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The Otherness of Caplin Cove

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Portrait of Caplin Cove, Nfld, oil on board, 30" x 48", Steven Rhude                                                                The Otherness of Things "Reflected on the surface of the pencil is also the inherited and entangled history for his father's care for this important, and perhaps useful object. There is a certain intimacy suggested. He sharpened it by hand, tactfully. The surface suggests he touched it often in his work. The history to their exposure to each other seems clearly visible - they remember each other in their flesh. Indeed, it seems that he felt, in a certain sense, obligated and responsible for it. He did not simply dispose of it when it became to short to be really useful. It is an inexpensive item. He could have easily replaced it with a more useful new one. Instead, he kept it. He tended to it in tenderness it seems. It seems appropriate to suggest that his sense of being affected meant that he felt obligated to let it be eve

Tits up, failed selfies, and a social misfit called Judy

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Judy - Opening of "Surfing the Ironing Board", Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS                                                       "Surfing the Ironing Board" Hooked Rugs by Laura Kenney                                             Mary E. Black Gallery in Halifax. The show runs from May 20 - July 10, 2016. "Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each  to take form in the mind of the other. And this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship." - Georg Simmel                                                                                              Two Art Worlds Note to self after attending Surfing the Ironing Board #1,  "Every day the art world spins, tumbles, crashes and burns, and then rebuilds itself. It is a world of investment, auctions, and image craft, an egocentric place where commerce is king, criticism is based on hits and likes, and substance is lost in the s