Sitting in my Asylum office, relishing a drizzly, dreary and dank day – the kind of day we rarely get here in the summer in
Category: Culture
Musical Interlude – Gabriel Fauré – A Happy Deliverance
“Everything I managed to entertain in the way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by
Looking for “The Appian Way” and Resisting the Ugliness
The Appian Way or Via Appia Antica in Rome is one of the most famous ancient roads. It was built in 312 B.C. by Appius
A Matter of Taste
“Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right
A 3 Minute Talk from Oliver Stone
“…And never give up on your heart, and your struggle for peace, decency and telling the truth.” ~ Oliver Stone Oliver Stone gave a captivating
Resisting “the Business”
“This complete utter and total connection between perception and experience is understood by that hidden hand, and that’s why the human mind is bombarded 24/7
Dispatches from the Asylum 