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Monthly Archives: June 2013
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“He just needs a real friend,” Siew Po was saying.” We all had imaginary friends when we were young. Didn’t you?” “Yes but under the altar?” Ma asked incredulously. “Small children have incredible imagination. Perhaps I shouldn’t let him in … Continue reading
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A Little Sweet – my 3rd book
My blog posts for the last few days comprised of: novellas, Spiritualism, Neurology, Infrasonics, Beat Generation, counter-culture, Surrealism Read how these themes come together in my latest work ‘ A Little Sweet’, a novella. This is a tale told by … Continue reading
Christina wrote a great piece on The Impressionists that reminded me of an old story about the founder and possibly the greatest of The Impressionist Movement: Jean-Claude Monet. Now, the Impressionists were a new breed of radical artists who painted their … Continue reading
Beatniks
In the 1950s, while most of Asia was shaking off the dust of imperialism and the Second World War; quietly rising from the ashes, the Surrealism movement in Europe hovered across the Atlantic to America’s shores. The early adopters were … Continue reading
Surrealism
With reference to my last post, while America was partying throughout the 1920s, their European counterparts were getting real, surreal; as a matter of fact. Emerging from the ashes of the Great War (if only they knew what’s lurking in … Continue reading
I had intended to write about the Beatniks but inspired by Christina’s movie review of The Great Gatsby I shall retrace about 30 years back. The Great Gatsby, as with author F Scott Fitzgerald’s other works, was an indictment of … Continue reading
Mackenzie King – An unflattering biography
First, the good stuff: Mackenzie King is considered one of the most influential Prime Minister in Canada. He was also the longest-serving (22 years) and holds the record for being the only Canadian PM to date who had 5 university … Continue reading
Infrasound
You are working alone in a dank and dark room. A little dehydrated and hungry, you have been too immersed in your work to notice. The room is dimly lit and warm but thankfully has a ventilating fan that’s a … Continue reading
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome and Lewis Carroll
” Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw…but she could not even get … Continue reading
Van Gogh’s ear and his epilepsy
Vincent Van Gogh; apart from his artwork was also famed for being an artist who cut off his own ear. Repeatedly hospitalized in an asylum, he suffered scores of physical and mental ailments which included hallucinations and chronic depression which … Continue reading
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