Quote for Today: Anna Deavere Smith
The individuals inside are frequently fighting that their individual voices be heard, while the walls of the place, which are the mask, and the perception, are reluctant to give over …
Quote for Today: Jim Morrison
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. …
Be a Part of our Third Web Project
Synkroniciti is proud to announce our third web based project. We invite you, our readers, to create new art based upon the themes Synkroniciti has explored in the past three …
Made for Flight: Alouette, the Femmebot
Writers are encouraged to write about what they know. This has merit, but does it shortchange our imagination or compassion? When we take the time to tell the story of …
Mystic Spirit: The Butterfly Dragon by Sushan Yue
It’s time for a look at the gentler, more inspiring side of dragons. Below is a beautiful animated video by Sushan Yue of The University of New South Wales in …
Modifying Tradition: Tian-Ming Wu’s King of Masks
We all have traditions. Sometimes the reason traditions fail to thrive is because we don’t allow them to change. Tian-Ming Wu’s film King of Masks takes us to the China …
Quote for Today: Graham Greene
If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask? …
Where Sport and Art Collide: Hockey Mask Artist David Arrigo
We often separate artists and athletes by stereotyping them: the artist is withdrawn and effeminate while the athlete is aggressive and masculine. The truth is that both athletes and artists …
Dreaming to Be Clean: Aterciopelados Prayer for the River
Aterciopelados is a Colombian rock band founded and led by Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago. They are famous for their musical style, a fusion of Colombian and other Latin American traditions, and …
Quote for Today: Fernando Pessoa
Masquerades disclose the reality of souls. As long as no one sees who we are, we can tell the most intimate details of our life. I sometimes muse over this …