Brian Keeler
Pursuing the Soul in Renaissance Florence
Essential Ideas of the Renaissance- An essay on the timeless Philosophy of Marsillio Ficino by Brian Keeler This reflection on...
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Brian Keeler
- Nov 1, 2020
- 7 min
Figurative Facts and Flesh-
Figurative Facts and Flesh- French Connections- An essay on the human form in impressionist art- by Brian Keeler The inspiration for...
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Brian Keeler
- Oct 22, 2020
- 8 min
The Art of Hell & Horizons of Hope -an essay on inversions of normality
An essay reflecting on politics, poetry and painting- by Brian Keeler The art of hell is, well, a vision of a place one would not one to...
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Brian Keeler
- Oct 5, 2020
- 7 min
Myth Meridians- An essay on allegory and antiquities aligning in art- by Brian Keeler
The myths we live by and the narratives that inform our experience and entire culture have long interested me. The way they align on...
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Brian Keeler
- Sep 4, 2020
- 5 min
Unsafe at Any Speed- LNG on roads and rails
Unsafe at Any Speed- LNG Transport- A Tale of Two Towns in PA - By Brian Keeler “Unsafe at Any Speed” is of course the title of the 1965...
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Brian Keeler
- Jul 30, 2020
- 12 min
Iconoclasm; Yours or Mine? An Essay on Imagery and attachment by Brian Keeler
Who are you calling an Iconoclast anyway! Well, now that I’ve been reading about iconoclasts or image smashers, it seems that the term...
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Brian Keeler
- Jun 22, 2020
- 8 min
Art Toppled- Controversy of Context
On a Plinth or in a Gilded Frame- Public Art in the limelight- An essay by Brian Keeler We’ve been through some tumultuous times in...
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Brian Keeler
- May 16, 2020
- 8 min
On Machiavelli, transforming into a verb or an adjective- An essay and book review by Brian Keeler
Niccolo Machiavelli is probably on the extreme periphery of most people’s awareness today (if at all) but somehow after more than five...
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Brian Keeler
- Apr 24, 2020
- 6 min
When Stillness is Portrayed-
An essay on making the most of social distancing, solitude in the time of a pandemic with the contemplative process of still life...
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Brian Keeler
- Apr 17, 2020
- 5 min
Oedipus (Hex?)
An hour of reckoning- maybe - Thoughts on plague, politics, art and renewal- An essay by Brian Keeler The ancient Greek city of Thebes is...
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Brian Keeler
- Mar 22, 2020
- 7 min
The Texture of Soul- Spirit and Politics
An impression of a new book on renaissance statecraft and visionary idealism in relation to current politics- An essay by Brian Keeler....
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Brian Keeler
- Mar 1, 2020
- 7 min
Swoon-ologia Italia
When the Serendipitous meets the Elative in Italy- as essay on painting in Italy, By Brian Keeler There is a reported phenomena when...
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Brian Keeler
- Feb 27, 2020
- 7 min
Our Encounter with America- Through Edward Hopper
Hoppper - Americana and Seeing Truth An essay on "Expressing A Vision: Interpreting our World. Edward and Me." By Brian Keeler Our own...
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Brian Keeler
- Feb 13, 2020
- 8 min
Blood on Their Hands-
An essay on guns unleashed- By Brian Keeler Let's start with semantics or just how far a term can be distorted or applied to serve a...
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Brian Keeler
- Jan 8, 2020
- 8 min
Landlord Blues- Homeowner Woes
An essay on the travails, rewards and connections of owning an historic family home- By Brian Keeler There are some great blues songs...
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Brian Keeler
- Jan 5, 2020
- 8 min
Renaissance Virtue
Verrocchio- True Eye - The NGA Exhibit An essay on the Art of Influence in Quattrocento Florence- By Brian Keeler To view the exhibit...
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Brian Keeler
- Dec 18, 2019
- 8 min
It Could Never Happen Here
An essay on environmental and historical desecration in Pennsylvania- by Brian Keeler- Note- This essay was composed as a letter to the...
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Brian Keeler
- Dec 4, 2019
- 7 min
How Crass Can You Get?
As we look at the jeering and riveted attention of the spectators portrayed by Bellows we are reminded of ancient Romans watching a blood s
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Brian Keeler
- Nov 19, 2019
- 5 min
The People Speak- Truth to Power-
A recap of the Day of Protest in Wyalusing, PA on November 9th- Brian Keeler The day of protest started early with the hanging of the...
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Brian Keeler
- Nov 2, 2019
- 7 min
The Soul of a River, a Town, a People
The Soul of River, a Town, a People Reflections on the spirituality of art, nature and light- with a nod to Thomas Cole, the leader of...
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