Showing posts with label apes and man. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apes and man. Show all posts

Sunday, May 16, 2010

You Will Enjoy Razor Sharp Spiritual Vision Today

drawing collage by marguerita

El cerebro de Woody Allen permanece sin sombra de esclerosis, tan afilado y potente como siempre. También su comprensión de todos los anhelos, miedos, miserias, engaños y grandezas de la condición humana.

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Woody/Allen/divierte/Mike/Leigh/conmueve/elpepicul/20100516elpepicul_2/Tes


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Murder Mystery: Men and Sharks:EAT ME

collage /drawing by marguerita

Humans kill 73 million sharks every year, nearly all for consumption, mainly in shark fin soup. The fins are cut off and the bodies dumped overboard, a barbaric practice known as finning. Commercial fishermen are taking more and more sharks for their meat as well.

Nearly a third of shark species in the open oceans are threatened with extinction. Losing these top predators creates a cascading imbalance.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/opinion/29wed4.html?_r=1&hpw

Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Ape and Signum Temporis

drawing by marguerita ( one of my submissions for New Yorker's 2008 cover competition)Flickr: The THE NEW YORKER'S EUSTACE TILLEY CONTEST, 2008 Pool


“Here’s the bottom line,” Carlie says.


“He’s very beguiling,” Bob says. “He puts his hand out, looks at you with those beautiful brown eyes, and you feel compelled to hold hands.”
“I’d love to say he loves me,” Bob says scrupulously. “But he can’t.”
“I’m just too attached to him,” he says.
“I can pick from his bowl. Unless it’s something he really likes.”
On one occasion, they got in a wrestling match, and Higgins put one of his “steel-like fingernails” through Bob’s scrotum.
Living Together - Sharing Your Home With a Primate, or If a Cat Just Isn’t Enough - NYTimes.com