THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER A review by Christopher Bernard For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror . . . —Rilke Custodians of Beauty Pavel Zuštiak and Palissimo Company Zellerbach Playhouse Berkeley, California One of the many peculiarities of our post-postmodern age (though a clearer term for it would be “hypermodern”) […]
Read MoreOLD JOY A review by Christopher Bernard New Work Etel Adnan San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Until January 6, 2019 It is tempting to call Etel Adnan a contemporary instance of the “late bloomer”: someone whose work came into its own after most people’s lives have begun winding down. But […]
Read MoreWelcome to December’s issue of Synchronized Chaos Magazine! First off, here’s a scholarly paper on Chaos Theory from Femke Reitsma of the Graduate School of Geography, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Our theme for this month is Daydreams and Reveries. Poet Mahbub’s speakers step out of linear time and place to process grief, love, and other strong emotions. One […]
Read Morethe benefits of technology Determined to honor the father she never knew, a polaron & a soliton lattice — sort of the homely under- dogs of the whale world — were included as special cases. So that the dangers of non-lethal blast waves on the same or the following day wouldn’t affect any […]
Read MoreScreaming from a Secret Oubliette In my heart, there’s a spark that screams out to the child in me. In my dreams he’s alive. In reality, he died a hero. In a battle to save my soul. My tired third eye screams for peace of mind. Mind over matter isn’t easily achieved in […]
Read MoreWORTH ACCEPTANCE I don’t have a life, I don’t have a dream, End me now, Claim my soul, I’m sure you’ll reject it, As I’m not worth it all. Oh leave me alone, I’m weak and feeble, Strength is below my desires now, As the grave is just within my grasp, But fear of rejection […]
Read MoreOur beautiful island We all live on an island, blue, which is spacious is great … immense, in its circular, rugged, just like our dreams. Mystic of the summer evening in Lisbon, Rose near the Largo do Camões. We only have this island, in a blue sea, of a darkness berthed in the plains, and […]
Read MoreThe Canada Goslings, Lilly and Scooter, A Lesson Learned by Patricia A. Thorpe. The Canada Goslings by Patricia A. Thorpe is a very cute children’s picture book. The book has a very cute story of two Canadian Geese, Maude and Arnold, who fly to Lake Kristine in Wisconsin to lay her eggs. After the eggs […]
Read MoreThe Sun Eclipse I watch the sun over my head Covered with darkness I drowse feeling so weakness in my body But you can’t guess to see the face or body I speak with you, deliver my lecture All goes as before as usual My inside is covered with death The world is departing […]
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