By Nina Heyn
We conclude “The Year of Vermeer” at Food for the Soul with a visit to The Art of Painting , which can be found at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Vermeer painted it around 1666, at the height of his artistic power, and the title assigned to this canvas by historians seems to reflect the sum of his ideas about the act of creating a painted picture.
“Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.”~ Al Capone
By Charlie Stephens
By now, a large and growing fraction of our country’s population knows that the quality of life of …
“I know my days are numbered for daring to speak the truth.” ~ John O’Looney
This week, we recognize British funeral director John O’Looney as our Hero of the Week. With nearly two decades…
Taking moral responsibility for our personal exercise of purchasing power and withdrawing support from entities that degrade the common good may not be sufficient to halt tyranny in the short term, b…
Wild Elephants Gather Inexplicably, Mourn Death of “Elephant Whisperer”
beliefnet.com (May 2012)
Kids Who Get Driven Everywhere Don’t Know Where They’re Going
The Atlantic Cities (7 May 12)
Documentaries are helpful in understanding the power of digital technology in compromising individual, enterprise, and governmental sovereignty. This week on Let’s Go to the Movies, I revisi…
By Nina Heyn — Your Culture Scout Even though most of the artists I admire are from the 20th century—from David Hockney to Leonora Carrington, and from Gerhard Richter to Francis Bacon—I’m usually not able to post about them here because images of their art are still under copyright. It is, therefore, a rare treat…