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PPS#46 Zoot Suits
May 18th, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, Zoot Suits The zoot suit was a men’s suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, and wide padded shoulders...
Nov 16, 20202 min read
PPS#45 “The Wonderful Spotted Indian”
Dear Patient Reader, “The Wonderful Spotted Indian” Born in 1774, to Jamaican parents, John Boby was his parents’ fifth child. Having...
Nov 13, 20201 min read
PPS#44 Live Aid. 1985
May 4th, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, Live Aid. 1985 LIVE AID was a dual-venue benefit concert that was simultaneously held at the Wembley...
Nov 12, 20201 min read
PPS#43 When Violent Groups Take Charge – Part II
April 26th, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, When Violent Groups Take Charge – Part II “A weak pandemic response from a government creates an...
Nov 11, 20201 min read
PPS#42 When Violent Groups Take Charge – Part I
April 19th 2020 Dear Patient Reader, When Violent Groups Take Charge – Part I With about 11 million people, the favelas of Rio de...
Nov 10, 20201 min read
PPS#41 What happens after the lockdown?
April 14th, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, A summary of an interview between The Daily Show host, Trevor Noah and Bill Gates. What happens...
Nov 9, 20201 min read
PPS#40 Differing Across Cultures – Part III Skin
Dear Patient Reader, Differing Across Cultures – Part III Skin The perception of what beautiful skin may not be so different across the...
Nov 9, 20202 min read
PPS#39 Differing Across Cultures – Part II Hair
Dear Patient Reader, Differing Across Cultures – Part II Hair Hair texture has dictated how women kept their hair. Along with the...
Nov 9, 20201 min read
PPS#38 Differing Across Cultures – Part I Milk Tea
Dear Patient Reader, Differing Across Cultures – Part I Milk Tea For those who were brought up with the scent of boiling milk tea, many...
Nov 6, 20201 min read
PPS#37 The importance of rivers
March 15th, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, In the past weeks, we talked about art history, antiquities, and their civilisations, which leaves...
Nov 5, 20201 min read
PPS#36 Antiquus
Dear Patient Reader, Ever heard of antiquity? Etymologically, antiquity roots from the Latin word antiquus. Antiquus means ‘old’ or...
Nov 4, 20201 min read
PPS#35 What is art history?
Dear Patient Reader, What is art history? Art history is the study of pre-historic, pre-modern, and modern time periods. Times which...
Nov 4, 20201 min read
PPS#34 An authoritatively elegant painting
February 23rd, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, An authoritatively elegant painting, dated c. 1885. Sikh Akalis on the March The Akalis who are...
Nov 3, 20201 min read
PPS#33 The rest is sweat
February 16th, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, After having had a good laugh a friend of mine had in an instant said “We need to be alive.”...
Nov 3, 20201 min read
PPS#32.3 ‘True’ in the sense of race
February 14th, 2020 Aboriginals are the true Australians, and Native Americans the true North Americans. ‘True’ in the sense of race. Is...
Nov 3, 20201 min read
PPS#32.2 Powhatan’s Mantle
February 14th, 2020 Powhatan’s mantle is a part of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. It is made of four large hides of...
Nov 3, 20201 min read
PPS#32.1 Matoaka
February 14th, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, Pocahontas was a real, living person from the Plains tribe of North America. She was the...
Nov 3, 20201 min read
PPS#31.4 Experiences, IV - The National Gallery of Modern Art
Practice Session. Krishen Khanna. Oil on canvas. 134.5 x 147’ February 12th, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, Experiences, IV The National...
Oct 1, 20201 min read
PPS#31.3-2 Experiences, III - Bikaner House – Part II
February 12th, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, Experiences, III Bikaner House – Part II Jitish Kalat is an active creator in the contemporary...
Sep 8, 20201 min read
PPS#31.3-1 Experiences, III - Bikaner House – Part I
February 12th, 2020 Dear Patient Reader, Experiences, III Bikaner House – Part I Bikaner House is architecturally stunning. Located near...
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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