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THEEND OF THE WORLD DRUSILLA FOER TELLS ALL

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REVELATION, THE DISCLOSURE OF SOMETHING HIDDEN, THE LIFTING OF THE VEIL

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Florentine Iconoclast Drusilla Foer Photgrapher: Jerry Lee Ingram Hair/Makeup: Angelo Nenna, Makeupfirenze, Styling: Domenico Strecapede 3

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EDITOR’S LETTER Head-On Collision with Our Future

lending Magazine staff jumped on the Mayan End-of-theWorld prediction as a strong metaphor and theme to redirect the magazine on a course different from any English language publication in Florence today.

Our second bi-annual Special Spring-Summer 2012 Edition’s front cover immediately invites you to share and talk with us. Let’s open the dialogue and figure out not only how to live together, but how to transform our new

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fashion, food, sports, music and literature. Like Leone Contini’s Chinese

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gage, not just float past each other in parallel worlds. A quirky selection of singular, primarily Florentine luminaries agreed to delve into the end-of-the-world prediction with us, including whistle-blowing journalist, social activist and proponent of Modern Monetary Theory Paolo Barnard, who has a thing or two to say about how governments can better manage the Italian, American and British economic crises. Mysterious iconoclast Drusilla Foer shakes up our vision of reality for the Mayan leap year with an unconventional take on Florentine aristocracy. Leonard Bundu, contender for the Welterweight World Championship title, shares charmingly candid last-minute apocalypse thoughts. Contemporary music composer extraordinaire Andrea Portera explores rituals, totems and taboos. Transformative fashion designer Emilio Cavallini channels his talented energy and passion into innovative art. Susan Nevelson, print designer and artist, narrows the telescope on revolution. Published by Florence University of the Arts’ Ingorda Publications,

Blending Magazine was developed by four extraordinary publishing student-editors and art directors with inspirational talent who have worked on the magazine from concept to launch: Laura Aloise, Brianna Bond, Angela Neal and Maria Vasquez. Remarkably, while working on the magazine, they simultaneously wrote a marvelous book: Crafted with Soul. This edition would not be here without the valuable help of our director Grace Joh; photographers Jerry Lee Ingram, David Andre Weiss; videographer-graphics consultant, Silvia Mancini; our FUA section editors: Thomas Brownlees, Camilla Carrega, Lucia Giardino, Alexandra Lawrence, Baret Magarian, Eva Sauer and Simone Pierotti; and Apicius Executive Chef Andrea Trapani, Pastry Chef Simone de Castro and Livia Le Divelec. We also thank our exceptional student contributors: Gudmundur Hilmar Tomasson, Fiona Katherine Barbour, Amy Berray, Joseph Camp, Rebecca Elbaum, Arthur Kozlovski, Amy Tanzillo, Alessandro Schneider and Sean Sullivan. Our ability to connect with readers via more meaningful cultural content will be what enables Blending Magazine to flourish. KIM COSTON, Managing Editor

Progetto grafico e impaginazione Graphic design and layout Angela Neal Maria Vasquez Photographers Jerry Lee Ingram David Andre Weiss Alessandro Schneider Sean Sullivan Photo Editors Angela Neal Maria Vasquez Redazione Copy Editors Brianna Bond Laura Aloise Maria Vasquez Angela Neal Editors at Large Thomas Brownlees Camilla Carrega Lucia Giardino Alexandra Lawrence Baret Magarian Eva Sauer Simone Pierotti Copertina Cover by Jerry Lee Ingram Editore Publisher Florence Campus per INGORDIA Editore Via Alfonso La Marmora 39 50121 Firenze Redazione News Office Corso Tintori 21 50121 Firenze Tel. 055-0332745 Stampa Printer Tipografia Vanzi Industria Grafica Il numero e stato chiuso in redazione nel mese di maggio 2012. This issue was completed in May 2012 Copyright 2012 by Florence Campus, Firenze All rights reserved.

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REVELATION UNVEILED: Have we been living in a parallel world? Mayans, the Schuman cavity resonance, the Native Americans and others are all predicting The Apocalypse.

Can they all be wrong?

BY BRIANNA BOND

Chaos ensues! Parallel worlds collide! Per the Mayan 2012 End of the World prophecy, an extraordinary, earth-shaking paradigm shift in our world is not en route;

it’s already here.

Until the bottom fell out of the U.S. mortgage-credit markets and more than 7 million people lost their jobs, many Americans had blinders on, living and consuming at unsustainable speeds, often with expectations that far exceeded what was possible. In a flash, life savings vanished, houses were repossessed and families shattered. A similar story echoes loudly across the world, most notably in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain where people unwillingly abandon dreams for a new, sobering economic reality. Per the Mayan 2012 End of the World prophecy, an extraordinary, earth-shaking paradigm shift in our world is not en route; it’s already here. The Mayan prophecy has already exploded as evidenced by the Arab Spring, the crumbling Murdoch empire, the Japanese nuclear disaster, the Costa Concordia, environmental destruction in Cinque Terre and subsequent landslides in Genoa. It’s no accident that these events coincide with the Mayan Last Day Calendar, marking the end of the world. As the world collectively wakes up from an over-borrowed

slumber, many are left homeless and suddenly stripped of jobs or the savings they were counting on. But our take on the Mayan prediction, like the Greek definition of ‘apocalypse,’ focuses on a new cycle. We see innovation rising from moribund economies mirroring the mystery of a fiddlehead fern sprouting in a parched desert. Proven deceit on Wall Street sparks invigorated entrepreneurial determination and a new way of life not exclusively focused on survival but fueled by fresh, creative forces. Fresh voices cut through static offering radical solutions to deeply entrenched problems like Italian economist and modern-money theorist Paolo Barnard, who is lobbying for change in the form of, “sound, people-centered economics.” Using the Mayan prediction as a metaphor and theme for this issue, we stand at odds with interpretations of the Mayan prophesy as cataclysmic destruction. The lifting of the veil doesn’t necessarily equate with doom-and-gloom; no need to build a bomb shelter in fear of planetary collisions or a nuclear meltdown. Now is the time to engage as we find ourselves at a fork in the road trying to decide which road to take.

How is your world irrevocably shifting this summer?

EXPLORE THE WORLD-SHAKING TRUTH WITH US.

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FEED YOUR MIND: FOOD RITUALS AND PASTA

LEONE CONTINI MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE SETS PRECEDENT FOR THE FUTURE BY THOMAS BROWNLEES

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hrowing two clashing cultures together, and breaking some cookbook rules, installation artist Leone Contini, sponsored an exceptional culinary pasta-dumpling workshop last spring that blew away racial stereotypes. A NEW WAY TO LIVE TOGETHER “Social change won’t come because of cosmic changes, but through practices created over time,” Contini said. Talented professional Italian and Chinese chefs collaborated at his gorgeous Agriturismo Capezzana, in Prato Leone, to test future community relationships. Chinese and Pratesi shared common roots and created a common bond with pasta. As the kitchen became the

stage for an extraordinary performance, those involved became the actual performance art: chefs working with dumpling and ravioli aficionados, everybody exhibiting kindness and friendship. “Chinese find it extremely challenging to integrate in Prato, coexisting with Pratesi but hardly ever making contact. This was a way to bond them together with dumplings and noodles, both strong Euro–Asian cultural traditions,” affirmed Contini. IN THE KITCHEN,THE CHINESE AND THE ITALIAN ARE HALF-BROTHERS No one could be more diverse than the Chinese and Pratesi. Contini’s brainwave experiment tested his beliefs about food preparation rituals bringing people closer together. Preparing meals is something usually done with family and close friends, so he wanted to try it

with two diverse communities. And it worked! “I try to keep a neutral position about who created pasta. Even though Italians were first to make machine-made pasta, the Chinese have kept their ‘artigianato’ dumpling preparation intact even today. Swapping out fillings and sauces help clarify some of the dispute.” Farcitura, the fillings, were like a compromise. Dumplings were filled with Italian ragu, Italian ravioli stuffed with Chinese filling. The contamination of recipes forged a bridge connecting two separate traditions. Endorsed by Carmingnano City Hall and Chinese businessmen, fund-raising began and the event culminated with the dumpling-ravioli fest in April 2011. Interaction between the Chinese and Pratesi was remarkable, forging many interpersonal connections.

Leone likens his own performance art to the last stage of a cycle that returns to the origin of his inspiration.

Like Leone, should we interpret the Mayan 2012 End-of-the-World metaphor as a return to our own inspirations?

Regardless, Contini proved we can remake our new world and live together through intelligence, food and rituals. FEED YOUR MIND, a remarkable creative initiative for our future, with an audience–based performance and rediscovery of beloved anthropological rituals.

Gifted installation artist from Carmignano with a degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Siena, Leone Contini has always perceived his art as his way of giving back to his community.

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CULTURE SHOCK A Japanese point of view: Fumitaka Kudo BY AMY BERRAY

hen a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck his native Japan in 2011, multimedia artist Fumitaka Kudo turned to his art to explore the implications behind the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Kudo’s efforts culminated in the June 2011 exhibition featuring Past is Present, Present is Past, an installation piece with two billowing white sails hanging from the ceiling and sketched with black ink drawings of organic and unnatural elements. It was an example of Kudo’s view of the catastrophe in Japan as part of a larger theme related to the inevitability of change and the interdependence between the past and future and life and death. “We must have respect for what nature gives us but also be aware that it can be taken away,” he said. His view of death and destruction closely mirrors that of traditional Japanese theory, which embraces

and celebrates both elements as inevitable yet essential parts of life’s natural cycle. Since moving to Florence with his wife, Ayumi, who is also an artist, Kudo has experienced the power of personal transformation first-hand. Living in Italy and being exposed to the artistic open-mindedness that often pervades Western Europe sharply contrasted with Japanese culture’s emphasis on “finding beauty in order”. “The attitude of the public [in Europe] is more laid-back,” he said. “The ease of traveling between countries and experiencing other cultures is extremely interesting and useful for my work.” Throughout his artistic transformation, Kudo has managed to tune into a raw, creative energy that has fueled his work, which is both brutally honest regarding the inescapability of our mortality and uplifting by giving us reason to hope that out of the ashes a phoenix will rise.

YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION

Paolo Barnard Pushes Modern Monetary Theory: Monetary Sovereignty for the Benefit of the Majority BY KIM COSTON

BARNARD: “What we need now is sound economics, state-centered, people-centered. A sovereign state regaining sovereign currency to deficit spend it more than they tax people, to create full employment, full education, full housing and to create full social security, The state with a sovereign currency can help productivity as much as it wants.” Inviting American economists from the American School of Economics, University of Missouri, and Levy Institute-Bard College, New York, to explain to Italians how to defend themselves from what he calls a financial coup d’etat and regain monetary sovereignty for the benefit of the majority. If the US and UK have a sovereign currency why the severe financial doldrums? According to him, the US government is not applying MMT. They can issue as much money as they want. They just issue it to further the elite and not for the people. Citing that the US government has printed $23 trillion dollars in the last three years, the fact it only went to banks and the elite 1 percent of people, If this money had been spent for the people, America would be a different country. And the same applies to Britain. The democratic way to handle money is called Modern Monetary Theory.

AMERICAN DREAMERS :

BY KIM COSTON

Tackling tough issues with a transformative artistic vision

Questioning the American Dream and highlighting lost values in today’s world, eleven American artists devise parallel, alternative worlds with fantasy, imagination and dreams. Whether rejecting contemporary society or tweaking reality to escape today’s challenging world, the American Dreamers exhibit probes our current human dilemma, and presents new visions of what is possible. Thomas Doyle’s apocalyptic imagination dramatizes precarious existence, playing with symbols of middle-class life like the quaint single-family home on the edge of the cliff. Transformative by nature, Nick Cave’s extravagant, multi-sensory, wearable fabric figures are between sculpture, perfor-

mance art and contemporary dance. He calls it a “psychedelic freak show,” imbued with primordial energy. Sometimes almost costume-like, Cave’s ‘soundsuits’ transform themselves to the shape of the artist’s body, and are composed of intriguing blends of sequins, buttons, fake fur, found objects, toys and human hair. Adam Cvijanovic’s ambiguous double-entendres are visual illusions that force the question: destruction or construction? Other artists like Christy Rupp put the brakes on the careening

speed of the world to examine how mass production degrades humans and animals into objects for commercial use. American Dreamers at the CCC Strozzina, and the Americans in Florence at the Strozzi have Palazzo Strozzi buzzing like a beehive this spring.

American Contemporary Art: Reality and imagination in Contemporary American Art Exhibit organized by CCC Strozzina in conjunction with the Hudson River Museum (Yonkers, New York, USA), curated by Bartholomew F. Bland. March 9-July 15, 2012 Strozzina CCC-Palazzo Strozzi

ARTISTS: Laura Ball, Adrien Broom, Nick Cave, Will Cotton, Adam Cvijanovic, Richard Deon, Thomas Doyle, Mandy Greer, Kirsten Hassenfeld, Patrick Jacobs and Christy Rupp

CONTACTS Information: +39 055 39 17 11 Ticket Office: +39 055 26 45 155 Email: news@strozzina.org

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vWhen Disaster Strikes Fumitaka Kudo Uses Art to Explore Nuclear Meltdown By Amy Berray

DRUSILLAFOER Mysterious Iconoclast shakes our vision of reality this Mayan leap year with an unconventional take on Florentine aristocracy.

Baring all, one of the most stylish women we know reveals lastminute experiences she is dying to have this summer, including a couple of big surprises. So, Drusilla tell us what you really want to do this summer, pre-paradigm shift?

Have sex with Walther Matthau. That is my secret wish.

I always wanted him so much...but he never wanted me. We were very good friends. In Walter’s absence, I would like a good looking man who would treat me well and not make me try exciting sexual tricks that I don’t already know. It would be just too frustrating to discover something new and exciting, and then possibly not have time to keep doing it. If you had to pick heels to wear during that special last hurrah, which brand would they be? Excuse me, what kind of a question is that? Anyway, there is no doubt in my mind that I would wear the Deneuve by Roger Vivier. Comfortable and low enough that I could escape, if need be. What do you think of plastic surgery? Are you for it? I don’t disapprove of it, nor do I approve of it. Plastic surgery as a transformation method is a convenient way to ignore one’s own fragility, what we don’t want to look at inside. Thinking about it, maybe just a wee little nip and tuck just above the breasts before the world’s end. Can we say the kind of surgery you like most is Photoshop? Really nice! Reduce my big foot size...it’s always been one of my complexes. If you could be Queen for this last transformative phase of the world as we know it, what would you do? How very disrespectful! I only have seven months, and you want to lay all that responsibility on me? All right then, I wish to abolish guilt feelings.

Without guilt, everyone would be pardoned. No war, no discrimination. What else would you change about yourself? More rigor and discipline in practical matters would really help. Perhaps with so little time left it is not worth changing. But, oh, perhaps yes...in the next few months if I could just have some discipline, so much can be accomplished... What is your favorite food? You know, if you were planning The Last Supper? My Sienese aunt Dina’s lasagna was an emotional and culinary miracle. Nothing compares! Lets talk wardrobe. If this summer is our last shot at looking the way we love to look most, what will you wear? Really colorful vintage Emilio Pucci silk man-tailored shirts, skinny stretch, ankle-hugging leggings, oxford shirts from a man that I loved or still love... maybe my dear, departed father. I just love pareos...light, fluttering, tied above the breast. Also, solid colors like olive and bordeaux. Perfect with pearls... - KIM COSTON

So just who is Drusilla Foer: Florentine actress and media figure, famous for shattering the clichés of local aristocracy. Drusilla appears in Fernan Ozpetek’s most recent film, Magnificent Presence, and is frequently featured in television, YouTube, radio and magazine editorials.

Photographer: Jerry Lee Ingram Styling: Domenico Strecapede Hair-makeup: Angelo Nenna, Makeupfirenze

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LEONARD BUNDU Boxing with the Future: Bundu’s Seismic Shift Strategy

European Welterweight Champion Leonard Bundu Talks about His Plans for this Year’s Seismic Shift.

After winning his second European Welterweight Championship in March, boxer Leonard Bundu proved he’s a force to be reckoned with. As he gears up to defend his European Welterweight Championship title on July 14, Bundu shared his vision of a new world with Blending Editor Brianna Bond, including his hope that the anticipated global shift will bring more respect for the sport in Europe.

How will you shake up the world given the pending paradigm shift that’s been predicted by so many? My generation… hasn’t really believed in their ability to change the world. We always feel that everything is bigger than us while our parents’ generation had a real belief in their possibilities. Perhaps this is my own personal problem, but I don’t know what I would do to shake up the world. Personally, I would try to be more self-confident and believe more in my potential because this is one thing that has kept me from being or doing things that I would have loved to do or become. Has boxing transformed since you joined the sport? Boxing has undergone a big change. Before it wasn’t considered a sport, just a way for someone -- mainly from the lower class -- to make money. Rules and regulations were almost nonexistent. I would have defined it as more of a show than a real sport. Today people from every social level are practicing it. In America, boxing is closely followed and loved, and it’s a well-paid sport. I think in Europe, especially in Italy, we would need a Revolution in terms of boxing’s visibility and its acceptance as a regular sport. In fact most people think of it as just pure violence. You have been appointed Ruler of the World for one day. What changes would you make? I wouldn’t want to rule the world, but I think it would be important to ensure that power wasn’t concentrated with only a few people because when someone reaches such a position, it is very difficult to consider the needs of others. Evolution has moved in an individual-focused direction, so if we should start all over again, it would be better for the world to have a more social community. We should also be more ecologically aware and take better care of our habitat. How do you see your personal world shifting-transforming this year? I don’t foresee any radical revolution occurring in my life. I only hope that all the work I’ve done up till now, in boxing and in my private life, will bring the best possible results. Globally I think we are in a transitional period, and there are a lot of possibilities for change, both negative and positive. I only hope that my kids and future generations will be able to transform these possibilities into a better world. Today is the last day of the world as we know it. What are you doing? Having a romantic dinner under the moonlight with my wife. No kids.

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BOBOUTIC

ART-KNITWEAR TRANSFIGURATION

BY REBECCA ELBAUM

n a visceral parallel world located somewhere between performance art and fashion, BOBOUTIC pushes the envelope with transformative fashion and sculptural artknitwear. Gesture and movement are key to this concept, perfect apparel for the seismic shift predicted by the Mayan 2012 Long Count calendar. The name BOBOUTIC resonates with form and shape, evoking the feel of the clothing. The concept is unique art clothing that literally influences the gestures of wearers. Forms are created with innovative, complex constructions and shapes are often squared or rectangular. Spontaneously invented, constantly evolving

and highly original, BOBOUTIC transforms wearers movements and gestures. With themes like Spring-Summer 2012’s current historic cycle of sensory and emotional overload, designers Michele Bergamo and Cristina Zamagni create extraordinary knitted structures with artistic, hand-crafted attention and ingenuity. Entranced and originally inspired by the image of a piece of starry wrapping paper by famous photographer Luigi Ghirri, they merged as performance artists and designers to create BOBOUTIC. Since 2000, Bergamo and Zamagni have created singular hand-knit clothing in Florence, selling to exclusively creative retailers like Guya-Florence, N°6-New York,

Tomorrowland-Tokyo, Palette-London, Spree and Onze-Paris. For Spring Summer 2012, pale and wet colors, light tulle, paper and complex layering techniques contribute to an ethereal, theatrical vision of fashion as it will be in a new world. Fall-Winter collections tend to monochromatic palettes of darker colors, slightly more agressive but always using the finest wool or cashmere yarns, contributing to bold statements about movement in turbulent times. A stunningly eloquent synthesis of parallel worlds, BOBOUTIC is artwear and fashion at its best, functional, naturally elegant and timeless. Totally fitting for moving into a paradigm shift.

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EMILIO CAVALLINI CHANNELS DESIGN GENIUS INTO ART BY LAURA ALOISE Better known as creator of extraordinary private-label seamless fashion under his client’s names - some of the top retailers in the world Cavalini’s recent work shows a chameleon-like ability to transform his work into remarkable art. TRANSFIGURATION, his exhibit in New York and at the Milan Triennale last year, was an extraordinary installation using Modulor, Le Corbusier’s scale, to create an imaginary room representing an existential path to concretize life’s dreams. INFO: http://www.emiliocavallini.com/projects/triennale/

PHOTO: From the upcoming publication CRAFTED WITH SOUL, Ingorda per Florence Campus Editore

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RITUALS, TOTEMS AND TABOOS OF CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL MUSIC

On the verge of the end of the world, Andrea Portera one of Italy’s youngest and most accomplished composers shares his musical inspiration on the end of the long count.

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“I feel very much at ease with the end of the world” Portera says. “Cycles are fundamental to the nature of men. After every ending, rebirth emerges and the original inspiration remains within the artist and that momentum carries him to the next score.” Musical compositions follow exactly the same paradigm, the birth of a new piece, is very much like a newborn. Following the same paradigm of evolution—childhood, adolescence and adulthood— each stage of music, like life, is filled with enthusiasm and discovery. Grand finales always bear reflections of majesty and wisdom. A cycle’s essence is captured through rituals of prayer. Inducing hypnotic transformation, mantras of Buddhism are enlightening examples of how sounds, syllables and words resonate together. Central to beliefs of reincarnation, this particular form of prayer channels the remembrance of past lives. Pursuit of enlightenment is inherent to the eternal return of reincarnation, summoning the meditative state of mind . Portera’s contemporary composition is very connected to ritual. Rituals still exist, but are now performed in different venues, and prayer is not part of the equation. As close as you can be to tribal, techno and new age music have the same spiral structure, and exalting the communal experience of dance and rhythm, the focus is the group, not the individual. The limits posed by the selfish, individualistic attitude of classical music are the current taboos of contemporary music. During the twentieth century, streams of conceptual classical music have grown away from the communal experience, creating musical abstractions. The composer sets himself above his audience and is unable to deliver a clear musical message. To return to collective consciousness, Portera injects new life into archetypes, creating a bridge to fill the gap between intellectual music and audience. Breathing ideas and visions of world music into his scores, he tunes his instruments awakening our own inner chords to ancestral origins of life.

Giving particular weight to the wavelength of non-intellectual listeners, he finds vibrations that people react to as humans, in an almost animalistic manner. A primordial connection is forged with the audience. “Historically, some timeless compositions show with crystal clarity what I mean. My advice is to listen to these masterpieces to experience on a personal level this cyclical process.”

Archetypes are the shared values of a community. Ancient tribes would represent them as totems, idealizations of the binding values of a group. “The first masterpiece I would like to mention is Stravinsky’s innovative use of rhythm and instrumental timbres for the ballet Le Sacre du Printemps, or the Rite of Spring, has yet to be rivaled. Deeply effective cyclical rhythm patterns and adventurous use of orchestration elicit the essence of a collective consciousness.” “The renowned Kachek Balinese dance is an exception, a unique musical ritual composed exclusively in D flat. Defined by modern science as the fossil frequency of the universe, it exemplifies the deep connection between ancient civilizations and a modern sense of cosmos.” Portera invites you to listen to one of his compositions, Linea Cerchio Ettagono, devoted to the research of anthropological music. Tinkling Tibetan wind chimes arouse transcendental atmosphere. Having had the honor of working with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, this composition is available on YouTube. Portera’s musical evolution dovetails with this year’s paradigm shift, putting us in touch with our roots before releasing us into the future. Award-winning anthropologist-contemporary composer Andrea Portera’s music has been performed by distinguished orchestras worldwide. Portera’s innovative and visually stunning scores have created a new primordial language to prepare us for the future.

A New Beginning, a New Tune BY JOSEPH CAMP

With all the nervous buzz surrounding the end of the world as we know it, I am left wondering why no one is talking about music as an effective antidote to the anxiety accompanying the anticipation surrounding this paradigm shift. You might be skeptical of music’s power to heal, but there is one simple reason why it can save us: Music gives us hope, and the power of hope cannot be underestimated. Music is a part of our lives, connects us with friends and allows us to experience love. It is a misconception to believe that the world will end and we are powerless to fix it because we create the world around us, and with a positive outlook aided by good music, we can fix change our future for the better. Music can evoke an emotion or impel us to get up and dance. We train our brain to filter preferences by listening to music and decided what we like. Similarly, we can train our brains to filter other experiences. We can choose how we live our lives and decide how our future will unfold. It’s not the end of the world. It’s a new beginning, and it starts with music.

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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SUSAN NEVELSON

Artistic tour de force and flower power print designer for Ken Scott, Susan Nevelson has enviably fiery staying power and a mind of steel.

When quizzed on the zeitgeist of our impending paradigm shift, Nevelson insists, “Revolution is definitely in the air.” So in asking her about the Mayans’ prediction of a fundamental 2012 transformation, she gets out a big book about Mayan and Aztec cultures to look at the famous Last Count Mayan Calendar. Facing an impending world’s end, she will begin painting pictures of Mayan masks subito! After spending seven years living in Ken Scott’s splendid Cuernavaca palazzo, she has already collected scads of Mexican and Mayan art and objects and painted a fabulous print of Mexican masks. She knows exactly which Mayan masks she will paint now. So if Susan can do anything she wants as ruler, she wants change. “If I were ruling the world right now, we would have peace. I would forbid prejudice and racism.”

Rebel And Leader

For an elder, Susan is pretty feisty. Her brand of leadership would stop violent top-down seizure of power but not suppress revolutionary spirit altogether. She hastens to say that Ken was a bit more conservative than she is. “Ken would NEVER put men in dresses. He hated mini-skirts. He would be horrified at what has happened to the world over the past decade.”

During the seminal 1960s, Ken was right there at the front of the pack with Valentino, Emilio Pucci, Mila Schön, Krizia and Irene Galitzine as Italy’s brand new fashion system revved up to challenge the French. Susan insists Ken was way ahead of his time, the first to design animal prints and to create a designer restaurant.Ken Scott was a world-shaking fashion force in Italy. Though he died in 1992 after battling lymphoma, his brand continues today with Susan providing the Ken Scott verve and spirit. “He would still dress beautifully. And he would still have fun with life.”

So what else would she do before the December 17 world shift? Bring back Ken Scott!

Hobnobbing with arts-fashion-culture glitterati, Ken Scott and Susan Nevelson knew Peggy Guggenheim, editor Eugenia Shepphard, top fashion artists-illustrators Joe Eula, Sylvia Braverman and Eric (Carl Erickson). Writer Pete Hamill and many others still come to pay homage. Susan’s Via dei Serragli apartment is like a salon, with a constant stream of amazing friends. Her surname is from her marriage to Mike Nevelson, son of sculptress Louise Nevelson. Living life in this world to the fullest, Susan has worked for the Ken Scott brand for 51 years, lived in Cuernavaca and Florence, sailed the Bosporus and Mediterranean in Ken’s purple Turkish schooner. Susan never stops painting and never stops learning. With the true grit of a real leader, Susan confronts the changing world head on. Brava to Susan Nevelson’s inspiring new world. Viva Susan, Viva La Revoluzione! - LAURA ALOISE

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DEAR PSYCHOLOGIST: Argh!! Am I supposed to be everything to everyone? I feel like I’m going through an identity crisis! Should I be round, fruity and voluptuous like Salma Hayek? Or classical, elegant, more austere, like Tilda Swinton? If I follow centuries of tradition and represent my terroir, I can be “true to my roots” (no pun intended). But maybe I could switch loyalties, ally with the Aussies and (in my best Vito Corleone voice) “swim with the wood chips.” If I bring you closer to God on Sundays, will you be happier with me? Or do you prefer I make you forget your sorrows and fall asleep under the table on Friday nights? I hear my makers argue uncharacteristically with each other, “You rigid traditionalist! We have enough technology to tame Mother Nature!” Another countering, “You arrogant fool! Mother Nature cannot and should not be tamed!” I am so stressed out I can feel myself turning into vinegar! With the end of the world as we know it coming up, I’d like to figure this out. What should I do?

Dear Aged and Confused: Don’t take yourself so seriously and go have a drink!

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CIRCUS BY FIONA KATHERINE BARBOUR

The hay was wet. The smell surrounded the small group of performers like a mist encasing a clutter of cold statues. Somewhere someone played a hollow and distant piano. “You know the rules,” the Ringmaster spoke softly. “We put it to a vote.” The Tamer, her hair just as wild and beautiful as the creatures she cracked beneath her whip, placed a worried hand to her mouth. “He has no one to go to if we vote him out.” “None of us has anyone to go to,” the Contortionist growled, flexing his long, unnatural fingers. His knuckles cracked as he did so, somehow adding to the sad melody that wafted through the air. “Plus,” added the Clown, exchanging looks with the Ringmaster, “he will not be let out. Isaac killed someone. His punishment, in accordance with the old laws, is death.” “Stoned, to be precise,” the Magician stated flatly. He was settled upon a brightly painted stool, one long graceful leg flung over the other, his fingertips steepled. His eyes were downcast. The Lux Lucis, the Circus of Lights, had been on the road so long that none of its members could count the number of years. Its family—its core—were the men and women who worked day in and day out, bleeding and laughing and performing, beneath the candy-colored tents. The Lucis was its own ecosystem, a microcosm of ex-cons, runaways, beauties, the wise and reckless alike. People without faith or futures from obsolete places not noted on most maps. There was something miserably beautiful about watching those who were hopeless bind together, like tying a knot with muddy string. It created a bond that could not be easily broken. The feathers, glitter and gauze, the velvet red of the Ringmaster’s tail-coat and the rhinestones that glittered across the trapeze artists’ costumes like iridescent freckles hid horrible pasts and broken hearts, but when beneath the lights and under the crushing gaze of three hundred people they were perfect, whole and untainted by life. To uphold some semblance of civilized life most traveling circuses did not abide by the laws of the land; they made their own. This code had been passed through generations of performers, owners and workers and was fairly well known throughout the performing world. Respect and honor were vital—woe to he who broke these honored laws because the consequences greatly outweighed the rules themselves. Murder was unacceptable. The Trapeze Girl coughed out a sob, turning to bury her head in the Contortionist’s shoulder. She was the sole witness to Victoria’s cruel

murder. She remembered the face of her fellow gymnast as her swing snapped, her body tumbling to earth. And the heart-wrenching crack of her neck that followed. Victoria Nysic, one of the world’s most gifted trapeze artists, had fallen to her death and landed in a twisted heap of bones. Everyone had seen. The packed audience had remained still and quiet until a wail was emitted from the second gymnast’s mouth, her frame still hung high above the spectators.

an.” The Ringmaster nodded in agreement. “He was helpful, unquestioning and kind. Quiet, yes but … he worked harder than most of the men.” “His passion for Victoria was unrequited,” the Magician added. “I’ve never seen a man love a woman as deeply as he did.” The silence that followed was the group’s unanimous agreement with the Magician’s statement. Isaac had loved Victoria since the day he

She remembered the face of her fellow gymnast as her swing snapped, her body tumbling to earth. And the heart-wrenching crack of her neck that followed. Only then did the audience break into screams and running bodies, hurrying from the tent and shielding their children from the horror of the poor girl lying on the tent floor. The now-head Trapeze Girl rubbed her face into the cool skin of the Contortionist’s neck, wishing the images and memory away. “Is it true,” the Ringmaster asked the quietly crying tumbler, a hand resting upon her shoulder, “that Isaac hung the swings that night for the performance?” She nodded her head miserably. A draft came through, whipping the flaps of the tent’s opening. It rustled the hay and sent a shiver through everyone’s spine. The distant piano paused momentarily. “You saw the swing ropes,” murmured the Clown, “they were partly severed. The cut was clean. It was made by a knife.” “I am aware of this,” the Ringmaster instantly replied. There was a coldness in the voice that silenced everyone, even their thoughts. “There aren’t any witnesses, spectators or performers who could confidently say Isaac had tampered with the swings. If I am to send a man to his death than at least let me be one hundred percent sure he deserves it.” “He couldn’t have. He’s the kindest man I know! The kindest man traveling with the Lucis!” the Tamer spat forcefully, her own eyes misting with emotion. “He feeds the cats with me every morning and not once has he struck my babies in anger or frustration, even in self-defense! There isn’t a mean streak in him. He could barely kill a fly let alone kill a wom-

joined their traveling family. Victoria, a talented albeit overly confident young woman, had rebuffed Isaac and his advances multiple times, each refusal nastier than the last. At breakfast, as the entire circus ate, she would humiliate him, throwing insults across the lines of rickety old tables. She would laugh as he hoisted new tents, making him stiffen and sometimes fumble with the great wooden pillars he held. Subsequently his falling would make her laugh harder. She was as malicious as she was beautiful. “It’s not like he didn’t have a motive,” the Contortionist said darkly, a hand absently wrapped around the Trapeze Girl who still shivered with sadness and shock. “She was a horrid bitch.” “Have respect for the dead,” the Ringmaster snapped, despite internally agreeing with the statement. “Do we know anything about Isaac’s past? We’ve never seen him snap. He could have a hidden history of violence.” The Clown cocked his head, crossing his arms as he relaxed back against a hay bale. It was the dead of night and the crickets sang a symphony of darkness, their lonesome tunes whistling throughout the encampment of tents, carriages and train cars.

“I could say the same about you,” the Ringmaster echoed, eyes narrowing slightly. “We all have pasts. What we know is the life Isaac spent with us. Nothing more, nothing less.” “Then he is innocent.” The Ringmaster glanced at the Magician, who had uttered the statement. The Magician displayed his hands, palms up. “If we make the decision based upon his time with the Lucis then he is innocent.” “But the evidence—” the Contortionist started to speak. “The evidence, my dear man, is merely hearsay and gossip. Victoria may have treated him with disrespect but we haven’t the slightest shred of factual evidence that indicates Isaac was violent.” The Magician cocked one dark eyebrow. The Contortionist stewed silently, glaring. The Ringmaster heaved a weary sigh. There were bags beneath the master’s jewel-toned eyes. The great top hat was dragged from the dark head and clutched between worn hands. “I agree with you, old friend. But it is still up to the vote. We, as the elected leaders of the Lux Lucis, must vote.” “Let the man speak for himself at least,” whispered the Tamer. “Let him appeal to you, Ringmaster.” The Trapeze Girl nodded her agreement. “He will have his chance. But we must vote now. We pack up tomorrow and I need all of you present and fit.” The congregation huddled even closer together. As in the ancient days, colored stones were used to determine the fate of Isaac’s life. The small jumbled group cast their votes;

“His passion for Victoria was unrequited,” the Magician added. “I’ve never seen a man love a woman as deeply as he did.” a white stone meant Isaac was innocent, red meant he deserved to die. The stones were tossed into the Ringmaster’s top hat, each member stiffly setting their stones down, careful to keep their fingers curled around each one, concealing the color. The air became even more turbulent with wind and sound, as if imitating the troubled nature of the event that was taking place. Once all had voted the Ringmaster gestured

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Ringmaster gestured for the Magician to follow, giving a simple, definitive nod to the rest of the group. They all dissipated, walking back to their respective tents and carriages. Silence once again enveloped the small settlement. “Shall he live or die?” asked the Magician in a sing-song whisper, his accent heavily lacing the softly spoken words. The various charms and earrings that hung from his earlobes tinkled as he did so. The Ringmaster glanced at the rocks assorted in the top hat and cracked a weak smile. “He shall live.” “As I suspected.” “You gave quite the fight, old friend.” The Magician waved a hand dismissively. “Fight is not the correct word. Stance maybe?” The Magician returned the smile. “He is waiting for the results. Perhaps you should go tell poor Isaac that he has another

year with the Lucis.” “I shall.” The Ringmaster squeezed the Magician’s shoulder amiably. “I’ll see you in the morning.” The Magician gave a low and gracious bow, “Madame.” In a flurry of his great cloak he was gone. The Ringmaster dumped the stones and replaced the top hat on her head. Her dark curls spilled over her shoulders, her green eyes suddenly alive and mirthful. She picked her way through the hay towards a small, private tent. Isaac was alone, seated on a stool that was much too small for his massive frame. He didn’t seem frightened or on edge. Quite the contrary: his face was a mask of neutrality. His broad, muscled shoulders were relaxed and his calloused hands rested in his lap. His black eyes watched the Ringmaster enter. She knelt before him, down on one knee. A silence passed between them.

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Isaac was the first to speak. When he did it was quiet and tender. “You did not have to kill her.” A hurt expression passed over the Ringmaster’s angular features. “She hurt you,” she replied, almost whimpering. She outstretched her hand and touched Isaac’s. His enormous palm encased her small fingers. “Yes, but you did not have to kill her.” The Ringmaster looked devastated, quite the opposite from what the Lux Lucis normally saw in their tailcoated leader. “I couldn’t stand the way she treated you. She had to go. Don’t you see how much I love you? No one treats you like that. Not while I’m in charge.” Her hand moved from his to cup his cheek. She inched forward, desperate for his approval. “You are not God,” was Isaac’s sad reply. “Nor are you,” the Ringmaster instantly snapped back, standing. “So

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how dare you judge me. What I did was for love. Does that not count for anything?” Her voice raised several octaves, her eyes wild. Isaac tensed, his muscles rippling with the effort not to stand and leave. His kind face was stoic. “This is not love.” “But don’t you see?” the Ringmaster fell to her knees again, her hands grasping his. “Don’t you see? She’s gone. She’ll never hurt you again. We can be together in peace.” “You are mistaken. You’ve fought for a lost cause.” Isaac gently moved her hands from his and stood slowly. As he walked towards the exit he spoke over his shoulder, “I resign from the Lux Lucis. May God have mercy on you.” The Ringmaster’s wails were all Isaac heard as he exited the tent, her screams and protests fading into that distant, hollow piano.

by Christian Weeks

The angels’ spines crack as the water fills another cup of ice. Angel wings spread angel dust and shut the peoples’ eyes. A blessing as the bum bites into the last spiral of a role. all of what we thought we’d run from ultimately is becoming what was running. tracks behind are laid by feet below we remain in one point, as earth orbits a sun wrought iron hands cling to an oak staff the galaxies align and we are free at last. the ghosts cry out snowflake ashes of the burnings from desire they smile and return to atmosphere all pairs of eyes fixed directly we cry out something…

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READ AND DANCE TO THE AP0CALYPSE TRACKLIST

LEONARD BUNDU’S picks

APOCALYPSE PLEASE Muse

THE DAY THE WORLD WENT AWAY Nine Inch Nails

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A CHE ORA È LA FINE DEL MONDO Luciano Ligabue, R.E.M. cover

UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD U2

THE END The Doors

TWO SUNS IN THE SUNSET Pink Floyd

3RD STONE FROM THE SUN Jimi Hendrix Experience

WOODEN SHIPS Jefferson Airplane

MERCY MERCY ME Marvin Gaye

BALL OF CONFUSION The Temptations

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