The world needs creative interpretations of global issues, not better descriptions of things people are accustomed to. by Santiago Zabala Perhaps rather than God, as Martin Heidegger once said, it is art that can save us. After all, artistic creations have always had political, religious and social meanings that
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Walking Turcot Yards: Verdun, April 12, 2013
Can only remember this much snow a couple of times in my life this far into April and probably only in the last 15 years or so. My father was born on April 22 and he always said that his father claimed there was still snow in the backyard the
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Goverment Talking Corruption Free Turcot
To say I am behind the times on Turcot would be an understatement. Seems I have drifted into focusing a lot of my online attention into relaying the ongoing tragedy that is our federal government under Stephen Harper via Facebook and occasionally Twitter in recent years. Of course it is
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Nun’s Island Is Awesome!
For years I have been an outspoken critic about the rampant development on Nun’s Island. Every time a new highrise goes up there is at least a couple hundred more cars stepping in line to get on that bridge to somewhere. Too much of a money maker for some in
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Neath Turcot Exhibition at Cafe Victoria Through April
Hope to see a lot of you at the vernissage this Saturday between 4 and 7, if not, please drop by during the month. I feel this is the best show I have done yet in terms of it’s scope of ideas, blending old projects with new and the ever
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: CoastalTarSands.ca Launching Today
Today is WORLD WATER DAY and I’m honouring it by launching my next media campaign http://coastaltarsands.ca There’s very little time left before the Harper government plans to approve the Enbridge Corporation’s Northern Gateway Pipeline Project in early 2014. This plan includes hundreds of supertankers navigating through the inside passage along
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Richard Bergeron of Projet Montreal in Verdun on Sunday
How To Put Montreal Back On Track with Richard Bergeron Sunday, March 24, 3pm Centre culturel et bibliothèque de Verdun 5955, avenue Bannantyne Verdun (QC) H4H 1H5 Canada ***English below L’association Projet Montréal à Verdun a le plaisir de vous inviter à une conférence du chef de Projet Montréal,
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: America, Then And Now
In the 1950′s the American economy blew the roof off and this is where it went in 2013. Ain’t Capitalism just grand? From The David Dees Illustration Studio
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Jack Kerouac’s On The Road In Film
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; © 1953, 2012 Allen Ginsberg LLC. All rights reserved.William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, photographed by Allen Ginsberg in his East Village living room, 1953; from ‘Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg,’ an exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art and on
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Corruption Probe Just Keeps Scoring
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows – Bob Dylan C’mon, tell us how you voted for Tremblay again and again and how much you thought he was a good mayor – Neath Turcot Union Montréal manager was on engineering firm’s payroll CBC News Posted:
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Danielle Plamondon at Cafe Victoria in Verdun
Danielle Plamondon is one of the most respected, admired, and loved urban explorers on the planet. From the abandoned factories of Montreal and the rooftops of Europe, through the sewer systems of London and Paris, she has photographed these locations with a passionate eye and a creative energy that radiates
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Beached Dolphins Dragged Back in Water In Brazil
It’s from last year but still resonates with power.
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: International Women’s Day 2013
International Women’s Day: What’s the way forward? By Judy Rebick | March 8, 2013 As an aging feminist I am often asked to speak about the progress we have made as feminists and how much is left to do. It gets depressing sometimes because of the persistence of violence against
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Arlington West Memorial Santa Monica
“Each Sunday from sunrise to sunset, a temporary memorial appears next to the world-famous pier at Santa Monica, California. This memorial, known as Arlington West, a project of Veterans For Peace, offers visitors a graceful, visually and emotionally powerful, place for reflection.” From the web site. In Canada we currently
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: A Human Caused Methane Avalanche
Reblogged from Sustainability Hub: About This Video: One of the most feared of climate change “feedbacks” is the potential release of greenhouse gases by melting arctic permafrost soils. New research indicates a critical threshold of that feedback effect could be closer than we once thought. Related Story: Siberian Caves Reveal
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: RIP Stomping Tom Connors
Saw him at the Verdun Auditorium once, was a pretty cool character. Stomping Tom Connors
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Buried Horses – Tom Dacre’s Blues
Ashes fall from the chimney so maudlin. Sodden haunts returning thoughts to your flue. Did your body snap? Was it made of porcelain? Could my shakey hand prepare a splint to repair poor ghostly? Kindling. Little kindling. Lit a fire under. Kindling. Little kindling. Lit a fire under and over
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: William Close plays the Earth Harp at the Temple of Transition Burning Man 2011
As good as it gets department.
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