Politics, not just American politics, is bankrupt. Everything about it is just so depressing these days. Where is the idealism and hope? Here are the traces of politics on Wythe…
While love and sex proliferate, religion is in short supply on Wythe Ave, and so I’ve had to reach back into my archives to pull out a few festive pics…
Wythe Ave is replete with love and sex. This post is on sex, or anything that depicts, describes, suggests, implies or connotes sex, graphic or ironic, legal or illegal, gay…
I have passed the halfway mark. And so while I’m generally a cynical bastard, I thought I could allow myself to get a little sentimental. Here’s a post on the…
The final element is Earth / 土 (pronounced tu), existing in both the Greek and Chinese traditions. In both traditions, the element refers to soil – that which gives life.…
The fifth element also exists purely in the Chinese tradition – 金, often translated as “Metal,” though the ideogram is that for “gold” and it really translates better as “Ore,”…
The fourth element, existing solely in the Chinese tradition is 木 (pronounced mu), which means “Wood,” as well as “Tree,” and quite possible, “Forest.” It is the first element in…
The third element is water, existing in a symbiotic relationship with fire. In Chinese, this is 水 (pronounced shui). Water is represented by fire sprinklers, water bodies big and small,…
The second element for the Ancient Greeks, and the first for the Ancient Chinese, was Fire / 火 (pronounced huo). Fire is represented on Wythe Ave as emergency fire towers,…
I thought I would kick off the month of March with a week-long theme on the Elements, both from the Classical (Greek) tradition and from ancient Chinese Philosophy. To recap:…
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