Poetry

Straight-lined condemnation contours its silhouetted threads of persuasion, …while

Thunder crashes raging wavesSocial unrest on the shoreHunger hides down winding cavesPatience grumbles ever more. Fluttered bellies twist in knotsNormal stances bend and swayHidden interest lost in thoughtsPassing hands will find their way.

I am a slut to passion My appetite unbound. I am crisp green leaves I wave from lonely treetops bending in the breeze. My castle's walls reach ... greedy fingers penetrate the powder-puff horizon

Battles fought with swords of bone Wars won with waving hands Spirits nailed to resenting stone Voices heard in many lands.

Fish paddling Under altered pace Street signs In hollow veins Their gold bodies Glimmering In the spicy flavour Of clotless blood Ruby red Tails swishing Wide eyes And a short train of thought Arteries stretched By an orange ball Fully formed In a small space Swish

Know always with certainty in your presence My ethereal self the aesthetic capacity of my humanity Touched and prompted against all will Reticently releases in welcome response like channeled steam

On April 16, 2008, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival [FLIFF] and the Broward County Main Library commemorated the life and works of a true visionary of literary and scientific thought, Arthur C. Clarke, at the Cinema Paradiso. Arthur C. Clarke recently passed away at the age of 90 on March 19 of this year in Sri Lanka. The event began with a literary discussion honoring Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey science fiction book series...

With 47 days left (and counting) till the 2008 UEFA Euro Cup, Vienna’s Football Exhibition "Herz:Rasen/Racing:Heart" at the Technical Museum makes the call to all fans already burning with soccer fever. Fans can come explore their soccer obsession, not only from a full range of perspectives such as technical, cultural, historical, artistic, and athletic, but they can literally play soccer too. This highly interactive exhibition includes enough multimedia-based adventure to make you overdose on all...

The fifth edition of the Diesel Wall art contest branches out to Manchester (UK), Barcelona (Spain), Zurich (Switerzerland), and New York (US). Now through May 12, people anywhere in the world can apply their designs of big ideas and changes they feel need to be made in the medium of painting, photography, video, performance, light, sound, text, and experimental concepts to http://www.dieselwall.com for the chance to see their art form on a wall being built in...

Scion, in conjunction with Pablo Aravena, proudly presents Nomadaz - A Mediterranean Art Connection Exhibition at the Scion 4,500 square foot Los Angeles Installation Gallery. Aravena is the filmmaker behind Next: A Primer in Urban Painting. Nomadaz brings together four Italian and four Spanish artists, to show off their Mediterranean flavor on U.S. shores. Featured artists from Spain are Sixe, Nuria, Nano 4814, Eltono, all of whom have their roots in graffiti and street art. Their style and work has evolved...