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If you find out next week that you are terminally ill ~ and we're all terminally ill on this bus ~ all that will matter is memories of beauty, that people loved you, and you loved them, and that you tried to help the poor and innocent.
~Anne Lamott

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‘Patia Wuz Here, ’08′: Is Graffiti Art?

Three years ago, I wrote a post about the California Street Bridge graffiti wall in Missoula. That brief post engendered a interesting conversation in the comments thread between myself and a couple of local graffiti artists. It was particularly fascinating to me because I was taking an Art Appreciation class at the time. . . . → Read More: ‘Patia Wuz Here, ’08′: Is Graffiti Art?

Call Of The Siren: The Female Body Then And Now

When I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2004, I took a picture of what I could only describe as an unusual mermaid. Then, last March, a well-educated friend of mine, Kelly, emailed me the following:

Back in the medieval world, a mermaid with a split tail showed up frequently on Romanesque . . . → Read More: Call Of The Siren: The Female Body Then And Now