Satellites of eyes orbit my dreams, cellophane specters inhabit this space of detachment. Here tongues are no longer foreign and  truth is the language I hold to my lips. Without fear  my mind dances gently into the compulsory night that folds into hours of  illusion.

My mind slips slowly

 into the subtle night that

folds softly into hours.

These veiled eyes close in the

hollow silence,

this holy sanctuary of solitude

where there is no fear

of  battle.

Melancholy is my sentry.

Follow us into

my chasm of insecurities,

I will not turn away

because tonight  I am weak.

art by Lu Jianjun

Otto Dix-Metropolis-1927-1928 In 1937 the reigning National Socialist party held an exhibition of Degenerate Art (Die Ausstellung “Entartete Kunst) in the Institute of Archaeology in the Hofgarten Munich, featuring Modernist, Expressionist, Dada and New Objectivity work by Grosz, Nolde, Klee, Ernst, Schwitters and others considered decadent by the regime. It was a huge success attracting over a million visitors in its first six weeks before going on tour nationally. Considerably less successful was the concurrent exhibition of Great German Art (Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung) of approved Nazi art that was meant to serve as a contrast and counterpoint to the Degenerate Art. Even Hitler and Goebbels, failed artist and novelist respectively, thought the works on display at the Great German Art Exhibition were weak, however puerility has never got in the way of good propaganda and it allowed Hitler to rail against cultural disintegration and declare war on the…

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Young Man Naked On The Bed With A Cat

St. Peter Healing St.Agatha In Prison

St. Peter Healing St. Agatha (detail)

Cleopatra’s Death

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Venus Playing The Harp

Sleeping Venus With Two Putti In A Landscape

Ruggero Rescuing Angelica

Rinaldo’s Farewell To Armida

Rinaldo’s Farewell To Armida (detail)

Norandino And Lucina Discovered By The Ogre

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L’Almée

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Exciting times are heading our way this week!

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, reports there will be…..A Supermoon, Blood moon, Blue moon and an eclipse on Wednesday, January 31st, 2018. I don’t know about you but this sounds like an ominous sign or maybe the moon goddesses all over the world have something very important to tell us? Here is the link to a great article by astronomer, Bob Berman on this amazing phenomenon, A Supermoon, Blue Moon, and Lunar Eclipse on January 31 Super Blue Blood Moon Eclipse

Well, since this is a special Supermoon appearing this week, I thought it would be a niftytime to write about some of these amazing moon goddesses.

One of the most famous and well known, ancient Asia minor goddess is Hekate or Hecate.

Hekate

Hekate is a potent three-headed goddess of the moon. She is also known as a light bearer.

Hekate