-chivalry?

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I. INTRODUCTION

A. Art of the Day

The famed painting of the painter who painted me before his time (or so the joke goes about his portrait of a patron saint of the arts that looks like a biographical portrait) depicting the horrors of politicized violence he witnessed first hand in the bombing of the Basque town during the Spanish Civil War. 

B. Wisdom of the Day

“I saw troops who had fought bravely denounced as cowards and traitors, and others who had never seen a shot fired hailed as the heroes of imaginary victories, and I saw newspapers in London retailing these lies and eager intellectuals building emotional superstructures over events that had never happened.” George Orwell, Spanish Civil War. 

C. Cultural Recommendation

Two brilliant books by Orwell, one capturing the insanity of the Spanish Civil War and its welcoming of politicized violence, as well as the nature of life for the impoverished in early industrial London & Paris. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7802296-homage-to-catalonia-down-and-out-in-paris-and-london?

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I. INTRODUCTION

A. Art of the Day

Nestled between the central asian borders of China and India, neighboring Tibet, the sweeping mountain-scapes of Nepal inspire art from amateurs and professionals alike for those that visited this war-torn, revolution-wrecked nation whose political troubles cannot mask the brilliant physical beauty of its mountain-shaped landscape. 

B. Wisdom of the Day

“Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go the mountains of Nepal, a land of many wonders and rich history.” Jeffrey Rasley.  

C. Cultural Recommendation

From monarchy to Maoism, the recent history of Nepal. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20601078-the-bullet-and-the-ballot-box?

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