Lost Horizons, Reckless

"If we do not have the capacity to distinguish what’s true from what’s false, then by definition the marketplace of ideas doesn’t work. And by definition our democracy doesn’t work. We are entering into an epistemological crisis." ~ Barack Obama, 2020

Norman Rockwell , The Problem We All Live With , 1964

Edward Burra , Striptease (Harlem), 1934

Gustave Moreau , The Apparition , 1875

Edward Burra, Dancing Skeletons, 1934

Julie London, Cry Me A River

Umberto Boccioni , Head + House + Light , 1912

Gerardo Dottori , City in Flames , 1926

George Ault , Sullivan Street, 1924

John William Waterhouse , The Magic Circle , 1886

Hope Gangloff , Untitled

L. S. Lowry , The Cripples , 1949

Max Ernst , Feast of the God , 1948

Albert Birkle , The Last Cavalier , 1925

Richard Westall , Satan Exulting , 1794

Bernard Buffet , Blanche Buffet, 1967

Theo van Doesburg , Composition in gray , 1919

Son House, Death Letter Blues

The Meditation Hall behind Poshan Temple by Chang Jian

I entered an ancient temple at dawn 
the rising sun lit the tall trees 
a trail led off to a secluded place 
to a meditation hall in a flowering wood 
where mountain light pleased the hearts of birds 
and pond reflections stilled men's minds 
the ten thousand noises were hushed 
all I heard was a bell