Note: At the risk of sounding too “scientific” I thought this little lesson might help the average photographer understand more about how the camera actually works.
An ideology without a concrete, programmatic plan for how to realize its objectives is merely rhetoric, or fantasy, or perhaps even sophistry. It’s only when you spell out the social, economic and political implications of your vision that you allow its merits, and practicality (and political viability) to be tested in the real world. Marxism was extremely vague and permitted the likes of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao to fashion their own political agendas. Modern libertarianism, likewise, comes in a bewildering array of sometimes contradictory views. Some libertarians seem to take a piecemeal approach (in this country at least), focusing on such specific political issues as legalizing marijuana, gay/lesbian/transgender rights, Obamacare, etc.
Impractical Jokers at Carolines, Big Stars Join Together for Comedy Get Down, You’ll Never Guess Who’s Got a Book Coming Out and Holiday Parties Galore! #TheFoodWasGreat
One of the great contradictions of human psychology is our notorious double-standard with respect to how we treat others, as a rule. If a person is viewed as being one of “us” – a member of our group, or our religious faith, or our nation – we are predisposed to cooperate with them, to empathize with their hardships, come to their assistance if needed, and sometimes even sacrifice our lives for them. Because they are members of our “tribe”, we view them as sharing a common fate.
Today, LACMA and roughly 70 other art institutions across Southern California are brimming with works by Latino artists as part of the groundbreaking Getty-led initiative, “PST: LA/LA.” Ironically it includes numerous works by Asco members.
Erick Ocampo Machado is the founder of Music With Vision, a program in Steamboat Springs, Colorado that helps any stressed school youngsters and young adults transfer their emotional anxieties to music. Erick’s idea that music can help the stressed all began in Nicaragua, where he was born during the famous contra war with the Sandinista-led government.
A democratic political system can survive only if it is embedded in a society that allows it to thrive. Rather like the three essentials for nurturing healthy plants (good soil, adequate water and sunlight), there are at least three nurturing elements that a society must provide, in order for democracy to prosper -- beyond the foundation of a healthy economy. These elements are (1) the rule of law, (2) elections that are perceived as fair (and where the outcomes are respected), and (3) a political discourse that honors veracity and condemns lying and liars.
