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Henri Matisse, La Danse from The Joy of Life

Cyril: “I can quite understand your objection to art being treated as a mirror. You think it would reduce genius to the position of a cracked looking glass. But you don’t mean to say the you seriously believe Life imitates Art, that Life in fact is the mirror and Art the reality?”

Vivian: “I do.”

— Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying, 1889

 

The Reflections Blog contains my latest thoughts on politics, the arts, word and visual games, stories and whatever else strikes me.

The Reflections In A Cracked Glass Book  is a collection of essays that are more in the form of a book than a blog.

Theater, games, and stories are articles non-professional theater; Myst-like visually rich games, crossword and number game;  and science fiction short stories.

If you’re interested in who I am, check out my About Me page.

 

Jon Mack, South Newfane, Vermont

Hans Hoffman, The Golden Wall 

Hans Hoffman, The Golden Wall

Hospital inscription in Cuba: "A single human life is worth millions of times more than the wealth of the richest person on earth"
Placard on hospital in Cuba: “The life of one person is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest person in the world.”

Essays on creativity, community, social change, and the search for meaning