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Las Piedras del Cielo

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Gregg Chadwick Las Piedras del Cielo 16"x20" oil on linen 2010 "From the top they could make out, apart from the canyon, some small boulders which seemed to be as high as a man. Those who went down and who reached them swore that they were taller than the great tower of Seville." - Pedro de Casteneda, notes from the Coronado Expedition "I have heard rumors of visitors who were disappointed. The same people will be disappointed at the Day of Judgment. In fact, the Grand Canyon is a sort of landscape Day of Judgment. It is not a show place, a beauty spot, but a revelation" - J. B. Priestley My latest paintings gather thoughts and images of time, history and place. On a day when a federal judge blocks the imposition of a biased l...

Die Kathedrale Der Bucher (The Cathedral of Books)

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Gregg Chadwick Die Kathedrale Der Bucher (The Cathedral of Books) 20"x16" oil on linen 2010 I am back from Berlin steeped in imagery and inspiration and new work. Today, books are on my mind as my latest painting was inspired by the Selexyz Dominicanen , a bookstore in Maastricht, the Netherlands, located in a deconsecrated Dominican Church. Also, Michael Krasny interviewed Phil Cousineau about his latest book Wordcatcher which includes over twenty images of my artworks inspired by Phil's marvelous word histories. Phil Cousineau Catches Words with Michael Krasny

The Persistence of Being

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Gregg Chadwick The Persistence of Being 36"x24" oil on linen 2010

Cadillac Desert

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Gregg Chadwick 24"x36" oil on linen 2010

Happy Father's Day!

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Kent Chadwick in a Saffron Hug Bob Chadwick in Uniform Ralph Heilemann in DC9 Hat The Furrow -WS Merwin Did I think it would abide as it was forever all that time ago the turned earth in the old garden where I stood in spring remembering spring in another place that had ceased to exist and the dug roots kept giving up their black tokens their coins and bone buttons and shoe nails made by hands and bits of plates as the thin clouds of that season slipped past gray branches on which the early white petals were catching their light and I thought I knew something of age then my own age which had conveyed me to there and the ages of the trees and the walls and houses from before my coming and the age of the new seeds as I set each one in the ground to begin to remember what to become and the order in which to return and even the other age into which I was passing all the time while I was thinking...

Obama's Oval Office Call for Clean Energy: Full Transcript and Video

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Remarks by the President to the Nation on the BP Oil Spill Full Transcript of Speech from the Oval Office June 15, 2010 8:01 P.M. EDT Good evening. As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every American. Abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al Qaeda wherever it exists. And tonight, I’ve returned from a trip to the Gulf Coast to speak with you about the battle we’re waging against an oil spill that is assaulting our shores and our citizens. On April 20th, an explosion ripped through BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, about 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana. Eleven workers lost their lives. Seventeen others were injured. And soon, nearly a mile beneath the surface of the ocean, oil began spewing into the water. Because there has never been a leak this size at this depth, stopping it has tested the limits of human technology. ...

BuddhaFest "Om" Flashmob in a Washington DC Bookstore

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"June 09, 2010 — What if we could make a difference by doing something simple? A bunch of us walked into a bookstore in downtown Washington, DC, sat down and started chanting OM. Here's what happened." BuddhaFest "Om" Flashmob in a Washington DC Bookstore Produced by Cory Wilson DC's First Buddhist Film Festival runs from June 17th until June 20th. SCHEDULE All events at the Katzen Arts Center at American University unless otherwise noted on the schedule. A few events will be held across the street at the Kay Spiritual Life Center. Location 4400 Massachusetts Ave, Washington, DC, 20016 THURSDAY - JUNE 17 6:30 PM | Opening Reception: Featuring contemporary Asian refreshments from Mie N Yu of Georgetown and an opening ceremony led by Tibetan Drupon Tinley Ningpo. 8:00 PM | Opening Film: Cherry Blossoms FRIDAY - JUNE 18 4:30 PM | FREE SCREENING: Fire Under the Snow 7:00 PM | Program: Tara Brach and Lama Surya Das Living Buddha - Awakening in...