Babel: The multilingual, multicultural online journal and community of arts and ideas

I’ve been finding a lot of interesting developments with regard to food lately. So thought I’d share them with you… Nano-food, nano-tech? Something new is being added to our table and life called Nano-foods or nano-tech products. What in heavens name is Nano-food? The internet is buzzing with a [...]

by: James Schwartz

To my birthday boy on his twenty eighth
On August thirty first two thousand eight
I present to you my poetic faith
A man of your own ideals: gay or str8.
To my longtime muse I present a toast:
May your year be of wine, roses and song
May your year be another year to boast
Of after hour adventures [...]

Rosetta Project

The Disk surface shown here, meant to be a guide to the contents, is etched with a central image of the earth and a message written in eight major world languages: “Languages of the World: This is an archive of over 1,000 human languages assembled in the year 02002 C.E. Magnify 1,000 times to [...]

A gorgeous tribute to Jesus and Christ Consciousness created by  K. KRISHNA DAS. Another masterful, sweet work of art.  Enjoy! ~Bonnee Klein Gilligan

By Rossitza Ohridska-Olson
From Saturday till September 10th, the Bulgarian and foreign artists will gather for the 24th issue of Apollonia Art Festival. The most charming part of it are the jazz concerts and the surroundings of the ancient city of Sozopol (Apollonia – the city of Apollo, the patron of arts). During the communist times [...]

Amazonian Shaman. Pastel  9″ x 12″. Spiritual, esoteric. A highly respected teacher, holy man, psychic, singer and healer. Penetrating, revealing. Original was commissioned.  Giclee prints are available at Spirit Art Gallery. ~Bonnee Klein Gilligan

Earth and Sky
Gennadiy Vasilyevich Pavlov
Link

From 16-21 September 2008, St Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture will host an international calligraphy exhibition.
Press release.
Participants’ gallery page (there is more to see around the site)
via Gil Claudio’s trilingual La Grafía blog.

Via BibiOdyssey.

~ Karl Jones

“By and large … comics are long-lived.”
- Dick Cavett

From the blog of Dick Cavett, some thoughts on the profession of comedy:

“Few comedians kill themselves. (Maybe because audiences so readily do it for them.) Young Freddie Prinze comes to mind. At least two in recent years have indulged themselves to death (in different ways) — John [...]

Mantis Parable is a beautifully animated short film about hope created by Josh Staub. I first saw this short through Spiritual Cinema Circle. A masterful production. Bravo! Thought you might enjoy it. ~Bonnee Klein Gilligan

~a poem by Bonnee Klein Gilligan A man with power, pride perhaps   with jealousy no doubt. Tries to control, by putting down   denouncing and defiling   with envious beguiling. All empty threats and meaningless    and truly of no import. Unless you take it inward    engaging self to battle [...]