Visionaries
The Lies We’re Told, The Lies We Tell Ourselves, and the Hopeful Truth
“If only I had parented differently, if only I had been a better child, if only I had been more desirable, then the addict would never have chosen their addiction over me. The truth is that addiction is a complicated process that no other person can be responsible for, only the addict. To believe otherwise is at the heart of codependency.”
~Andrew Nargolwala, psychotherapist
ASTROBLAST: Did LIGO Just See a Black Hole Swallowing a Neutron Star?
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. Albert Einstein We are not at the end but at the beginning of a new physics. But whatever we find, there will always be new horizons continually awaiting us. Michio Kaku, Astrophysicist ASTROBLAST: Science or Myth?Cosmic Ray Answers Your Questions About the…
Read MoreASTROBLAST: How Citizen Science is Increasing Our Understanding Of the Universe
You can now get news of the latest black hole merger sent to your phone!
Read MoreThe Ungraspable Shadow
“If you look at my work, you will notice I hide my models a lot. And because I hide them. I am able to show more.”
~ Photographer Jonathan Mechanicus, Netherlands
There is No Beauty Without the Sacred: Parisian Sculptor/Philosopher Marc Vinciguerra On Returning Meaning to Art
“When I sculpt someone it is not his body that I sculpt but his soul.”
Read MoreWhere the Light Gets In: Slam Poetry Artist Zachary Kluckman on single parenthood, depression, and the power of art-making in community
Before I knew it, I was working with undocumented students, and people in recovery, activists, artists, even elected officials. All of this because I started writing poetry.
Read MoreMaking A Difference: Community Visionaries
“After a mural is finished, people will picnic in front of the painting. It is almost impossible not to look.”
Read MoreWe Were All Women in the Womb: Icelandic Drag Performers On Feminism and Free Expression
“Gender is a social construct and drag breaks it down and reconstructs it.”
Read MoreASTROBLAST: Astrophysicist Raymond Frey Remembers Stephen Hawking
Today’s column is dedicated to English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, researcher and author, Professor Stephen Hawking.
Read MoreUPDATE on Dr. Raymond Frey’s new column for Combustus: AstroBlast: Science or Myth? Cosmic Ray Answers Your Questions About the Universe
Ray has informed me that he plans on answering each and every one!.. Stay tuned!
Read MoreSifting Through Stardust: Conversations with Astrophysicist Raymond Frey
In his new column for Combustus, astrophysicist Raymond Frey, head of the University of Oregon physics department, takes questions sent in by readers on everything from, “Is time travel really possible?” to “What is dark energy, anyway?”
Read MoreLet Me Tell You About My Father…
I invited some of the special people I know ~ from poets whose work has appeared in Combustus magazine to a dancer friend of mine who immigrated from Hungary ~ to share with us some of the wisdom they’ve received over the years from their fathers as well as what has been passed on to their own children.
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