-- America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee) by Samuel F. Smith, 1808-1895
-- Marcel du Champ "Here appears definitely the goal toward which the different arts are tending, the place where they will meet perhaps: the future city of the spiritual life, to be built by them [the Impressionsists], of which poetry, as the state of the soul, would be the commanding gesture, music the atmosphere and painting the marvellous decoration." -- Achille Delaroche, "Concerning the Painter Paul Gauguin from an Aesthetic Point of View," as quoted in Paul Gauguin's Intimate Journals, translated by Van Wyck Brooks "...for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor." -- Micah 4:12 "L'Chaim!" -- traditional Jewish toast meaning "To Life!"  from Index of Acrylics by Jeannette Harris New York's Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France who'd provided formidable assistance during our 1776-1781 War of Independence to free ourselves from British colonial rule, is a 151-foot statue of a woman holding a book and a torch on-high -- "One of the colossal sculptures of world history, the Statue of Liberty has greeted millions from other lands who crossed the ocean in search of freedom, opportunity, and is a symbol to the world of those ideals of liberty upon which our nation and form of government were founded." Video above: French National Anthem, La Marseillaise, in celebration of rugby win for France at games played in Africa November 13, 2009
The Internet Site ofAppalachian Life and Art "A jewel on the web" since April 1996
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"You see, in many ways, Appalachia isn't what it used to be. We have lost more than 1 million acres of land, along with 1000+ of miles of our once pristine streams, and 90% of our traditional coal jobs to mountaintop removal mining. This barbaric practice has reduced much of our home to rubble, and further damaged our perennially struggling local economies. The jobs are gone. The people are leaving. The water is toxic. And they are blowing up the mountains themselves. "But the face of Appalachian resistance to 'Big Coal' is changing. Not only are we seeing unprecedented national and international media like NPR, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal run with stories about the Appalachian people's struggle to end mountaintop removal, but we are seeing 100s of online activists and bloggers participate in helping us spread the word through the iLoveMountains Bloggers Challenge. "Each week there will be featured blogs, activists, videos, facts, photos and more...." -- Appalachian Voices "... On phosphorous wings the phoenix floated/ The fires froze and the sea was hushed/ And when I tried to speak, the sun imploded/ And the war will wage in my guts/ Till the Devil bites the dust,/ I never saw him losin' a race, but I think he must/ ..." |
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rag n. 1. old, worn clothes 2. a newspaper 3. a composition in ragtime -- chew the rag [Slang] to chat |
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Exotic Listings Jenny's made of earth and sky and she knows more than she knows. She's a butterfly in a flowered thong, a song that washes passing boats with the husks of swaying straw, a fiddle bending to her tune and a dance that slithers wide. She's a renaissance that rises on the wild fields of your mind, a chord that sweet seduces from the mystery of her laughing woman-child. (1997)
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Cenantua There's a rush, a rumbling in the wind as we stumble on this old trail. Greening branches thicken over us. They crosshatch our path. In leafy folds, winged creatures watch. Through pools of moss, snakes writhe. When tumbling rocks crash like our dreams, we'll pick up a shard and fashion a brazier for warmth and rest. The air is cool and gentle at the crest and the land cascades in startled wonder from the sky. (1983)
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