Problem of Theory and Practice

In the news today:

An argument over the teachings of the philosopher Immanuel Kant between two men standing in line for beer at an outdoor festival in southern Russia ended when one man shot the other in the head with gun loaded with rubber bullets, the state RIA news agency reported on Monday, citing the police. Though the wound was not critical, the attacker faces up to a decade in prison if convicted on assault charges.

BTW, the images of the bandit are from the final sequence (or the first, in some releases) of The Great Train Robbery (1904), a seminal work in the history of film.  It’s pretty darn good, and you can watch it on Youtube.

Ver Sacrum, 1903

Three woodcuts from the Secession art magazine, Ver Sacrum, 1903.  You can page through the entire year’s issues  here.  This endless Vienna Werkstatte design fest in The Nibelungen better not last much longer, or I will be tempted to run through the available stock on ebay…