Word: mysticism
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...focus he pondered in his 1911 manifesto of abstraction, Concerning the Spiritual in Art. Art, he wrote in the book, comes from within, from "inner necessity," and colors and shapes speak to people just as musical sounds do: "Color is a power which directly influences the soul." Contemporary Russian mystic Helena Blavatsky had preached that a new, spiritual age was about to dawn, and Kandinsky was convinced. He saw the artist at the apex of a triangle moving into the future, the base representing the mass of humanity who are slower to see the light. The paintings he produced...
...Rover even the most adventuresome Harvard student will find new places to go. There are over 900 reviews of restaurants and shops in Cambridge and Boston. There are plenty of categories to choose from. Looking for the occult? You won't have to walk far. Mystic Rosa, according to Rover, is only .11 miles from Flyby's current location in a Straus music practice room. Unfortunately if you're looking for a burrito, you're going to have to hunt for them in the Mexican category. More features after the jump...
...TEAM RACEThe Crimson women’s squad placed a close second over the weekend at the Duplin Trophy Women’s Team Race to its counterparts from Boston College, and that school’s fine sailing program. The regatta was hosted by Tufts on Upper Mystic Lake and was the women’s squad’s first ever team race intersectional.“We were very excited to compete in our first ever team racing contest,” senior Megan Watson said. “Usually we do some team sailing as part...
This means that CNBC looks at everything, particularly politics, in terms of how it will affect "the Market." The commentators on CNBC murmur about the Market as if it were the Island on Lost: a mystic force that must be placated, lest it become angry and punish us. "The Market doesn't like ..." "What the Market wants...
...film, once considered a perverse, transgressive genre, has morphed into the unapologetic torture-porn fad. The genre of television detective drama has collapsed into gore-fests like those featured on “CSI.” Violence has become the stuff of the banal, and yet retains its mystic and exotic appeal. Valentin Groebner, one of Germany’s up-and-coming historians, takes a look at this phenomenon, grounding it centuries ago in the visual culture of the Middle Ages. Groebner’s claim provides the basis for “Defaced,” where...