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Beth Adams

Thoughts for the New Year

Real life still exists, with all of its joys, sorrows, and fascinations, and its persistent call to us to engage fully, and live fully.

4 min readJan 2, 2020

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Thoughts for the New Year

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Beth Adams

A Bronze-Age Path to Self-Discovery

I had just turned nineteen when I took my first course in Greek art: it was called “Greece in the Bronze Age”, and was taught by John…

5 min readDec 5, 2019

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A Bronze-Age Path to Self-Discovery

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Beth Adams

Athens: Anarchists and Antigone

The first apartment we stayed in was located north of the center of the city, near the National Museum of Archaeology and the Polytechnic…

6 min readDec 2, 2019

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Athens: Anarchists and Antigone

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Beth Adams

Return

Apologies for my long absence here — I’ve just come back from 2 1/2 weeks in Greece, and the month before was a bit crazy because J. had a…

5 min readNov 18, 2019

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Return

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Beth Adams

The Navel of the World

Some of you may remember that last winter I was working on a series of sketches of the landscape at Delphi, Greece. The one above remains…

5 min readOct 15, 2019

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The Navel of the World

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Beth Adams

Montreal Welcomes a Modern-Day Prophet

Text by Beth Adams, all photographs ©2019 by Jonathan Sa’adah

5 min readOct 5, 2019

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Montreal Welcomes a Modern-Day Prophet

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Beth Adams

A Beautiful Ending for the Summer

Our friend G. lives on a remote hillside in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, where he has a garden of breathtaking beauty. Once every…

4 min readSep 19, 2019

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A Beautiful Ending for the Summer

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Beth Adams

In Memoriam

Photographer Robert Frank died yesterday at the age of 94.

3 min readSep 13, 2019

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In Memoriam

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Beth Adams

When black-and-white doesn’t make it.

Here’s a charcoal sketch of a view at Segesta, Sicily, looking into a deep gully with areas of exposed rock that may have been a source…

4 min readSep 9, 2019

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When black-and-white doesn’t make it.

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Beth Adams

More Sicilian Explorations, and a Watercolor Disaster

Thank you to everyone who commented on the previous post, “Nonviolence.” I appreciated what you wrote very much, and it made me feel…

6 min readSep 1, 2019

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More Sicilian Explorations, and a Watercolor Disaster

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Beth Adams

Beth Adams

Publisher/editor/founder, Phoenicia Publishing, Montreal; author of The Cassandra Pages (blog) since 2003, numerous books & articles; graphic designer & artist.

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