Lethe Bashar
Normal, IL
the arts
I'm the editor of Escape into Life , online arts journal. I'm also involved in working with an illustrator from Argentina on a graphic novel. Besides that I frequently keep up my essay-blog, The Blog of Innocence, that covers topics in the arts, social technology, and a general philosophy of life.
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http://altheabashar.livejournal.com
http://noveloflife.wordpress.com
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books, literature, comic art, social technology, painting, illustration, music, art, graphic novels, drawing, walking, artists, comics, poetry, photography, storytelling, fiction, non-fiction, essays, journalism, new media journalism, writingLethe's Twines
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The Obscene Bird of Night -- "25 Profound Works of Literary Genius"Reading the novel for the first time can be an exhilarating but also somewhat confusing experience. Only after my fifth reading do I feel confident in saying I understand the logic behind the panoply of narrative voices.
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Unusual and Inspiring: Totem Forms, Float Drawings, and Found Constructions by Robert MirekArtist Statement The current imagery can best be explained as simultaneous. The visual language that I’m developing is a form of self-dialogue that resides in objects, systems and scenarios that are at the edge of abstraction. Developing the imagery is a non-linear or perhaps best phrased ...
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Hiro Kurata | Escape Into LifeArtist Bio Hiro Kurata is an artist who is based in Brooklyn, New York. One of the characteristics that makes Kurata’s painting unique is the way he renders his figures with distortion but yet well balanced. The figures looking innocent and strong are often portrayed as a baseball player, ...
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Andrea Offermann | Escape Into LifeArtist who went to Med school in Lubeck, Germany, and left to become an artist.
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The Heroic Surreal: The Paintings of Ronald KurniawanArtist Bio Ronald Kurniawan graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Inspired by ideograms, syllables, letterforms, beasts and heroic landscapes, he slowly but surely ...
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The Kindly Ones: The Anti-Hero is Usmy pleasure! and I'm enjoying your posterous . . .Lethe Bashar added to Books & Readers 4 months ago
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Online Graphic Novel: Las Vegas, Novel of Lifethank you, Gerardo is a wonderful artist . . . still have about a dozen pages to Vegas . . . next graphic novel takes place in SpainLethe Bashar added 5 months ago
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Vanity Fair says Michael lost his YouthSorry AasemoonLethe Bashar added to Books & Readers 5 months ago
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Is the Internet Killing Culture?Thanks guys . . . Yeah, Fishhead I agree completely--as a huge fan of Outsider Art, I think some of the best art is made by those who teach themselves. Especially in an age when schools are more like corporate entities, education is often synonymous with a lack of creativity and a lack of raw ...Lethe Bashar added to Book Hub 7 months ago




