Monthly Archives: March 2013

The Legacy Of Joe Connarte 7

Today’s:

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JC this time:

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More from JC:

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Some more JC art:

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More of JC’s works:

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The Legacy Of Joe Connarte 2

Here are a few more selected pieces. They are best seen close up, and bright. They work like the empty patch on The Illustrated Man’s shoulder – look into it/them and you can see all sorts of swirlings 🙂 . … Continue reading

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Why I Resigned From The Open University

What Anti-Mac Attitude? A year or two before I left, the Open University took on a new top manager. He was good enough to address many of us personally and ask for our advice. I asked him what was going … Continue reading

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The Legacy Of Joe Connarte

I cannot recall when I first became aware of his work; it seems that it was always there – in my mind at least, though strangely obscure in the world of art itself. But I well remember the day of … Continue reading

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Solved – The Gioconda Smile And That Convent Girl Thing

The mysterious Mona Lisa smile has something in common with a certain beguiling feature often said to accompany convent girls, or at least I think so. If you look carefully at the Mona Lisa you notice that just beyond the … Continue reading

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The Vital Usefulness Of Popperism

A massive not-so-hidden benefit of philosophy that’s very rarely mentioned, is the nice way the practitioners write. Is this a nicer perk than, say, an unfortunate necessity to conduct one’s research in Hawaii, as Derek Bickerton is forced to do? … Continue reading

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