15 1/4h x 19 3/8w in . Hes fresh, hes gifted, and hes what we need in this country. The artist recently corresponded with Sunday Arts reporter Carrie Beth Wallace to discuss his reaction to winning the award, his current projects, how hes feeling about the impending Bartlett Center opening, and what he plans to do with the prize money in the future. I know what Im doing. Review by Elle Tyra, Between Fantasy and Realism, Bo Bartlett Unmoors His Visions from the Everyday, Hyperallergic, August 2016. Review by Peter Plagens, Whats Hanging in Three New Yorks Galleries, Wall Street Journal, July 2016, Article by Larry Gierer, Bo Bartletts New York City art exhibit closes, Ledger-Enquirer, August 2016, Review by Walt Morton, Top 100 oil Painters Working Right Now, Poets and Artists, November 2016, Bo Bartlett: American Artist, Mennello Museum of American Art and Orlando Museum, FL (Solo Exhibition). In her New York Times review of the exhibition she later wrote of the piece: As consciousness raising, this is fairly simple-minded. The Cove, 2022, Oil on linen, 80 x 100 inches, 203.2 x 254 cm, MMG#34810, Plaza del Toro, 2022, Oil on linen, 60 x 80 inches, 152.4 x 203.2 cm, MMG#34537, The Wayfarer, 2022, Oil on linen, 80 x 100 inches, 203.2 x 254 cm, MMG#34536, Wolf Moon, 2022, Oil on panel, 24 3/4 x 30 3/4 inches, 62.9 x 78.1 cm, MMG#34265, Mermaid Cove at Low Tide, 2022, Gouache on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 inches, 57.2 x 76.2 cm, MMG#34907, Blueberry Season, 2022, Gouache on paper, 22 3/8 x 30 1/4 inches, 56.8 x 76.8 cm, MMG#34909, Painting at Low Tide at Harbor Point, 2022, Gouache on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 inches, 57.2 x 76.2 cm, MMG#34908, Painting at No Man Land's, 2022, Gouache on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 1/4 inches, 57.2 x 76.8 cm, MMG#34917, The Flood, 2018, Oil on linen, 82 x 100 inches, 208.3 x 254 cm, MMG#29836, Crowd Scene, 2020, Oil on linen, 72 1/4 x 132 1/8 inches, 183.5 x 335.6 cm, MMG#32855, Limoncello, 2021, Oil on linen, 48 x 48 inches, 121.9 x 121.9 cm, MMG#34004, Georgia, 2021, Oil on linen, 60 x 80 inches, 152.4 x 203.2 cm,MMG#33006, Matinicus, 2020, Oil on linen, 82 x 100 inches, 208.3 x 254 cm, MMG#32652, Freedom, 2019, Oil on linen, 82 x 100 inches, 208.3 x 254 cm, MMG#30929, Isthmus, 2019, Oil on linen, 60 x 80 inches, 152.4 x 203.2 cm, MMG#31589, Things Don't Stay Fixed, 2019,Oil on linen,80 x 100 inches,203.2 x 254 cm, MMG#31723, The Messenger (Bike), 2018,Oil on canvas,48 1/4 x 66 1/8 inches,122.6 x 168 cm,MMG#30463, Life During Wartime, 2018,Oil on canvas,60 x 80 inches,152.4 x 203.2 cm,MMG#30462, Diaspora, 2016, Oil on linen, 82 x 100 inches, 208.3 x 254 cm, MMG#28819, Dominion, 2016, Oil on linen, 82 x 100 inches, 208.3 x 254 cm, MMG#28267, The Day You Came to Pose, 2017, Gouache on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 inches, 57.2 x 76.2 cm, MMG#29427, High Tide, 2017, Gouache on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 inches, 57.2 x 76.2 cm, MMG#29432, The Outer Shoals, 2017, Gouache on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 inches, 57.2 x 76.2 cm, MMG#29429, August 11, 2016, 2016, Gouache on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 inches, 57.2 x 76.2 cm, MMG#29105, Halloween, 2016, Oil on linen, 82 x 100 inches, 208.3 x 254 cm, MMG#28094, Fourth of July, 2016, Oil on linen, 60 x 60 inches, 152.4 x 152.4 cm, MMG#28358, Galilee, 2014, Oil on linen, 88 x 120 inches, 223.2 x 304.8 cm, MMG#21870, The Samaritans, 2014, Oil on linen, 88 x 120 inches, 223.5 x 304.8 cm, MMG#27964, Bo Bartlett Studio, 2021, Wheaton Island, ME. Bo Bartlett was interviewed in the Columbus Ledger Inquirer with an online video accompanying the article. Like these artists, Bartlett looks at America's land and people to describe the beauty he finds in everyday life. 48 1/8h x 66w in . Solo exhibitions include:[11], Bartletts experience in filmmaking led him to connect with Betsy Wyeth in 1992, to embark upon a film about the life and work of her husband, Andrew Wyeth. He was baptized as a young boy and spent his entire life in Bartlett. These are images of Maine, and the Pine Tree State is at center stage in the latest exhibition at Orlando Museum of Art. Currently, a first, smaller version of Hurtsboro will be included in Sotheby's American Art Auction, while the larger version will be the centerpiece of the Miles McEnery show. A realist painter with a deliciously surreal touch, the Columbus, Georgia-born artist was a protg and life-long friend of Andrew Wyeth. Like these artists, Bartlett looks at America's heartits land and its peopleand describes the beauty he finds in everyday life. Fishermen haul in their catch. His creations are mostly inspired by great artists like Grant Wood, Edward Hopper, Thomas Eakins, etc. Bo Bartlett was born inColumbus, Georgia in 1955. But then the unexpected happens sending their adventure into unforeseen territory. Recent solo exhibitions include Earthly Matters, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT; Forty Years of Drawing, The Florence Academy of Art, Jersey City, NJ; Paintings and Works on Paper, Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Retrospective, The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA; Paintings from the Outpost, Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME; Bo Bartlett: American Artist, The Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL; Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY; Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA; University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, MS; and Love and Other Sacraments, Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME. His paintings celebrate the underlying epic nature of the commonplace and the personal significance of the extraordinary. (American, born 1955) Bo Bartlett is an American realist painter who works in the tradition of Grant Wood, Edward Hopper, and Andrew Wyeth. He was born May 6, 1953 at Kansas City, KS, the son of Vern Clinton, Jr, and Helen Marie Frommel Bartlett. The Midway, 2020. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. His hometown, where he was born and brought up, is Columbus, Georgia, United States. I found myself in need of appreciation and resources. Some of his popular artworks are: A post shared by Bo Bartlett (@thebobartlett). I think you have got to use your eyes, as well as your emotion, and one without the other just doesnt work. The director, 76, was joined on the red carpet by the film . The winner of the Southern Prize and a $10,000 Finalist award will be announced at a ceremony celebrating the State Fellows on April 15 at 701 CCA. Bartlett strictly follows the quote Let your root feed your crown which encourages him to give his best and maintain originality in his work. The center displays over a dozen of Bartletts monumental paintings and over 300 paintings and drawings. Life, death, passage, memory, and confrontation coexist easily in his world. The Age of Discovery, 2020. Barrett was an assistant during that vintage, working under the tutelage of Mike Grgich. Andrew Wyeth taught me how to be inspired by your own life, by your experiences, and how to get it into the work, says Bartlett. Bo Bartlett has been honored with many honorable awards for his exceptional work in both the film industry as well as the arts industry. Today, Andrew Wyeth wouldve celebrated his 100th birthday. And the clear becomes unclear. His exhibition at Dowling Walsh runs for the month of August. His paintings are well within the tradition of American realism as defined by artists such as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth. The Bo Bartlett Center, an 18,500-square-foot interactive gallery space, was inaugurated at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia on Thursday, January 18. On January 7, 1955, he married his high school sweetheart, Lois Sturm. [3]In 1974 he returned to the United States and married. Paintings from the Outpost, Dowling Walsh Gallery, ME (Solo Exhibition), Uncompromising Visions, Cerulean Gallery, PA (Group Exhibition). Bartlett is acclaimed for his large-scale paintings that explore American life and cultural heritage. Guestbook Condolences. Waves crash. Home World Arts Tradition Diary RSS Inst Fb Tw Contact About About Andrew Cusack Writer, web designer, etc. The Mennello Museum acquires "The American". [25] There are many parallels between the experiences of Sam Grace and Bo Bartlett's own life. "We support artists of every discipline through our Focus Fellowship awards, nominated annually by our National Advisory Council esteemed peers and experts in the field. It struck when his 27-year-old son, Eliot, died suddenly. Funders of these awards have the chance to name the fellowship and to work closely with AIR Serenbe to determine what kind of artists the fellowship will serve." Like these artists, Bartlett looks at Americas heartits land and its peopleand describes the beauty he finds in everyday life. [26], Things Dont Stay Fixed draws inspiration from the Southern Gothic literary works of Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers. 1955 Follow 1.7k Followers Active Secondary Market Bio With a powerful ability to discern and amplify the magical possibilities of ordinary life, Bo Bartlett exemplifies the potential for exploration in narrative figurative painting with his informed and technically skilled interpretation of Bo Bartlett Net Worth & Basic source of earning is being a successful American Painter. Elsewhere star Bonnie Bartlett Daniels, 93, reveals her 72-year marriage to Boy Meets World star William Daniels, 95, was OPEN when it began - but it was 'too painful' and she told him she . But, the following months shed a different light on the negative ramifications of bad press. [2] At the age of 18 he traveled to Florence, Italy where he studied mural painting under the American expatriate, Ben Long. Born in Columbus, Georgia, Bartlett is acclaimed for his large-scale paintings that explore American life and cultural heritage. He was born March 20, 1989, in Fairmont, a son of Paul J. Miles McEnery Gallery is pleased to present a selection of works for the 2022 edition of the Dallas Art Fair. If I dont have one big painting going, I feel like I am not sure why I am alive.. Of Bartlett's work, Wyeth wrote, "Bo Bartlett is very American. [3] He is married to Heidi Barrett, former wine maker at Screaming Eagle Winery and Vineyards. The moment transpired in front of a 11 foot by 17 foot Bartlett work, entitled Civil War, painted in 1994. Bo Bartlett (born December 29, 1955) is an American Realist painter working in Columbus, Georgia and Wheaton Island, Maine. If we were to see the mystery of what all this isits very overwhelming for our little brain. He suggests that if we could slow down, and look, we could, perhaps, if were lucky, tap into the great mystery.. The Mennello Museum of American Art is presenting an exhibition of Bartletts work titled, Bo Bartlett: American Artist. ", Tom Butler, excerpt from the bookBo Bartlett, Heartland, 365 Main Street PO Box 524, Rockland, Maine 04841, Columbus Painter Bo Bartlett Among Nine Artists To Win 2019 South Arts Fellowship, Maine painter Bo Bartlett goes home to his roots in Georgia, and lends name to new art center. It all started he collaborated with Betsy Wyeth in 1992 to make a film named Snow Hill which was a big hit and received many awards such as the CINE Golden Eagle Award, Best Biography from CINDY Awards, etc. He pushes the boundaries of the realist tradition with his multilayered imagery. Bo Bartlett is an American realist with a modernist vision. Shoreline plants take on a delicate purple hue. Returns to Columbus, Georgia, marries. He was a student of Nelson Shanks there. Bartlett was educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where realist principles must be grasped before modernist ventures are encouraged. The one named Eliot, however, died at a young age. Were scared of seeing. He is fresh, hes gifted, and hes what we need in this country. I had a strict rule of not reading any of my reviews good or bad. The man holds a rifle, the boy a stick, and. [24], The film follows photojournalist Sam Grace (William Gregory Lee) as he returns home to the Deep South in an attempt to stop his daughter, Nina (Melissa Saint-Amand), from what he sees as a misguided marriage. He was only 18 when he visited Italy to study mural painting with an American expatriate, Ben Long. AIR Serenbe. Organized by the Mennello Museum of American Art with an extension of four paintings at The Orlando Museum of Art, Bo Bartlett: American Artist features the seductive quality of oil paintings, which stems partly from his large canvases and polished aesthetic. Andrew Wyeth wrote, Art to me, is seeing. A moving meditation, SEE, delivers the beauty of America through the eyes of two artists determined to see art in the everyday. Bartlett's parents, Opal and Bill Bartlett (James William Bartlett Jr.), were from Columbus. He is the son of Jim Barrett, under whose ownership the 1973 vintage Chardonnay won first place among white wines at the 1976 Judgment of Paris wine tasting. Beau Jameson Bartlett, 31, of Little Mill Fall Rd., Fairmont, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2020. In 1986, Bartlett received a Certificate in Filmmaking from New York University. I can say, Do I like that? [30], Outreach programs include Art in Jail, a series of drawing and painting classes taught by Bartlett to men incarcerated at the Muscogee County Jail. Steven Spielberg looked in good spirits as he attended the London premiere of his film The Fabelmans at The Curzon Mayfair on Wednesday.. Bo Bartlett We found 32 records for Bo Bartlett in AL, CA and 8 other states. Working in the tradition of realism that stretches from Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer to Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth, Bartlett's bold narrative approach has made him one of the leading painters of a generation of American artists that redefined realist painting for our time. Bartlett is the recipient of the PEW Fellowship in the Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Award; Museum Merit Award, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; William Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Charles Toppan Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; and Packard Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Bo Bartlett lives and works in Columbus, GA and lives seasonally in Maine. Bo Bartlett's Age Bo was born on December 29, 1955. They often visit Columbus and Georgia. He also studied anatomy at the Philadelphia . In addition to that, his latest films and documentaries also help him with his earnings. The man in the rowboat is dressed casually and the day is bright, yet he is surrounded by threats including a shark in the water and a large crashing wave. Bartlett's paintings combine the profound qualities of everyday life with the semantic obscurity of Ren Magritte. Bo Bartlett has a net worth of $5.00 million (Estimated) which he earned from his occupation as Painter. Columbus painterBo Bartlettis one of nine Southern visual artists chosen for 2019 fellowships fromSouth Arts, an Atlanta-based nonprofit arts service organization. Il pittore Americano Bo Bartlett e' nato il 29 dicembre 1955 a Columbus, in Georgia. [32] In 1998 Bartlett purchased Wheaton Island, Maine, where he now lives and works every summer. The influence of film is apparent in Bartletts work. 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Not many details about this marriage are revealed on the web. Summer of 2017 shoots feature film Things Don't Stay Fixed in Columbus, GA. PoetsArtists, Arcadia Contemporary, CA (Group Exhibition), New Baroque, Booth Gallery, NY (Group Exhibition), Article by Bo Bartlett, Hyperallergic, Remembering My Friend Andrew Wyeth on His 100th Birthday July 2017, Featured in Gettysburg Review, Autumn 2017, Seattle Art Fair: Somerville Manning Gallery, PA (Group Exhibition), The Serious and the Smirk (Group Exhibition). Its a chance to see works by three generations of the famed Wyeth family of artists N.C., Andrew and Jamie as well as others. I want to make paintings like Ive never seen before. Bartlett then went on to study liberal arts at the University of Pennsylvania from 1980 to 1981. [5], While depicted in a grand, narrative style, the stories Bartlett tells are open-ended. Bo Bartlett was born James William Bartlett III on December 29, 1955, in Columbus, Georgia. Located on the schools River Park campus, the former textile warehouse turned arts center was designed by American architect Tom Kundig, owner of the Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig Architects. Then 5 years later, in 1986, Bo graduated from the university with a certificate in Filmmaking. As history painting, its idiotic.In the same column, Smith also dings Bartlett for his conservative artistic style (realism), dismissing his paintings as being more trendy than timeless. Smiths comments, which generated a domino effect of subsequent negative reviewsby Peter Schjeldahl, Michael Kimmelman and othersre-shaped the arc of Bartletts career. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MILES McENERY GALLERY is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent paintings by Bo Bartlett, which will open 13 May at 525 West 22nd Street and remain on view through 19 June 2021. Bo Bartlett's painting Hurtsboro has been acquired by the Gibbess Museum of Art in Charleston, SC. At once, Bartlett links the image to a long-ago memory of his. Bo was born on December 29, 1955. It struck when his 27-year-old son, Eliot, died suddenly. Bo Bartlett is an American original. The exhibition, which runs through May 7, presents large-scale oil paintings that are figurative, psychologically imbued, beautifully rendered, and wonderfully sublime by one of the most significant American Realist painters of his generation. Last week, Columbus State University in his hometown opened theBo Bartlett Center,an 18,000-square-foot exhibition space and learning center dedicated to American realism. His paintings celebrate the underlying epic nature of the commonplace and the personal significance of the extraordinary. His paintings are well within the tradition of American realism as defined by artists such as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth. Columbus artist Bo Bartlett recently won the 2017 Gibbes Society 1858 Southern Contemporary Art Prize. His work is included in the collections of the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA; Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC; the Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA; Carpenters Union Hall, Washington, D.C.; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR; Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO; Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN; La Salle University Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS; McCormick Place Metropolis Pier and Exposition Authority, South Hall, Chicago, IL; Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL; and the Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA. Bartlett is the recipient of the South Arts Fellowship, South Arts, Atlanta, GA; Atelier Focus Fellowship, Chattahoochee Hills, GA; 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; PEW Fellowship in the Arts, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia, PA; Museum Merit Award, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; Museum Merit Award, Philadelphia Museum of Art Award, Philadelphia, PA; Benjamin Lanard Memorial Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Eleanor S. Gray Prize for Still Life, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; William Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Thouron Prize, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Cecilia Beaux Memorial Portrait Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Charles Toppan Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and the Packard Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Bo Bartlett lives and works in Columbus, GA and Wheaton Island, ME. Filmmaker John Thornton and artist Richard Ranck got to the P.P.O.W. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran, serving. In response, the term Magic Realism is being revived. It was that kind of summer for Bartlett, who worked on the painting in his second-floor studio in the old Swift textile mill on Sixth Avenue. Journals, preparatory drawings, and palettes piled high with miniature cliffs of oil paint are just a glimpse of what Bartlett has donated to his center. read more News Each fellow receives $5,000 and consideration for the Southern Prize, which includes $25,000 in cash and a two-week residency at the Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap. The "Summer of '14" is now a work of art. In the painting, two teenage girls are riding a bike oblivious to the cloud of smoke behind them. They celebrate the commonplace and personal. The film collaboration marked the beginning of Bartlett's relationship with Wyeth as a lifelong friend. On the same block where Bo Bartletts first solo exhibition in New York opened 35 years ago, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe is giving audiences a sneak peek into the much anticipated Bo Bartlett Center, set to open in Columbus, Georgia next fall. His paintings are well within the tradition of American realism as defined by artists such as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth. "Bo Bartletttalks about this weeks cover, inspired by an experience he had in Maine, as well as his new feature film, his family and more. ", "As the state marks its bicentennial, creative thinkers look to crashing waves, craggy mountains, and colorful seasons for inspiration.". Bo Bartlett is a Columbus Georgia-based artist/painter well known for his realistic and astonishing artworks. Bo Bartlett. The film starred actors including David Silverman, William Gregory Lee, Melissa Saint-Amand, and Tara Ochs. bo bartlett son death. He hid them from everyoneincluding his wife, who was also his business managerin the loft of a millhouse near his home in rural Pennsylvania. These works, along with additional donated artwork from personal and private collections, constitute the core holdings of The Bo Bartlett Center. Recent group exhibitions include American Masters, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE; The Philadelphia Story, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC; The Outwin Boochever 2013 Portrait Competition Exhibition, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; Best of the Northwest: Selected Paintings from the Permanent Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; Perception of Self, Forum Gallery, New York, NY; Real: Realism in Diverse Media, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA; Thriving in Seattle: A Retrospective, GAGE Academy of Art, Seattle WA; private (dis)play, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY; Figure as Narrative, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA; Solemn & Sublime: Contemporary American Figure Painting, Akus Gallery, Eastern CT State University, Willimantic, CT; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, private(dis)play, Center of Creative Arts, St. Louis, MO; and Five Artists of Accomplishment from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. His work may be found in the permanent collections of the Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; La Salle University Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA; Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA; Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA; McCornick Place Metropolis Pier and Exposition Authority, South Hall, Chicago, IL; United States Mint, Philadelphia, PA; Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA; Office of the Governor, Harrisburg, PA; Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Hunter Museum of American Art; Chattanooga, TN; Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA; Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO; and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. They currently live and work together. Bo Bartlett. No foul play is suspected in the death of Bo Rogers, 27, but police . The Wyeths and American Artists in Maine will be on view through April 23. Bo is highly revered and his work is collected around the world in private collections and museums. You have to make a decision and go with it.. Directed by Bo Bartlett and Jesse Brass 17 February 2019 Directed by Bo Bartlett and Jesse Brass, over the course of more than 15 years, Andrew Wyeth created 250 secret paintings. In 1975 he returned to the United States, where he studied at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and then the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. [27] Bartlett said, "To me, theres nothing worse than having a bunch of Hollywood actors trying to fake Southern accents. Bo Bartlett, Hurtsboro, 2021, $70,000-100,000, is on offer in the American Art auction on 19 May. The World Is Too Much With Us today as it was then, perhaps even more so with 24-hour news providing information into conflicts around the globe and on our failure to be caring stewards of the world we live in. 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