seen from United States
seen from Maldives
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Maldives
seen from Switzerland
seen from United States
seen from Bangladesh
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Costa Rica
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Ukraine
seen from United States
seen from Germany
“Truth withers when freedom dies, however righteous the authority that kills it; and free individualism uninformed by moral value rots at its core and soon brings about conditions that pave the way for surrender to tyranny.” — Frank Meyer
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
Shalom Tomas Neuman
Lost Boy Redux, 2015
Digital image on canvas, oil paint, found objects, incandescent light and sound
96”H x 42”W x 7”D
If the fusionist account of history is correct, the anti-fusionists are engaged in a far more radical project than most of them are willing
In the years after World War II, an idea associated with the conservative magazine National Review emerged holding that the Judeo-Christian moral tradition and the classically liberal political tradition came together in the American Founding, and that the marriage of those two traditions is no small part of what makes this country exceptional.
The primary expositor of what came to be called "fusionism," the writer and editor Frank Meyer, pointed to a "synthesis of belief" in liberty and virtue that "the Founders of the Republic embodied in their lives and actions, discursively expressed in their writings and their debates, and bequeathed to us in the body politic they constituted." The job of contemporary American conservatism, he thought, was to keep that synthesis alive.
During the last 10 years or so, broad swaths of the conservative movement have abandoned the fusionist idea, seeing it as ill-suited to the challenges of the 21st century. They argue that free markets and free trade have been bad for Americans, that separation of powers is an obstacle to the ability of a strong leader to shape society in accordance with Christian values, and that a "muscular" state must be used to destroy the left before the left destroys them.
Yet if the fusionist account of history is correct, the anti-fusionists are engaged in a far more radical project than most of them are willing to admit. They're digging out the philosophical foundations that Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison laid down to secure what they saw as indispensable preconditions for human flourishing.
"In the open lands of this continent," Meyer once wrote, America's Founding Fathers "established a constitution that for the first time in human history was constructed to guarantee the sanctity of the person and his freedom. But they brought with them also the human condition," which is ever tempted to trample others' freedom in order to bring about a utopia. That temptation is still alive and well. Fortunately, so is the belief in human dignity that can, if we're faithful to our national patrimony, help us resist it.
In the years since the Cold War, conservatives have lost sight of the relationship between liberty and personal responsibility.
The central insight of fusionism is that the common good is best achieved when the state stays focused on protecting rights and liberties, leaving individuals and voluntary associations to do the rest. To be clear, there is nothing easy about that answer.
The post-liberal temptation is to believe that government power can be a substitute for the hard labor of institution building and cultural change. It isn't. The solution must begin at home—on the front porch, around the kitchen table, and in the mirror. The law is not a magic wand. There are no magic wands, and there is no shortcut to the good society.
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
IN August / DIVERSE UNIVERSE / IN Graphics
invite you to participate in the opening of the exhibition
FUSIONISM- multi-sensory art of Shalom Tomas Neuman
Pärnu Town Hall Gallery Uus str. 4 Pärnu, Estonia Opening: Saturday, 10th August 2019 at 14:00
Also, participate and in an action art event Friday, August 9 at 22:00 in front of Pärnu Town Hall.
Presenting International Fusionism - IF Museum - Easton, Pennsylvania
IF Museum (International Fusionism)
107 North 4th Street
Easton, Pennsylvania
(610)258-0777
http://www.artfusionism.org
http://shalom-art.com
Founded by Shalom Neuman: Pioneer of Fusionism art, creating and promoting this genre worldwide for more than 50 years.
Promotional Video Directed and Produced by Peter Gourniak, 2019
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3uHAaS8UUw)
