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The Kindness of Yoram Gross (of Blinky Bill Fame)

by Pier Marton | Dec 28, 2013 | Antisemitism, Doc, History, Jewish, Review, Shoah, Wars

Post-Screening Note & Review: At my recent presentation of the film at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, it was clear that the audience was enthralled by watching the elder Yoram Gross, the noted Australian animator, passing the baton of history...

Why Care About the N.S.A.? The End of Journalism & Privacy

by Pier Marton | Dec 6, 2013 | History, Human Rights, Ideas, Now, Politics, Tech, US, Wars, Women, World, Youth

Below, a short video clip by filmmaker Brian Knappenberger (“We Are Legion – The Story of the Hacktivists” -& currently on a documentary on Aaron Swartz) answering these typical questions – with Daniel Ellsberg “the infrastructure for a police state,” the...

Yeb Saño: If Not Now When?

by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2013 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Eco, Education, Food, France, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Magyar, Middle-East, Native, Now, Politics, Sci/Nat, Time, World

Complete Speech: Before going on a hunger strike, Yeb Saño tells UN summit in Warsaw “colossal devastation” from Typhoon Haiyan should serve as warning to planet. Philippines lead negotiator Yeb Saño addressed the opening session of the UN climate summit in Warsaw –...

Hungary and Anti-Semitism, Again

by Pier Marton | Oct 31, 2013 | Antisemitism, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Magyar, Middle-East, Music, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Theater, Time

Addendum: Dec. 11, 2013 A letter to The Guardian by Andras Schiff, the Hungarian-born British classical pianist: Hungarians Must Face Their Nazi Past, Not Venerate ItAddendum: Nov. 3, 2013 HU – ES – EN – DE – FR From the New York Times An Opera Fights Hungary’s Rising...

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Now 110!)

by Pier Marton | Oct 31, 2013 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Doc, Health, History, Humor, Jewish, Middle-East, Music, Mystery, Peace, Poet, Sci/Nat, Time, Women

The World’s Oldest Pianist/Optimist – and Holocaust Survivor – has just died on Sunday Feb. 23 2014 – (she was trailing by 8 months, Dr. Alex Imich, who at 111 is the second oldest second-oldest verified living person in the world) A very strong 2014 Oscar Nominated...

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...

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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