In the Spanish language there is a wonderful idiom that has gone out of fashion in our times to express a sudden silence: “ha pasado un ángel”, or an angel passed by. The phrase is commonly used wh…| Infrapolitical Reflections
In 1947, the very young Cuban poet Fina García Marruz published the liturgical poem Transfiguración de Jesús en el Monte (Orígenes, 1947), which stands in the modernist tradition series of attempts to probe the divine nature of language after the flight of gods and the triumph of the new secular jargons. If earlier in the […]| Infrapolitical Reflections
New 4K Restoration of Oshii’s Rarely Screened Early Feature Comes to Cinemas for 40th Anniversary in First Ever North American Nationwide Release Starting November 19 GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning producer and distributor of acclaimed and artist-driven animation from around the world, announced it will bring Mamoru Oshii’s rarely screened early masterpiece ANGEL’S EGG to cinemas ... GKIDS To Release Acclaimed Director Mamoru Oshii’s Seminal Classic “ANGEL’S EGG” The post G...| GKIDS Films
This engraving shows a boat with a full sail in the style of Vikings. An angel with outstretched arm appears to be guiding the vessel which contains a dead body. This vignette represents the journey of the soul across the sea of death to the afterlife accompanied by a guardian angel. On the right side … Continue reading Sailing to the Afterlife→| Words on Stone
by – John W. Howell The plan was to read an advance copy of Detour on the Eternal Road, do some drawings of Sam and do a pre-release promo post. Well, I “took a wrong turn in Albuquerque“, hit a detour and missed the print release. So the road trip, of a post lifetime, passes … Continue reading Detour on the Eternal Road| Art Gowns