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Talking with guest columnist Lorette C. Luzajic about her new poetry book, Solace.
Your first poetry collection was The Astronaut’s Wife: Poems of Eros and Thanatos. Are the themes in Solace a departure from those themes, the themes of love and death?
No. I would venture that love and death, or life and death, are the [...]
A Painter’s Ode to Autumn
21, Sep 2011A Painter’s Ode to Autumn
By Lorette C. Luzajic
All around me, collective sighs sound a sad farewell to summer. But the second that the inferno-tinged air turns crisp under the sunlight, I come alive.
Photo by Daniel Medalie
I love everything about fall, from September’s grandiose Vogue extravaganza issue, to the crackle of tumbled leaves underfoot, to the [...]
Book Review: Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe
8, Sep 2011Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe – An Important Addition to Every Art and History Library
By Lorette C. Luzajic
One of the best ways to learn about history, geography and culture is through art. The personal interpretations expressed through art give depth to the politics, traditions, and experiences involved in history and its culmination in current events.
Black [...]
Article: Art and the Beauty Myth Myth
11, Aug 2011Art and the Beauty Myth Myth
By Lorette C. Luzajic
Without a doubt, there are idiots with a narrow view of what is beautiful, but the vast majority of men I meet see far more nuances than they are given credit for. The so-called pressure “forced” on women by the beauty industry and the fickle world of [...]
Book Review – Painters Eleven: a Brief Lesson in Canadian Art History
by Lorette C. Luzajic
There is vivid, exciting art culture in Canada beyond our stunning natural landscape and the Group of Seven, who translated that heritage into a national treasure and revealed it to the world. The Group of Seven has become synonymous with Canadian [...]
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Reading ‘Basquiat’ (Book Review)
8, Jun 2011Reading Basquiat
by Lorette C. Luzajic
Most people either love his work or hate it. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s strange and primitive medleys are either repulsive or compulsively compelling. I think he is a genius, but then, I’ve long held a maudlin fascination with the madness-creativity dichotomy.
There are a number of ways I relate to the work of [...]
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