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Vase of Flowers with Fruit, by Jacques-André Portail

01 Friday Jun 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art

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Art Museums, Arts and Entertainment, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum, New York City, Painting, Prada, United States

 

Jacques-André Portail

This painting has long been my favourite.  When I paint, I want to paint a Portail.

It is a watercolour painting, over traces of graphite, and is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.  It is also featured on the internet with other works by Jacques-André Portail (1695-1759).

After writing my blog this morning, I had a malaise.  So let this painting be my post for the day.

Allow me to wish you a lovely weekend.

Here is the gift of music: Adagio, by Chopin.

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Quebec Students & the Myth of Sisyphus

01 Friday Jun 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Canada

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Globe & Mail, Le Devoir, Montreal, Myth of Sisyphus, National Post, New York Times, Quebec, The Gazette (Montreal)

Achelos Painter 6th BCE,
with permission from Art Resource, NY
 
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The Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/index.html
The National Post: http://www.nationalpost.com/index.html
The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/
CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/news/
CTV News: http://montreal.ctv.ca/
 
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Le Devoir: http://www.ledevoir.com/
La Presse: http://www.lapresse.ca/
 

The Student’s Strike in Quebec 

Yesterday, Quebec‘s Minister of Labour, Madame Michelle Courchesne, walked away from the negotiations table.  In other words, the Government has walked out on the students.

I wonder whether or not negotiating tuition fees with those who pay tuition fees can lead to a resolution of the conflict. These negotiations may be unrealistic.  If the students do no think they should pay for their education, why negotiate tuition fees?  They now look upon a free education as their right. Their collective behavior reveals a form of entitlement.

The Myth of Sisyphus (Greek Mythology) is, I believe, a metaphorically appropriate description of the current situation.  Sisyphus had to push a boulder to the top of a hill only to see it fall again and again.  If the students do not accept a compromise, and it appears they will not, they too will be pushing the boulder up the hill only to see it fall time and again, as was Sisyphus’s fate.  Governments cannot give what  they do not have and increasing taxes is out of the question.

The former Quebec Minister of Education resigned and left politics and Madame Courchesne, her successor, has walked away from the table.  As for the students, did they even come to the table?  What they want is a free education.

At any rate, why is the government negotiating tuition fees with the students?  Have the people of Quebec not elected representatives into office and given these representatives the degree of authority they require to carry out their responsibilities?

Breaking News:

I just ran to the radio and heard that the Premier had said that only an election would lead to a resolution.  If indeed there are elections (the situation keeps changing) and Madame Pauline Marois is elected Premier, just how will her government pay for the students’ education? 

This situation remains an “assault on reason” (Al Gore) and the tail still wags the dog.

I managed to insert a video into this post, but somehow, I did not do it correctly.  My apologies.

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