Happy Life 2016

From the mind of Roger Waters.

How did this guy make this piece of work?

From The Wall:

...A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone. ...

Two UW Thinkers Pass, Dangerous People

In contemporary America where an ahistorical culture discourages thinking and questioning society the loss of two UW-Madison scholars is marked this morning.

Frances Myers, 78, renown printmaker and artist who drew students the world-over to study at the UW-Madison Art department and Mathematics professor emeritus Anatole Beck both passed.

Jane Burns has a piece in the Wisconsin State Journal this morning.

Beck's many pursuits in life includes fervent opposition to the U.S. invasion of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Myers taught her particular expertise in art forms that like much art instructs on the milieu of social arrangements and political institutions.

Art is often censored in fascist societies, and much art was banned in NAZI Germany, for example.

Of Ms. Myers, Prof. Jim Dennis said, "She was an ardent teacher, right up until the end."

The Rising

Certain works of art offer a clarity as to why we as a country, as a people, ought not to murder people.

One of my favorites for this Easter Weekend: The end scene of Sophie's Choice.

And of-course: Monty Python.

Howl Against Censorship, Howl, 50 Years Later

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Bruce and Neil: Rockin in the Free World

Great music renders the Roves, Nixons, Bushes and Cheneys fading memories as citizens work toward a better future.

The power of music and art to effect political change can never be overstated.

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