Tag Archives: The Alphabet Versus the Goddess

Ways of Knowing

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Art for Housewives

Leonard Shlain’s The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict between Word and Image is a fascinating read about how writing reconfigured the human brain. Shlain says that preliterate agricultural cultures venerating female values used mainly the right half of the … Continue reading →

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Volver the Cat and Emoticons

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Art for Housewives

Volver is our cat. We talk to him all the time and he understands us. When he is scratching the furniture and we say NO, he stops scratching. When it’s time to eat, we say PAPPA* and he comes running. … Continue reading →