Tag Archives: Art

The Burning Skull

Posted on June 29, 2020 by The Twentieth Man

  Just for the sake of posterity, the Burning Skull calls for a reasonable explanation. And, if it is so, that True Stories are The Best Kinds of Stories, the reader might be a bit disappointed in this one. Monsoon … Continue reading →

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Dark Christmas

Posted on December 9, 2018 by The Twentieth Man

  Photographed at Tay Ninh Base Camp, on the Cambodian border, 1969 “God bless us, everyone”.

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The Ceramic Duck

Posted on July 30, 2014 by The Twentieth Man

Somewhere in this great big world of ours (in this case China) stands a factory churning out ceramic ducks by the truckload. The duck depicted is a superior example of the hundreds of ceramic ducks I’ve seen over the years. … Continue reading →

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The Placement of Portraiture

Posted on August 3, 2013 by The Twentieth Man

Many of the literary greats have from time to time grappled with the definitions of both beauty and art. All images and likenesses of anything are subject to idolization. For example: a portrait of a fish. If the image is … Continue reading →

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Tattoos – What to Tell the Kids

Posted on April 27, 2013 by The Twentieth Man

Once upon a time (in my own Wisconsin childhood) tattoos were illegal. How or why they were first outlawed and later legalized again is a mystery to me. It was probably some lawyer who argued for “freedom of expression”.  As … Continue reading →

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Same Old Same Old….

Posted on January 5, 2013 by The Twentieth Man

How often does this have to happen? How many more need to die? Culture is the art and science of preparing children for life. Culture improves their chances of survival. There exists no cultural or civic institution that can pass … Continue reading →

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