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Banksy’s October New York Guerilla Fiesta

by Pier Marton | Nov 2, 2013 | Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Education, Food, Galleries, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Media, Mystery, NON, Objects, Peace, Poet, Politics, Racism, Sights, Spectacle, Teach, Text, Time, US, World, Youth

At the edges of the art world and its fetishisation, and banking on it. BETTER OUT THAN IN October 2013 An Artists Residency on the Streets of New York All pictures painted inside, in the studio, will never be as good as those done outside. Paul Cézanne Excerpts from...

Against the Luxury of Tradition

by Pier Marton | Oct 26, 2013 | Care, Eco, Food, Health, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, iOS, Media, Peace, Politics, Spectacle, World, Youth

Russell Brand on revolution: “We no longer have the luxury of tradition” But before we change the world, we need to change the way we think. By Russell Brand Published 24 October 2013 Russell Brand asks: “Is utopian revolution possible?” Photo: Reuters/Cathal...

Fukushima en 2 Minutes ou Pourquoi Dire Non Au Nucléaire

by Pier Marton | Sep 18, 2013 | Asia, Care, Death, Eco, Food, Future Tech, Now, Peace, Sci/Nat

Comprendre la situation à Fukushima en deux minutes. Fukushima in two minutes: why and how everyday radioactive water leaks out of it (while you were watching, 132 gallons have done so). Related: Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Leak: What You Should Know (National...

Progress = Rebellion (in China)

by Pier Marton | Sep 17, 2013 | Asia, Care, Food, Human Rights, Politics

From the NYTimes: Leaving the Land [Slideshow] Picking Death Over Eviction Articles in this series look at how China’s government-driven effort to push the population to towns and cities is reshaping a nation that for millenniums has been defined by its rural life....

Bill Moyers: Justice & Fairness Against the Lottery!

by Pier Marton | Jul 22, 2013 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Food, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Native, Now, Politics, Quotes, Racism, US, Women, Youth

The fundamental conclusion I’ve reached after 79 years and a lot of work is that life is lottery. I don’t buy this argument that people are self-made; our opportunities are presented to us – how we resolve them, how we exploit them, how we respond to them are the...

Cancer & Ayurveda

by Pier Marton | Jul 20, 2013 | Asia, Cancer, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Food, France, Health, Humor, Mystery, Popular, Sci/Nat, Shoah

English Speakers Please use Google Translate in the right column to translate various articles. At the bottom of this page there is a TEDx Talk in English by Dr Indulal on Ayurveda and Cancer. Finally, the film has enough English to be understood by English speakers...

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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