Arts And Entertainment

Lyric Representations of Sacred, Unattainable Worlds

By Peter Selz, Special to the Planet
Thursday October 29, 2009
“June 11, 2007” by Alex Zecca produces fields of visual energy, creating an object of meditation.

Abstract painting has been with us for about a century. At times it has descended into mere decoration or design or “color-field” painting with its thesis that painting addresses only the eye. Abstract painting, however, even more than figuration can communicate what philosophers have called the Sublime. -more-


Scary and Sweet Halloween Events

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Thursday October 29, 2009

Halloween has gone from Trick-or-Treat to Superstore, apple bobbing to Exotic Erotic. -more-