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Artist/Photographer Ervin Marton (my father)

by Pier Marton | Oct 14, 2011 | Antisemitism, Art, Ego, France, Jewish, Juif, Magyar, Photo, Shoah

There will be much more information on a website if I find the time… FOR NOW + a temporary Wiki entry (with a few mistakes) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Randolph Braham à Budapest

by Pier Marton | Oct 14, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Ego, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Magyar, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Theater, Wars

Par Mihály Rózsa: Aujourd’hui, quand le maire de Budapest se permet d’offrir une institution culturelle prestigieuse, en l’occurence un théâtre aux nazis hongrois, il est particulièrement important de se pencher sur des événements douloureux de l’extermination des...

’11 SLIFF BUZZ PEACE ???

by Pier Marton | Oct 8, 2011 | Art, Asia, Care, Dance, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, Film, Highlights, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, KeyFilm, Mystery, Objects, Poet, Politics, Review, Sound, STL, Teach, Time, Video

– more about non-violent media – PEACE My short review: Are you familiar with Barthes’ “Degree Zero of Writing,” Lévinas’s philosophy of caress* or Ozu’s elliptical cinema? For the viewer of this astounding film these came to mind, but all that is required is the...

Raoul Wallenberg living in the Gulag for many years?

by Pier Marton | Sep 26, 2011 | Antisemitism, Death, Ego, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars

As a Swedish diplomat in Hungary during WWII, he saved 20,000 Jews (among whom two of my aunts). In Haaretz (AP) Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews before vanishing into Soviet captivity, may have been alive after the official 1947 date of...

Ajahn Chah ?? ??????? (Achaan Chah) Website

by Pier Marton | Sep 26, 2011 | Asia, Books, Care, Eco, Ego, Health, Highlights, Ideas, Mystery, Now, Site

I am sorry about the ?? instead of the Thai characters – on my previous WordPress.com blog, it worked fine. I have tried some of the tips provided here – http://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-converted-to-question-marks-on-save?replies=39 – but I need...

My 100 Year Old Active Friend (on Skype)

by Pier Marton | Sep 20, 2011 | Ego, Hispanic, History, Humor, Jewish, Magyar, Now, Shoah

Who either says he is “surprising well,” or “still alive.” He is one of only two people alive today (both “Bandi”) who knew my grandmother, the one that was gased at Auschwitz. This is a tribute by a relative of his. Today he recommended to me three programs on...

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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