Ashley Crawford investigates how such figures as Ben Marcus, Matthew Barney, and David Lynch—among other artists, novelists, and film directors—utilize religious themes and images via Christianity, Judaism, and Mormonism to form essentially mutated variations of mainstream belief systems. He seeks to determine what drives contemporary artists to deliver implicitly religious imagery within a ‘secular’ context. Particularly, how religious heritage and language, and the mutations within those...

You have been cooking all along and you want something that is versatile that can handle all your cooking requirements. You ask yourself is there a fryer that can do all these at once? The answer is yes Instant Vortex Air Fryer Oven is your ultimate solution. If you are looking for a fryer that will allow you to cook your meals at home within a short period without compromising your health then the instant fryer is the best choice. In this book we have covered the 7 in 1 instant vortex air...

Learn how emerging technologies benefit artists and performing arts organizationsRaising the Curtain: Technology Success Stories from Performing Arts Leaders and Artists focuses on empowering artists and performing arts organizations in theater, dance, and music to grow audiences and to increase impact through smart and strategic uses of technology. This book will help you effectively increase your artistic and administrative reach in order to expand your ...

Joan's childhood was right out of a Dickens novel. Her mother was indifferent to her, her 3 fathers ran out on her, and her brother held her in contempt. She grew up alone and friendless, having to work her early years at a succession of menial jobs in order to make ends meet for her mother and shiftless brother. Having to work at school so many hours to pay her tuition, Joan had no time to be educated and much to her shame later in life, she had only completed the 5th grade. When Joan's 3...

Numerous political commentators have noted the rise of the radical right worldwide. How has the radical right responded to the COVID-19 pandemic? Has the radical right been legitimized in a world of closed borders and greater securitization? Have radical right regimes in power cracked under the strains of the crisis and thus undermined their own political fortunes? Have radical right-wing responses to COVID-19 been uniform or diversified? These are some of the questions tackled in Response...

Blind Visionaries and AI: Seeing Differently explores how people living with vision loss are reshaping their lives through artificial intelligence and other technologies. Edited by Dagmar Jamieson, who lost her sight to cone-rod dystrophy, and Mark Rawleigh, diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, the book gathers the voices of blind and partially sighted artists, scholars, and researchers who have embraced AI tools in creative and practical ways. Contributors include Ashley King, Dr. John-Ro...

Are you ready to free yourself from the hold that any past experience has had on you? Find your own inner power by taking any person, place or thing and use it to propel you to your authentic self. Make peace with anything from your past, once and for all, and watch your life dramatically change and open to a world of potential.Breathe Wide Open captures Cristina’s most significant realizations that have cleared away her deepest and darkest experiences. She created a new mindset by...

This collection of essay offers the reader a framework for understanding the 2021 cultural explosion of NFT art in context with the history of crypto-art, the arts marketplace and the blockchain ecosystem. Comprised of 5 essays, The NFT Art Marketplace presents 5 uniquely different interpretations of the impact of NFT’s. Each essay begins with a short ‘what and how’ of blockchain and NFTs so that the interested reader can read the essays in any order. Yet, in 5 short essays the text presen...