Keeping myths alive

India has adopted a narrative mechanism of the West to keep the story of ancient and sacred texts, like the Ramayana, alive amongst a younger generation: the comic book. Julie Romain, the curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, organized Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics. It's interesting to see archetypes like Durga and Krishna depicted in X-Men style fashion. But what better medium than the graphic novel to bring Devi, Vishnu and Hanuman to life? It's a interesting fusion of East/West and pop/fine art. See Scott Timberg's piece here.

Happy Halloween

Hope you gorge on miniature candy and chocolate and leave glitter in your bed.

A Glazed Look

My father once made an abstract painting on a Matzah. It's beautiful (hard to capture on camera). He told me that sometimes he almost felt like eating his art, as a metaphor for the cyclical creation process.

Artists at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston created artwork on the theme of food as art, currently being displayed as a group exhibit called "Eat the Art". The show brings together a metric tonnage of artwork on the theme of food as art, featuring pieces in a variety of media from 42 different artists. Found here.

The Kaleidoscope

When you stop to wonder
'What the fuck am I doing here?'
It's like opening a can of snake-filled peanut brittle
the practical joke kind
green mesh wires jump out
taking you by surprise.
the complete random unpredictability,
the twists and turns of a preconceived yet untold plot,
drives you down tree-lined lanes.
pollen slowly rises
gets caught like wool clouds
in the back of your throat.
the questions make your eyes water
propel you to walk down white industrial aisles
fluorescent bulbs casting
an eerie pharmaceutical glow
to create a flow
artificially unblocking, releasing
the backlog of shit
that has made your days a haze.
slowly removed, just hovering above
like a fly sitting pretty on a lamp post
staring into the dull monotony below.
the constant hum, a distant beat
the sound of slow, but continuous movement
as people go to refill prescriptions,
pick-up neatly pressed white shirts,
clip the grocery list on a steel cart,
squeeze into a crowded car at rush hour,
forgetting to stop and wonder,
to gaze at the questions
that slowly arrange and re-arrange
as the kaleidoscope clicks
colors and shapes shift.

Super History

Superb photography project by Agan Harahap from Jakarta, Indonesia. The ‘Super Hero’ project consists of memorable political and wartime scenes from the mid-20th century featuring beloved superheros like Spiderman or Batman in some interesting and funny positions – true juxtaposition in effect. Found here.