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for Alex Eliot on his 90th Birthday - "Oriste!"

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In Alex Eliot's marvelous essay in Frederick Franck's book, What Does it Mean to be Human? , Alex recounts his journey to the Greek region of Karoulia and his encounter with the "very holy fellow" Simon. Like many of his fellow Orthodox monks from Mount Athos, Simon retired to a cliff side residence in Karoulia. Perched high above the water, these monks spend their later years in solitude with the meeting of the sea and sky as their constant companion. Alex was invited by a fisherman from Mount Athos, who spoke of Simon as a holy fellow, to make the journey with him by sea to visit the monk. With the fisherman's boat bobbing in the waves below, Alex climbed a series of steps carved into the rock face with only a series of chains spiked into the cliff to hold onto. The fisherman had said, "If those chains will hold you, it is as God wills" for Alex to meet with Simon. At the end of his climb, Alex explains that he lay drenched in sweat gasping like a be...

Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books at UCLA Today and Tomorrow - April 25 - 26, 2009

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Author Wil Wheaton talks about writing, the sweet smell of bookstores and his Star Trek days as well as his excitement about the upcoming Star Trek film. See Wil Wheaton at UCLA today. General Info Dates Saturday, April 25 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday, April 26 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Location UCLA 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Tickets Tickets are free! Tickets will be available on April 19 through ticketmaster.com. They are needed for indoor panels and speaker sessions. More... Parking Parking on the UCLA campus is $9. Free shuttle bus services will connect the outlying UCLA parking lots with the main festival entrances. More at: L.A.Times Festival of Books Website

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Springsteen and the E-Street Band cover the Ramones' "I Want to be Sedated" - Boston, April 22, 2009

Springsteen and the E-Street Band cover the Ramones' "I Want to be Sedated" - Boston, April 22, 2009 Springsteen and the E-Street Band cover the Ramones' "I Want to be Sedated" - Boston, April 22, 2009 (full song - another view) On their current tour Springsteen and the E-Street Band are showing off their punk side. Last night in Boston, with a giddy Steve Van Zandt orchestrating the song, Springsteen and the E-Street Band covered the Ramones' "I Want to be Sedated". The video is a bit rough but in true punk form a manic energy is present. Enjoy! Mike Ness, Springsteen and the E-Street band perform Social Distortion's "Bad Luck" - Los Angeles, April 16, 2009

Holland Cotter awarded 2009's Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

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Art writer Holland Cotter has been awarded 2009's Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. From the Pulitzer site: The 2009 Pulitzer Prize for criticism has been "awarded to Holland Cotter of The New York Times for his wide ranging reviews of art, from Manhattan to China, marked by acute observation, luminous writing and dramatic storytelling." Sun Zhijun/Dunhuang Academy "Inside Mogaoku’s caves: A fifth-century painted Buddha, sprinkled with desert dust." Holland Cotter's article from July 2008, entitled Buddha's Caves , is a nice introduction to his writing: "Mogaoku is charmed ground. In late spring and early summer the air is fragrant, the sky a lambent blue, the desert oceanically serene. And there is the art and the soaked-in atmosphere of devotion. The place leaves strong and alluring memories in the memories of visitors; in its caretakers it inspires lifelong loyalty." Gregg Chadwick Sketchbook Image of "Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Port...

Karyūkai ( 花柳界) ~ Back from Japan (And in the Studio)

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Gregg Chadwick Karyūkai ( 花柳界) 85"x54" oil on linen 2009