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“We need scores of things to die every minute in order for us and our way of life to keep on going… Life doesn’t feed on life. Life doesn’t nourish life. Death feeds life.”

- Stephen Jenkinson
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The Painter Who Followed the Light

Thomas Kinkade celebrates life and portrays death through his art

Growing up, the Thomas Kinkade store in Staten Island Mall served as a landmark to me and my family. Some of my most distinct childhood memories are of roaming those aisles of paintings for hours, while my mom and aunt … Continue reading

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Altars of Loneliness: The Art of Joseph Cornell

Groundbreaking American artist expresses disenfranchised grief through surrealist assemblage

Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) is widely known as an American artist whose work influenced key developments in the contemporary art world, such as the Fluxus movement and the rise of installation art. His favored techniques of collage and assemblage using common, found … Continue reading

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“Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn.”

- Delmore Schwartz
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“The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.”

- Oscar Wilde
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“Old age is always fifteen years older than I am.”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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