Posts Tagged ‘ essay culture ’

Globally Obtrusive Obtuse Wrappings

Oct 10th, 2009 | By editor | Category: Featured articles, Reflections of a South African Artist, Scribblings on arts and culture

TweetShare Sendings from Acerbica reveal something of what it can be, to see out of the eyes of two people who tumble together through not ordinary lives.  Like when she was sitting on a long drop in a resettlement camp in Africa.  A long drop?  That’s a very long, narrow hole, dug way down into [...]

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Gone fishing

Oct 9th, 2009 | By editor | Category: Lead article, Scribblings on arts and culture, The inside gardener

TweetShare Waiting on the boat in the sun. The boat hardly moves in the calm water. The sun hits every smooth, polished surface and is blinding. All the boats are peeling out one after another. The forecast is good and though heading out to work there is an expectation like holidays. People look on from [...]

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In Life

Jul 3rd, 2009 | By editor | Category: Featured articles, New Irish fiction, Scribblings on arts and culture

TweetShare In life, there comes a point where the raising of old ghosts come to the fore at a time when it seems as though they’ve never been so far away. It is said that that anything that provokes human emotion, be it the birth of a child or the massacring of a nation, is [...]

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