Questions

Posted on April 10, 2025March 29, 2025 by Simon

Questions are more powerful than answers. In this detail of a work at the Tucson Museum of Art which color is on top? I disagree.... Read More

Real Courage

Posted on April 8, 2025March 29, 2025 by Simon

Immigrants are generally hard working and enterprising. Every immigrant is also an emigrant who had the courage to uproot him or herself and move to a foreign land. Adapted from Immigrants Your Countr... Read More

Undoing

Posted on March 24, 2025March 11, 2025 by Simon

“It is far more difficult to undo than to do” Alexander Hamilton From Alexander Hamilton the excellent biography by Ron Chernow The photo was taken early one morning of a mural on 1st Street in do... Read More

The Right

Posted on March 12, 2025March 6, 2025 by Simon

“It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.” Thomas Huxley A painting from an art gallery in Santa Fe. I failed to get the name of the gallery or the artist. You cou... Read More

Why Move?

Posted on March 10, 2025March 5, 2025 by Simon

“People are generally too much attached to their native countries to leave it and dissolve all their connections, unless they are driven to it by necessity.” Alexander Hamilton From Hamilton by Ro... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Repartee

Posted on March 7, 2025March 6, 2025 by Simon

Repartee Noun: conversation style characterized by quick, witty comments or replies. Example: “Mark Twain was known for his repartee. How to Pronounce The photo is of a Marnie Johnson painting i... Read More

Remember:

Posted on March 6, 2025February 28, 2025 by Simon

“Nobody wins a trade war” Photo is from the art gallery at the New Mexico Capital Building.... Read More

Build Bridges not Borders

Posted on March 4, 2025February 28, 2025 by Simon

The case for allowing people to move is simple; openness to newcomers is morally right, economically beneficial and culturally enriching. Philippe LeGrain LeGrain is a writer who wrote, among other th... Read More

Becoming Banal

Posted on February 27, 2025February 2, 2025 by Simon

“A brilliant remark is oft repeated and rapidly becomes banal.” A great painting of some river washed stones. It dates from 2011 but all of the rest of its provenance is lost. Banal... Read More

Democracies Limits

Posted on February 19, 2025February 2, 2025 by Simon

“Democracy is a hedge against worse outcomes, not a guarantor of best outcomes.” Paraphrase of Jonah Goldberg editor in chief of The Dispatch More art from the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

Tag: Art