WA(O)NDER: SONGS FROM THE HEARTBy Elvi C. TamayoPublished by Blue Iguana Computer Consultancy ServicesDavao City, 2023 CEBU CITY (MindaNews / 10 February) – In Davao City, an urban center that is teeming with artists in the various fields (literature, visual arts, theatre, music and songwriting), Elvi C. Tamayo stands out as one of the most
In this lecture, Robert S. Miola will argue that Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1623) reflects local and specific contemporary stereotypes about the barbarous Scots and the civilizing English just as it interrogates racial prejudices and the myths of national identity. If positive cultural encounters acknowledge others in their otherness to build mutual communication and trust, as Pope Francis would […]
After last week’s windup on the poet and visual artist David Jones and musician Van Morrison, I ran out of the paltry column inches I’m allotted each week in this fish wrap. Trust me, there’s more – so much more – to write on both topics, but I’ll wrap it up now with Jones’ view of the Church as an archive of all that was important to Western civilization and artists/craftsmen as archivists.