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Art

WHY ART? Manifesto

by Tommy Manuel

So, if you’ve been read­ing, you may be aware that I like man­i­festos. I came across this one on by Holly Friesen while brows­ing Twit­ter yes­ter­day.  Friesen is an artist/poet liv­ing in the Lau­rent­ian moun­tains of Que­bec. Below is one of Friesn’s land­scape paint­ings, Fem­i­nine Cocoon.

Fem­i­nine Cocoon, 2008

The WHY ART? Man­i­festo
PEOPLE Have been THINKING too […]

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Snapshots from Shark Talk with David Shapiro, 06.23.09

by Tommy Manuel

Here are some snap­shots taken at last week’s Shark Talk with David Shapiro.  My apolo­gies for the poor qual­ity, but the light­ing wasn’t the best. It was a great evening with Shapiro shar­ing sto­ries of his long-time friend John Hej­duk, com­plete with imper­son­ations!  I was hop­ing we’d get around to Shapiro treat­ing us to the […]

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