Education Archives - Pier Marton

Binge-Stream the Film Treasures Now! (SLIFF BUZZ 2020)

by Pier Marton | Nov 19, 2020 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Complexity, Death, Doc, Eco, Education, France, Genocide, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Native, Peace, Politics, Racism, Religion, Shoah, STL, US, Women, World

In spite of Covide-19, the St. Louis International Film Festival is still keeping its promise of excellence and allowing St. Louisans – and now for some films even the rest of the world – for the first time ever, to stream its cornucopia of international...

No Denying It Anymore or We Are Dead

by Pier Marton | Jun 20, 2020 | Action, Cancer, Care, Complexity, Eco, Education, Ideas, The Future, Violence, World

Two alerts! Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate Emergency, Climate Strike, Sunrise Movement… World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert. THE GUARDIAN (Fiona Harvey) Excerpts: International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent...

Buñuel’s Religious Punch – The Milky Way Plays in St. Louis

by Pier Marton | Mar 9, 2019 | Art, Complexity, Education, Ego, Film, French, Hispanic, History, Ideas, Mystery, Religion, STL, Uncategorized, Violence

Through Cinema St. Louis & its 11th Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival Saturday, Mar. 9 at 7:30pm with Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff & Delphine Seyrig 1969/101 min. ————— ADDENDUM [Now that the screening is over – two links to the film] Through...

The Void and its Pressure

by Pier Marton | Jan 1, 2016 | Art, Care, Complexity, Death, Doc, Education, Ego, Hispanic, Ideas, NON, Now, Peace, Poet, Site, Spectacle, Text, The Future, Time, Violence, Wars, Women, Words, World, Youth

— January 1st – World-Wide Wishful Thinking Day — El Vacío y su Presión translated into English as The Void and its Pressure ENGLISH TRANSLATION FROM Spanish Version & Original Links –> Primera Parte & Segunda Parte El vacío y su presión (I...

THE SCHOOL OF NO MEDIA

by Pier Marton | Jan 1, 2016 | Action, Art, Care, Complexity, Death, Doc, Eco, Education, Ego, Free, Health, Highlights, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Now, Peace, Poet, Religion, Site, Spectacle, Time, Violence, Wars, World

January 1st, World-Wide Wishful Thinking Day, is the Grand Opening of the School of No Media [from the front page] A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light. — Kafka The essence of normalcy is the refusal of reality. — Ernst Becker Technology…...

Facts + Identity = Mess

by Pier Marton | Jul 6, 2014 | Eco, Education, Ideas, Politics, Popular, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Teach, US

[cf. Ajahn Sumedho’s book: Don’t Take Your Life Personally] RELATED TO Pier Marton’s BEYOND BELIEF The New York Times’ THE UPSHOT Debate That Divides When Beliefs and Facts Collide by Brendan Nyhan @BrendanNyhan JULY 5, 2014 Do Americans...

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus