Clifford Thurlow in art gallery illustrates the incurious eye.

THE INCURIOUS EYE

The incurious eye misses the obvious, the subtle, the subtext. The incurious eye is glazed in a cataract of ignorance and indifference. The incurious eye is neither blind nor myopic. It is empty. If there were a God his great gift to mankind would have been curiosity. Curiosity invented fire, tools, hunting and gathering. Nuclear […]

Does Bob Dylan have Duende?

Dylan, Duende, Death and Lorca

Does Bob Dylan have duende? Do you have duende? What is duende?  Duende is a Spanish word with two meanings. A duende is a goblin or a pixie that probably lives at the bottom of the garden and gives three wishes to old ladies who deserve a break. The duende was best defined by Spain’s great […]