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Arts

2019 Sundance Film Festival: Amid Record High Submissions, Announcing New Hires, Talent Forum, Data-Driven Demographic Initiatives & Critic Stipends

With less than two weeks until the program is announced, and less than three months until The 2019 Sundance Film Festival is to start, Sundance Institute has announced details about new hires on its programming team and new initiatives to deepen support for independent storytellers and broaden access to the Festival. The 2019 Festival will showcase work drawn from over 14,200 submissions, a record high. … Continue reading 2019 Sundance Film Festival: Amid Record High Submissions, Announcing New Hires, Talent Forum, Data-Driven Demographic Initiatives & Critic Stipends

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Healthy Living

Roots, My Favorite Vegetable To Grow

  By Jannie Vaught Yams, beets, parsnips, turnips, rutabaga, carrot, yucca, kohlrabi, onion. garlic, celery root (celeriac), horseradish, daikon, turmeric, jicama, Jerusalem artichoke, radish, ginger are all considered roots. Because root vegetables grow underground they absorb a great number of nutrients. Botany distinguishes true roots such as (tap root and tuberous roots) from non- food roots (such as corms, bulbs rhizomes, and tubers). The term” … Continue reading Roots, My Favorite Vegetable To Grow

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Healthy Living

A Blessed Fall From The Drought Ridden Summer

By Jannie Vaught This season of fall is turning out to a blessed relief from the drought-ridden summer, and the fall garden is possible the best time to grow in growing zone 8a. As we now have had substantial rain and humidity to revive our native grasses and flower bulbs my fall garden is now ready for some delightful garden salads and greens. Just had … Continue reading A Blessed Fall From The Drought Ridden Summer

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Social Arts

The Annual, Star-Studded Ceremony that Celebrates Science and Scientific Achievement To Feature an “In Memoriam” Tribute to the Late Stephen Hawking

  The Breakthrough Prize announced that acclaimed actor, producer and philanthropist Pierce Brosnan will host its 7th annual ceremony, which will celebrate science and the achievements of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize laureates on Sunday, November 4, at a live ceremony at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.Ceremony to Air Live at 10p ET/7p PT The ceremony will be broadcast live at 10pm ET/7pm … Continue reading The Annual, Star-Studded Ceremony that Celebrates Science and Scientific Achievement To Feature an “In Memoriam” Tribute to the Late Stephen Hawking

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Arts, Spirituality

Metaphysical Mastery of Creative Form

By Stephan Pisko An artist masters an art form when the artist goes beyond the medium of artistic expression called ‘unique creative identity’ breaking away from the ‘see of mass reproduction’. The absolute duty of the artist be it – poet – painter – photographer whatever is ‘to show people something they have never seen or heard before something memorable that the mind cannot ever … Continue reading Metaphysical Mastery of Creative Form

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Social Issues

Bloomberg Philanthropies “ Paris to Pittsburgh” Is A passionate Documentary About The Impact Of Change

By Monteque Pope-Le Beau It is hard to believe that there are those that still believe climate change is a hoax with the horrendous climate disasters and events playing out each and everyday. With the wildfires raging on in California, drought in Texas, daytime flooding in Florida  and lives across the country been disrupted it is not a fable illusion that climate change is coming, … Continue reading Bloomberg Philanthropies “ Paris to Pittsburgh” Is A passionate Documentary About The Impact Of Change

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Social Issues

You Cannot Be Truthful When You Want To Survive

By Stephan Pisko You cannot be truthful when you want to survive because your desperate for survival within the physical and professional realms’ so you fabricate “something that sells your wants” something that is morally appealing to the mass population and shines a “favorable light” on you a light of (honesty and integrity) that swarms with warmth. Now you have mass-audience recognition that will assist … Continue reading You Cannot Be Truthful When You Want To Survive

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Arts

Poetry Notes

By Stephan Pisko Harmonic duality distilling pure perpetuated sweet sighs vibrational variance lively lust plucking tender turmoil asking anxious questions’ who are the notes stuck in these spaces’ we want relative release sensual sonata zombiance – Fluid dripping freeze spacial solitude dancing delirious clip clopping together asking questions’ why why do we do lost lips trying to find face it is true but unsure unidentified … Continue reading Poetry Notes

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Arts

Los Angeles Legendary Eclectic Contemporary City

    By Stephan Pisko If you take a moment to brief the history of this very contemporary city you soon are revealed that it is indeed a ‘legendary eclectic modern edgy classic’ point in space where a great many artistic movements’ from the 1950’s through to present day not to mention the memorable ‘movie star’ status golden years when movies’ were actually supremely creative … Continue reading Los Angeles Legendary Eclectic Contemporary City

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Arts

The Moonlight Forest: A Magical Lantern Art Festival Is A celebration Of The Time Honored Tradition Of Masterfully Crafted Lantern Art

By The Art Of Monteque The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden is hosting, for the first time, the Moonlight Forest: A Magical Lantern Art Festival and public is Is invited to attend the wonderfully beautiful and unexpected Charm of the Moonlight Forest. Created by TianYu Arts and Culture, Inc., the lanterns that are on display throughout the arboretum are an unforgettable evening experience … Continue reading The Moonlight Forest: A Magical Lantern Art Festival Is A celebration Of The Time Honored Tradition Of Masterfully Crafted Lantern Art

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Social Issues, Spirituality

Pleasurable Self Survival

By Stephan Pisko Within today’s positively sedentary society human beings’ have psychologically evolved to the point of ‘pleasurable self survival’ we do not ‘eat to survive’ nor do we ‘work to survive’ but there must be a rewarding element of pleasure to it or we become disenchanted with the whole idea we have become ‘pleasure peasants’ baited with ‘pleasure rewards’ to make up for our … Continue reading Pleasurable Self Survival

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Social Issues, Spirituality

Two Primal Constants – There Is Nothing But This

By Stephan Pisko The psychological state of you’re mind and the changing confrontational state of another mind’s psychology these are the two primal constants within this physical existence there is nothing but this here. These two elements have built civilizations’ – destroyed civilizations’ – creates wars’ – creates temporary happiness- creates permanent hatred – these are the components of human behavior. We learn not long … Continue reading Two Primal Constants – There Is Nothing But This

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Arts

Practice Photography Without A Camera

  By Stephan Pisko When we begin with photography – that very first moment – before the mechanics are between us and the picture we see ‘a truth within the moment’ and it is this that is: ‘photography without a camera’. The ‘camera cripples’ our artistic truths it reshapes our perception it deludes but the camera can be a marvelous tool if we learn the … Continue reading Practice Photography Without A Camera

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Movie Review, Social Issues

The Documentary “Whale” Takes A Comprehensive Look At A cornerstone Of Tradition Of The Japanese Village Taij

By William Engel The year 2009 saw the release of “The Cove”, a harrowing documentary about the Japanese village of Taiji and their barbaric practice of ritualistic whaling. Nearly ten years later, “A Whale of a Tale” strives to set the record straight. “A Whale of a Tale” documents the journey of Jay Alabaster, an intrepid journalist sent to Taiji to take a more comprehensive … Continue reading The Documentary “Whale” Takes A Comprehensive Look At A cornerstone Of Tradition Of The Japanese Village Taij

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Spirituality

Mental Consciousness for the New Mind

  By Stephan Pisko Non-thinking shrivels the mind, but thinking stretches the mind to ultimate spacial limits and beyond. We must be careful where we ‘place our minds’ today during this the ‘age of controlled confinement – psychological prison’. Hormonal drive in both sexes one this way and one that way is our transmission to move in ways that we do but the mind is … Continue reading Mental Consciousness for the New Mind

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Movie Review

“3 Years in Pakistan: The Erik Audé Story” Is An Pulse Pounding Suspense Thriller Documentary

  By William Engel “3 Years in Pakistan: The Erik Audé Story” documents the story of a Hollywood stuntman who got roped into a drug smuggling operation in Pakistan, leading to him being placed on death row for a crime he wasn’t responsible for. We’re taken though his desperate struggle to survive and prove his innocence to a court who seems determined to find him … Continue reading “3 Years in Pakistan: The Erik Audé Story” Is An Pulse Pounding Suspense Thriller Documentary

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Spirituality

Cleaning of Cerebral Cookies – Importance of Meditation and Deletion

  By Stephan Pisko Slowness of mind and body pinpoints (2) very important areas: “What are you inputting to mind?” and “What are you feeding body?” Nourishment of body also targets the mind and vice versa. It’s funny the North American Buddha is ‘top heavy’ meaning the mind is so filled up with cerebral cookies from the enormous amounts of influential thought second by second … Continue reading Cleaning of Cerebral Cookies – Importance of Meditation and Deletion

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Movie Review

The Documentary “Virgin Blacktop: A New York Skate Odyssey” Is A Chronicle Of Passion, Life And Skateboarding

  By William Engel “Virgin Blacktop: A New York Skate Odyssey” is a documentary chronicling the genesis, peak and dissolution of The Wizards, a team of nine New York teenagers united by their passion for skateboarding. The film is comprised of footage, news articles and stories spanning more than thirty years, compiled by Charlie Samuels, one of the Wizards’ most prominent members. The film has … Continue reading The Documentary “Virgin Blacktop: A New York Skate Odyssey” Is A Chronicle Of Passion, Life And Skateboarding

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Spirituality

Forget If Life Exists Elsewhere – Does Life Actually Exist?

By Stephan Pisko What’s this frantic concern for life existing elsewhere in the cosmic universe we’re not sure if life actually exists here on planet prison could we be barking up the wrong tree of life ? The human mind always tries to pursue the infinitely unknown in other mental words ‘confusing complication’ consequently ‘simplicity’ gets round filed in the wastebasket. Today we have all … Continue reading Forget If Life Exists Elsewhere – Does Life Actually Exist?

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Movie Review

Caught Between Two Identities The Documentary “Transformer” Tries To Find The Balance

By William Engel “Transformer” is a documentary following the life of Janae Kroczaleski (née Matt), a world champion weightlifter and bodybuilder who came out as a trans woman in 2015. The film chronicles her life leading up to that point, and her trials and tribulations as a person in the process of transitioning, caught between her two identities. (“I’m not comfortable as an extremely muscular … Continue reading Caught Between Two Identities The Documentary “Transformer” Tries To Find The Balance

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