The Zenformation Professional

SEX AND ART, ART AND SEX: A Conversation on Lustful Living Under the Influence of Maestros

Published on 2010-03-08 17:09:00

Image via Wikipedia"What's wrong with feeling sexy in a museum?"- Recent online chat.My father's brother was an artist, a painter and printmaker.He died years before I was born, before my parents married, cancer snuffing out his future as a creator of beautiful things before he'd reached a quarter of a century on this planet.An avid reader, obsessed with not only physical art but that of the written word, he left behind scores of paintings and sketches, a library of some of the world's finest li

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE? WHICH CONSUMERS? On Sustainability, Need-Based Lifestyles, and the Naturally Green Choices of a Cheap Fucking Bastard

Published on 2010-02-12 19:19:00

The astronomical growth in the wealth and cultural influence of multinational corporations over the last fifteen years can arguably be traced back to a single, seemingly innocuous idea developed by management theorists in the mid-1980s: that successful corporations must primarily produce brands, as opposed to products.- NAOMI KLEIN, from No Logo(2000, Full e-Text Here)OXFORD, Ohio (ZP) -- I'm not what anybody in their right mind would consider to be a man driven by consumerism.In fact, I'm quite

SHORT TAKES & SUCH: You Really Are What You Eat, "Intimidating" Kids Through Auto-Tuneless Hip-Hop, and Hating on Motherfucking Snow...

Published on 2010-02-06 19:40:00

OXFORD, Ohio (ZP) -- I'm a creature of habit, have my daily routines, my rituals.I usually, for instance, get up at just before five in the morning. Unless I get to bed after 11 p.m., which like clockwork leads me to sleep in until about seven in the morning. I never skip breakfast, enjoy a nice, hot brush-and-soap shave every three days, bathe every day. And I cannot function without that first cup of stevia-laced black coffee and a cigarette - though, in late 2009, I did finally give up caffei