Rediscovered Stories: The Power to Transcend Logic is in the Hand of the Surrealist

by Jeanette Ronson – Edith Rimmington (1902-1988), an obscure painter, poet, and photographer, projects her commitment to the Surrealist movement of the early twentieth century in her painting “The Decoy” (1948).  A decoy’s purpose is to lure a victim into a trap. Here, we have a human hand infused with

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Rediscovered Stories: A Tribute to Early America and to Artist Eric Sloane

by James Purtle – The Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, CT, is home to a remarkable collection of early American tools and artifacts uniquely curated to showcase their beauty and utility. Donated and created by artist and author Eric Sloane in 1969, the exhibit is like a personal invitation into

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Rediscovered Stories: The Headhunter’s Chilling Blast

by Rob McMahon – Rob Magnuson Smith’s piece, “The Headhunter’s Trumpet,” offers a glimpse into the world of New Guinean tribal practices. The piece focuses on a Papuan headhunter’s trumpet, an instrument created, carried, and played to display a tribe’s ferocity and brutality before a headhunting. A headhunter’s trumpet, carved

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