Category Archives: Art

RKS Poetry Anthology: Woes of the protestant grave searcher

Woes of the protestant grave searcher Journey to find father cremated in 1964 (Anglican) Soon lost As 14,867 interned Catholics Some snickering avenging certain historical losses A gate And the wrong cemetery obfuscates the search Robert K. Stephen

RKS Poetry Anthology: Did Someone Allegedly and Regrettably Get Horny With Stormy?

Did Someone Allegedly and Regrettably Get Horny With Stormy? Someone I once knew well said all men think with their dick What a sexist prick! Like Adam and Eve private parts must be covered up Or best said “settled” to supress the muck Politicians must be careful with the dalliances they pick As getting hornyContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: Did Someone Allegedly and Regrettably Get Horny With Stormy?”

RKS Literature: Frankenstein Must Destroy the Creature He Created (Mary Shelley)

“I am, the soothing voice of my Elizabeth and the conversation with Clerval will be forever whispered in my ear. They are dead, and but one feeling in such solitude can persuade me to preserve my life. If I were engaged to any high undertaking or design, fraught with extensive utility to my fellow creatures,Continue reading “RKS Literature: Frankenstein Must Destroy the Creature He Created (Mary Shelley)”

RKS Film: Best Documentaries of 2025

96 Death Plan for a Man and a Dog (Greece) 95 Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat (Belgium/Netherlands) 95 Mediha (USA) 94 Divia (Ukraine) 93 Ghosts of the Sea (Canada) 92 A Fly on the Wall (India) 92 Queer Acts of Love and Resistance (Canada) 92 Unwelcomed (Chile)

CBC On Design: And You Thought Watching Cement Dry Was Not Exciting! Think Again After Watching “How to Design With Concrete”

A new digital series CBC ON DESIGN launches on 4July2025 with a new episode weekly. In five 15-minute episodes, the CBC Arts Original Series explores how an industrial designer’s idea evolves to become a product in your home. The series begins with CONCRETE featuring Montreal designers Matt and Shawna Heide founders of CONCRETE CAT. MattContinue reading “CBC On Design: And You Thought Watching Cement Dry Was Not Exciting! Think Again After Watching “How to Design With Concrete””

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “The Spoils”: Morality Butts Heads with Legality and Political Games

Morality dictates the conclusion to be drawn from the “looting” of art by the Nazis in World War II is such art should be returned to the heirs of the owners the Nazis “stole” it from. Legality may dictate otherwise due to the civil law doctrine in Germany (and in common law jurisdictions) a purchaserContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “The Spoils”: Morality Butts Heads with Legality and Political Games”

Man With “Men in Tights Syndrome” Subjected to The Nutcracker Protocol Therapy

I recently spoke with renowned psychiatrist Dr. Kainik Zlatco of Zagreb University currently heading an international consortium of behavioral psychiatrists preparing a major study of men suffering from “men in tights syndrome”. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illness “men in tights syndrome” (MITS) is defined as follows: “An irrational fear ofContinue reading “Man With “Men in Tights Syndrome” Subjected to The Nutcracker Protocol Therapy”

Moscow’s Oligarch Hall of Fame Inducts Donald J. Trump as New Member: 3March2025: Spoof News Services: Stalingrad

Moscow’s Oligarch Hall of Fame today announced a new member Donald Trump, President of the United States. Moscow’s Oligarch Hall of Fame Chairman Petros Polievchinsky, nephew of President Vladimir Putin, made the announcement in a press conference at the Melania Marriot in downtown Stalingrad yesterday evening. Polievchinsky toasting President Trump with a large glass ofContinue reading “Moscow’s Oligarch Hall of Fame Inducts Donald J. Trump as New Member: 3March2025: Spoof News Services: Stalingrad”

RKS 2024 Film: “Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes”: A Photographic Grand Queen

George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) is the subject of a documentary shortly to be released in United States theatres entitled “Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes”. His story is recounted by a former lover, art historians, museum curators, former models, family members, former employees, film directors, gallerists and most importantly his photographs and correspondenceContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes”: A Photographic Grand Queen”

RKS 2024 Film: “Tish”: Memories of John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero”

Watching the documentary “Tish” about British photographer Tish Murtha the lyrics of John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero” are most appropriate. “A working-class hero is something to be.”  Although the late Tish Murtha now has a permanent exhibition of her photos at the Tate Museum in London she never reached the status of a working classContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Tish”: Memories of John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero””