Viviremos juntos o moriremos separados. Only a fool allows himself to be separated from another based on a third party’s beliefs. Like stone walls, we stand through leaning on one another, absorbing each others’ weight as others absorb ours. Walls built from uniform stones require mortar to stand. Walls built of rock in disparate shape…
I’ve put together my first BoredPanda.com post, featuring a small, ongoing photo project I call “Countries of Old Men.” It consists of photos of old guys (like myself) whom I’ve photographed in my travels. I’ve always found it interesting seeing the different ways they fit into society, so I’ve made a project out of it.…
Once upon a time, on a WOW Air flight from Reykjavik, Iceland to Baltimore, USA, a twenty-something man named Abraham turned to the totally doesn’t look forty-something woman in the next seat and said, “I wish I could go back to the eighties [or before] and experience what it was like to see the Star…
This is just a quick post to let folks know that Raw Naked Art is now on Twitter. We’ll be tweeting bits from our blog posts, new posts, tons of photos, and stories that might not appear here on the site. If you’re on Twitter and don’t mind seeing some historic and/or marvelous photographs, connect…
Looking for a way to enhance your comedic, acting, or writing skills but don’t have time for class? Want to learn from established masters instead of some night-school hack whose big moment happened in his high school play? Well, there’s an online gig called MasterClass that purports to do just that. You can learn comedy…
Mysterious (and now wealthy) famed street artist* Banksy has opened his latest exhibition piece, this one a permanent one. It’s a hotel, named, aptly, the Walled Off Hotel, built in secrecy over the past 14 months abutted against the perimeter wall built by the Israelis to fence off Palestinians. He’s used the wall before for…
There has been a great deal of discussion on social media this week regarding Jordan Peele, writer, comedian, founder of Monkeypaw Productions, and the writer/director of the surprise hit movie, Get Out. Now admittedly, I haven’t seen the movie, nor am I likely to since horror films generally irritate me without providing either scares or…
Okay, y’all need to check this out. My favorite Pharcyde jam has been animated by some good soul. The end. #Dopenicity
I’m no musician, nor am I a formally trained music historian. I don’t know the history of Rock and Roll, because, frankly, until the turn of the 21st century, I never liked it much. I used to deejay at parties and dances, and if you want to know something about Funk music or Reggae, I’m…
You’ve undoubtedly read this title to this piece, so let’s cut right to the chase. Must we respect the wishes of dead artists? In my opinion, the answer is no, or more accurately, the annoying it depends. If an artist leaves explicit instructions as to the distribution and use of their work in the form…
The Artists' Sanctum 