Lethe Bashar
Normal, IL
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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 Drawings of Wesley BurtWesley Burt is a fine artist and concept artist for movies and games.
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It was like a Scene from his Novel | Escape Into LifeLas Vegas Graphic Novel. This Chapter is called, It was like a scene from his novel.
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Andreas M. Wiese | Escape Into LifeRemarkable Artwork by Andreas M. Wiese
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The Legacy of Joseph Beuys | Escape Into LifeThe 1965 photograph of Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) cradling, almost mothering, a dead hare today seems iconic. It certainly is more accessible and far-reaching than his drawings and installations. What was he explaining to the dead hare in 1965? The failure of the modernist revolution? The end of ...
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Little Chicks, Broken Dolls, and Krapp’s Last Tape| Escape Into LifeIn Coming to Our Senses, Morris Berman, following Freud, describes three types of creative artists. Type I individuals can hardly be called artists at all, since they are defined by their extreme inhibitions toward making art. Conversely, few of us are as free of neuroses as a Type III, the most ...
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46The Kindly Ones: The Anti-Hero is Usmy pleasure! and I'm enjoying your posterous . . .Lethe Bashar added to Books & Readers 5 months ago
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46Online 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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46Vanity Fair says Michael lost his YouthSorry AasemoonLethe Bashar added to Books & Readers 6 months ago
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46Is 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
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