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The other side of Rabindranath Tagore ~ Words from Solitude. A remarkable aspect of Rabindranath Tagore’s life is the way his persona had changed radically from the restricted identity of an oriental romantic-mystic to the wide-ranging identity of a concerned citizen of the world. A poet, who had earlier attempted to blend spiritual and romantic notions in his quest of grasping the mystery surrounding individual human soul and the divine, increasingly began to give voice to the minds of the colonized and oppressed people and expressed his passionate desire to be identified as one of them. This absolutely stunning transformation is manifested in the non-conformist and modernist approach of his later works. Quite obviously, this aspect of his life was somewhat overlooked by his ostensible admirers who has imposed upon him the title “Gurudev” and converted him into a sacred idol.

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What It's Like for a Deaf Man to Hear Music for the First Time

Austin Chapman Austin Chapman was born profoundly deaf. Philosophy since the Enlightenment, by Roger Jones. Crazy Awesome Paintings by Vladimir Kush. Here is a collection of the incredible paintings of Vladimir Kush.

Crazy Awesome Paintings by Vladimir Kush

Vladimir has been creating these surrealistic paintings since the late 80’s. I’m extremely impressed by his work, and you should be as well! Henry Flynt Philosophy.