The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Tuesday November 9th, 2021
Velimir Khlebnikov: (9 November 1885 – 28 June 1922) The Futurian and World Citizen by Rene Wadlow
Velimir Khlebnikov was a shooting star of Russian culture in the years just prior to the start of the First World War. He was part of a small creative circle of poets, painters and writers who wanted to leave the old behind and to set the stage for the future such as the abstract painter Kazimir Malevich. They called themselves “The Futurians”. They were interested in being avenues for the Spirit which they saw at work in peasent life and in shamans’ visions; however the Spirit was very lacking in the works of the ruling nobility and commercial elite.
As Charlotte Douglas notes in her study of Khlebnikov ” To tune mankind into harmony with the universe – that was Khlebnikov’s vocation. He wanted to make the Planet Earth fit for the future, to free it from the deadly gravitational pull of everyday lying and pretense, from the tyrany of petty human instincts and the slow death of comfort and complacency.” (1)
Khlebnikov wrote “Old ones! You are holding back the fast advance of humanity. You are preventing the boiling locomotive of youth from crossing the mountain that lies in its path. We have broken the locks and see what your freight cars contain: tombstones for the young.”
Continue reading HERE!
The Disbanding of an Assumption #poem by George Cassidy Payne
“doubting you would, under
the Ford Street Bridge at dawn,
you kissed me, as a trumpet vine”
Continue reading HERE!
Worming 21#21 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Worming, HERE!
For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE!
Ovi magazine
We cover every issue
No comments:
Post a Comment