As I wrote in The Amazing Street Art Scene in Bogotá, Colombia’s sprawling, high-altitude capital is a veritable feast for […]
Archive for ‘Culture’
The Disunited States of Fear
Here we are again (and again and again and again…[queue the refrain]…) in the aftermath of more mass murders in […]
Portals of Malta
Doorways are portals to other worlds, both real and imagined. J. R. R. Tolkien–speaking through one of his most enduring […]
Don’t Say You’re An ‘American’
We are conditioned so effectively to play artificial roles that we mistake them for our true nature. Jean–Jacques John, an expat who recently relocated to Colombia, approached the desk at the […]
In honor of women everywhere
In honor of the IMMEASURABLE, and often unheralded, role women play in holding our fragile world together, this is […]
Art and Ideology in Hitler’s Third Reich
Traditionally artists have provided a mirror image of the societies in which they lived, often being at the forefront of […]
A Tale of Three Colombian Pueblos
While Colombia’s big cities of Bogota, Medellin and Cali get most of the press, the true heart of this incredibly […]
Can we free ourselves of cultural bias?
I saw the sign ‘Real Estate—Apartments and Condos for Rent’ so decided to stop in and inquire. The professionally dressed […]
Madonnas as Symbols of Devotion
Only a Woman, divine, could know all that a woman can suffer. ― Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop Shrines […]
The Power of the Visual
As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. This is definitely the case when comparing the […]
