THE LETTER "X" X marks the spot. Malcolm X certainly made his mark despite being told Xanadu was unattainable. And what beauty in John Singer Sargent's painting of Madame X wherein he X-rays her enigmatic character with his masterful brush strokes. What of Generation X surpassed by Generation Z who know not of the times …
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Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “Q”
THE LETTER "Q" Quintessentially quaint and elegant. People are in a quandary after meeting her. Don't let the seemingly quiet demeanor fool you, for make no qualms about it, if she so desires, she can make you quail. You mustn't make the foolish mistake of considering her quarry. She is the well camouflaged hunter. Questions …
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “Z”
THE LETTER "Z" Zoned into the kids from the zoo of Berlin: zombies in t-shirts and jeans. After killing off Ziggy, Bowie tours with Christiane F. in toe. Zines zealously document this and more from the underground as we zip along to the tunes of Zero boys and others. Life lived in a zooming zigzagging …
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “Y”
THE LETTER "Y" Youthful ignorance is bliss. It is a time of yearning and saying yes to everything. For youth is not yet marred by grim experience and consequently negativity. Other's opinions may be considered, but generally do not yield a change of heart during this period of life. It is all about being gung …
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “P”
THE LETTER "P" Pathetic, the platitudes proffered by people all over. Even more perplexing and alarming, the refusal of many to embrace facts. Individuals who would rather perpetuate behaviours and practices that perform nothing other than to pulverize truth, understanding, and growth. Power tripping and pure rage percolating just under the skin seems the mantra …
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “R”
THE LETTER "R" Resilience is needed more than ever before. Random destruction and negligence, ravenous corporations and refusing to change, contributes to one natural disaster after another. The rapid divulgation of information, via social media today, allows for daily feed of: rotting flesh, rapid decline in wildlife, raging fires, rising seas, ragged and run down …
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “K”
THE LETTER "K" Kick ass days like those are now few and far between. Who knows how to make more; to set the world on fire again? I will bring the kindling. Days consisting of chills and thrills, ofThe killing moon by Echo and the Bunnymen and of my mom chasing me down the street …
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “N”
THE LETTER "N" Noteworthiness nourishes. Not that she would know. She had never been noticed, not even as a child, though she had naively still believed, back then, that one day someone would. Instead, her fate was to be the neglected one. That person who would never experience nearness or nose to nose contact with …
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “V”
THE LETTER "V" Vibrations filled the air and reverberated through my body. Everyone was vying for his attention; vamping it up. Some tried to vault over the barriers, and were instantly tackled by the police. Voluminous spiky hair and viciously high heels were everywhere! Humanity in all its variegated, varicolored forms. The virile, vacuous, vicious, …
Snippets of life (from A to Z) “J”
THE LETTER "J" Jingle bells plays in the background. In the living room lots of jostling and jabbering going on. Jovial conversation, fills the air, as friends and family come and go. The last of the Christmas gifts being placed under the jam-packed tree. Cousins, uncles and aunts jubilantly singing along full of holiday spirit …
Manu writes 