Las Meninas, by Diego Velázquez, 1656. Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Las Meninas (detail), by Diego Velázquez, 1656. Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Arts & Letters

Volume III, Number 2 | spring 2010

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The Sacred Word

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Beauty Is Shoe

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In the Gloom the Gold

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Voices In Time

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A Pleasant Surprise

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Lifeblood of a Master Spirit

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Story Line

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Second Opinion

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Artistic License

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The Inner Bamboo

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Shivering Fragments

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Up North with the Greats

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Turning His Back on the Audience

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The Innocent Eye

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Callous Disregard

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Elvis Presley Is on Your Side

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Life Devoid of Words

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Umbilical Cord of Gold

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Power of Music

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Blue Chips

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Writing in Stone

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Definition

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Test of Time

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How to Begin

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Practice and Theory

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By the Scroll

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High Compliment

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Chirping Insects

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Everlasting Laws

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Vasily Kandinsky Replaces the Object

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Lee Quinones Does the Cars

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At the Blackboard

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Practice Makes Perfect

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Outline and Shadow

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Skill Sets

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Money Order

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Root and Blossom

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The Universal Possession of Mankind

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Loose Screws

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Grand Tour

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Guidelines

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Divine Inspiration

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Direct Impression

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