Teixeira original coat of arms.
Walt Disney was a Democrat. In 1940 he became a Republican. It has been suggested Governor DeSantis is doing Walt a righteous service, by purging Florida of Gay Wokes. Disney has employed thousands of actors and artists who may be afraid to speak out. I have overcome my fear.
Richard Murdoch and Friends at Fox chose not to turn the defamation suit by a company – that counts Republican and Democrats – into a shining Showcase Trial, revealing to fellow Republicans what stellar upholders of the truth they are – NOT! How many artists has Murdoch employed?
Walt stood for – THE TRUTH! Murdoch owns many newspapers and is a billionaire. I own but one, that I run on around $900 dollars a month I get from SS1. Reporters are supposed to DIG FOR THE TRUTH. I have – DUG WELL – and found many truths. When Fox and Friends dig for the truth – THEY MAKE MORE LIES! There is a mountain of lies next to the hole they dug for themselves – that they will never got out of. Will they – stop trying?
Yesterday I told my Eurology Doctor I struck pay-dirt – and might be on T.V. I told her about finding about ten e-mails I and Zena Halpern exchanged in 2010. I told her I am having trouble contacting the producers of the show. Well – let them find me! I bought Zena’s book yesterday – and it is on its way! I have so many questions. I own so many answers! The Doc and I came up with this together;
“There is real paranoia. Then there is – unreal paranoia!”
The Republicans invented, and have gone hog wile over – UNREAL PARANOIA! I on the other hand appear to have the monopoly on – REAL PARANOIA! I am mentally disabled. I appear to have delusions of grandeur, and am prone to hallucinate? I must confess – I have been on the bus with Ken Kesey. How about Marjorie Taylor Greene? Has anyone asked if she – dropped?
When I saw the news about Jack Teixeira, I knew this name was associated with a famous Portuguese family that owned ‘The Jews Land’ before my Rosamond ancestors did. Royal Rosamond Press is a “newspaper for the arts” and thus I am highly obligated to oppose Fox, Murdoch, and DeSantis. I am obligated to take over ‘The Curse of Oak Island, and make a proposal to Disney for a movie and series, titled ‘Van Gough – Art Detective’.
SYNOPSIS: Attempting suicide by jumping off a bridge into a canal in Holland, Vincent is rescued by Dutch Existentialists who have just formed a club. They convince Van Gough he is suffering from existential crisis, dread, and anxiety after being dismissed as a minister – FOR BEING TOO SINCERE!
What The Four have discovered, is, the more real you are, the further you can see into the future. Indeed, there is Time Travel going on like the kind I have been experiencing in my novel ‘The Royal Janitor’. Victoria and Starfish – were my creations in the beginning! Hence, they have taken on a life of their own. I no longer have control over them. They are my…..Time Guides! They are aware of SPUD, one of the most subversive societies that ever existed. They are seen in the painting above. One of them likes to dress like a woman. Of course!
SPUD
Society for the Prevention of Utopian Pranksters
BAD – British Allied Defense – sprouted from SPUD. Some say their ancestors were Swan Brethren. Here is my star, who I want to play Victoria Rosamond Bond.
John Presco
Copyright 2023
The opening scene of ‘The Royal Janitor’
Milt Kahl, Glen Keane, Marc Davis, and Eric Goldberg are just a handful of artists responsible for some of Disney’s best and brightest animated features. Since most of the studio’s beloved characters began their lives as sketches on a piece of paper, a bumper crop of artists has found a home at Walt Disney Pictures.
https://screenrant.com/famous-artists-worked-with-disney/
Joseph Teixeira de Mattos (1892–1971), was a Dutch watercolor painter and pastellist who made drawings wherever he went. A large collection of his drawings is in the Teylers Museum.
Speaking during a House hearing on COVID-19 on Tuesday, Greene accused the government of being able to track down the person behind the leaked Pentagon documents but not the origins of the virus.
“So, the intelligence community is able to figure out immediately who was leaking classified information in a Discord chat, but yet still doesn’t want to say whether it came from the lab or didn’t come from the lab,” the Georgia congresswoman said. “The intelligence communities seem to release or not release information based on how the information will affect the government that it seems to protect.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65273543
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134 (133, 113): To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 19 November 1877. – Vincent van Gogh Letters
“Have taken pains to find a teacher of Algebra and Geometry and have succeeded, namely a cousin of Mendes, Teixeira de Mattos, a teacher at the Jewish School for the Poor.3 He gives me hope that we’ll have met the requirements by around October of next year. If I should then pass the exam, things will have gone very well indeed. Because when I started they said that 2 years would be necessary for the first 4 subjects mentioned, whereas if I should pass in October, I’ll have done more in an even shorter time. May God give me the wisdom I need and grant me my heart’s desire, namely to complete my studies as soon as possible and to be inducted into a living and the practical duties of a minister. Doing that work, and being devoted to it, I believe one would be doing what God wants one to do.
Van Gogh – Art Detective
Vincent had admired the reverse image of the job title he had a artist paint on the glass to the door to his tiny office. Giving up his ambition to bring the word of the Lord to the poor, he had reinvented himself, and was now determined to put an end to art theft, and art forgery. What he has not foreseen in his new ultraistic mission, is, that there was not much of – that! The poor slobs that found the courage to knock on his door, wanted to know one thing….was their mate cheating on them? Have they been…..betrayed?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flor_de_la_Mar
Flor do Mar or Flor de la Mar (Flower of the Sea), spelled Frol de la Mar in all Portuguese chronicles of the 16th century,[5] was a Portuguese nau (carrack) of 400 tons, which over nine years participated in decisive events in the Indian Ocean until her sinking in November 1511. Nobleman Afonso de Albuquerque was returning from the conquest of Malacca, bringing with him a large treasure trove for the Portuguese king, when the ship was lost off the coast of Sumatra. A replica of Flor do Mar is housed in the Maritime Museum in Malacca, Malaysia.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism
Existentialism (/ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/ [1] /ˌɛksəˈstɛntʃəˌlɪzəm/)[2] is a form of philosophical inquiry that explores the issue of human existence.[3][4] Existentialist philosophers explore questions related to the meaning, purpose, and value of human existence. Common concepts in existentialist thought include existential crisis, dread, and anxiety in the face of an absurd world, as well as authenticity, courage, and virtue.[5]
“Existential” redirects here. For the logical sense of the term, see Existential quantification. For other uses, see Existence (disambiguation).
For the philosophical position commonly seen as the antonym of existentialism, see Essentialism.
Zena Halpern has spent more than a decade chasing down a fascinating story that has the potential to change history as we know it. It is the story, both of a secret 12th century Knights Templar mission to Oak Island and a mountain range in New York State, and of the efforts made by various secret societies over the centuries to either conceal or uncover the reasons for this mission.
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The Major Frustration The Curse Of Oak Island Fans Have With Zena’s Map
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BY SAM SKOPP/JAN. 4, 2022 1:28 PM EST
In History’s treasure hunting reality series “The Curse of Oak Island,” brothers Marty and Rick Lagina employ a team of experts to help them find valuable treasure rumored for centuries to be hidden on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada.
While the Lagina brothers’ attempts at solving a long-standing mystery and maybe even striking it rich in the process have sustained the series for eight seasons and counting, some longtime viewers have at times become critical of certain methods employed in their ongoing treasure hunt. This recently included an assertion made during Season 9 that some viewers found to be ungenuine, possibly proposed for the sake of added on-screen drama.
One document the Lagina brothers reference from time to time is a French-language treasure map Knights Templar expert Zena Halpern introduced to the search in the series-best Season 4. While the map and its mysteries may have made for compelling viewing, it’s become the subject of a certain degree of fan skepticism too, like in a Season 9 episode where the Lagina brother misread certain details despite seeming to know better. In light of this and other controversies, one fan online has begun to question the legitimacy of Zena’s map anew.
Zena’s map was never evaluated by experts
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On December 29, midway into “The Curse of Oak Island” Season 9, user RichardEarlington posted a thread to the show’s official subreddit titled “Rick, Marty, Prometheus – Please get Zena’s map checked by professionals.” In short, their post explains that, whereas the Lagina brothers and production company Prometheus Entertainment regularly consult experts across numerous relevant fields about their discoveries, Zena’s map has yet to be evaluated by anyone with the necessary expertise to ascertain its legitimacy or lack thereof.
They then went on to outline six reasons the map is worth deeper scrutiny, including more than one occasion in which native French speakers noticed some errors in its language. “These questions don’t prove that the map is false, but they do warrant that the map should get the same due diligence as the other artifacts shown on the show,” they wrote.
Tyler Hunt and Samuel Josefa De Mattos
Posted on April 17, 2012 by Royal Rosamond Press
Today my grandson, Tyler Hunt, turns seven years of age. Happy birthday grandson!
In June of 2010 I was offered an acre of land in South Carolina by a descendant of King David, Samuel Josefa de Mattos Jr. I had asked Samuel for permission to walk on his land he purchased at Plantation Point after reading my blogs about the “Jew’s land” that belonged to his ancestors who were Sephardic Jews who founded Reform Judaism in Charleston, then declared this was the New Promised Land, with no return to Zion. To learn that Reform Jews believed Berlin was the New Jerusalem, brings an end of my long journey because my kindred lived on Berlin Avenue where a famous Jewish cemetery is found.
My Promised Land
Posted on May 19, 2021 by Royal Rosamond Press
When my grandson, Tyler Hunt, was six months old, I got a telephone call from Josef de Mattos. He had come across my blog and said;
“You know more about my family than I do.”
He ended up offering me an acre of land he bought, part of parcel I wrote about that was on the “Jew’s land”. One of Josef’s kin tutored Vincent Van Gogh.
Reform Judaism abolished the RETURN TO ZION desire.
John
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“With warfare all around them, the Rosamond and Hodge family conducted weddings, and from their unions sprang a Nation. The city of Hodges South Carolina was built on what was called “the Jews land”. Then Dorothy Hodges was taken away by an Indian chief, and a child was born in the wilderness.
“The story of Dorothy being taken by Indians was so interesting, with the loss of her father and four younger sisters and all, that everybody told it faithfully. At least according to my grandfather who got it from his father and compared it to other related Hodges family’s traditions in the1930s. It was his contention that the story was true because he had letters from six different families in six different locations. Each family gave the same basic story.
Dorothy being a young, tall, attractive woman was taken by an Indian Chief before the cabin was torched. She was gone for ten years. When she returned she brought her Indian son with her. He was nine when he arrived. The family talked
[fn p. 8: in August 1845 in Anderson district South Carolina, Mrs. Ann Pressley, 84, submitted the record of the births of her children in support of her assertion that she was acquainted with Samuel Rosamond a Captain in the war of the revolution and Colonel Anderson’s Regiment and his wife Sarah Hodges before their marriage; that they were married prior to the birth of her 2nd child, James Pressley in August 1787 and that they lived together as husband and wife during her acquaintance with them. That family record reads as follows: David Pressley & Ann Edmiston was maried Novr 16th 1784 Pressley Junior was born January 29th 1786 and departed this life March 21st Insuing James Pressley was born August 7th 1787 Mary Ann Pressley was born June 26 1789 David Pressley Junior was born March 26 1791 Abner Edmiston Presley was born January 27th 1793 Esther Brown Presley was born May first 1795 Janet Pressley was born December 8th 1796 and died October 8th 1797 Jean Miller Presley was born March 15th 1799 Elizeth Pressley was born April 3rd 1800 Agnes Pressley was born February 17th 1802 Rachel [illegible] Presley was born December 10th 1803 A Daughter born October 3rd 1805 and departed this life on the 25th day of her age being 3 weeks & 4 days old
[fn p. 12: Abner Clark testified on April 21, 1845 in Walton County Georgia that Sarah Rosamond’s home was burned in 1834 along with all its contents which may have included the Bible record of the marriage of said Sarah to Samuel Rosamond and the birth dates of their children.]
Henri Teixeira de Mattos – Wikipedia
134 (133, 113): To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 19 November 1877. – Vincent van Gogh Letters
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., excoriated Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Sunday over her defense of the Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking a trove of classified documents.
Greene defended the leak suspect, Jack Teixeira, 21, in two tweets last week. Greene, a far-right lawmaker who serves on the Homeland Security Committee, claimed the Biden administration was “the real enemy” and had “lied to us from the very beginning.”
Graham said on ABC News’ “This Week”: “If you’re a member of the military intelligence community and you disagree with American policy and you think you’re going to be OK when it comes to leaking classified information, you’re going to go to jail.
“It’s one of the most irresponsible statements she could make,” he added.
Graham said he was worried about the U.S.’s ability to gather intelligence after the Defense Department documents were leaked, adding that military members are “less safe” because of the leak.
“There is no justification for this,” Graham said. “And for any member of Congress to suggest it’s OK to leak classified information because you agree with the cause is terrible irresponsible and puts America in serious danger.”
Teixeira was arrested Thursday at a home in North Dighton, Massachusetts, more than an hour from the military base where he worked. He made his first court appearance Friday and was charged with possessing classified documents pertaining to national security and possessing national defense materials. The charges carry a maximum of 10 years behind bars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teixeira
Teixeira (European Portuguese: [tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ], Galician: [tejˈʃejɾɐ]) is a Galician-Portuguese surname based on the
derived from teixo “yew tree” (Latin taxus).[2] The progenitors of the name were a “Noble Portuguese Marano family, originally bearing the surname of Sampayo,” and the Teixeira coat of arms was conferred “in accordance with a decree of King Philip IV of Spain” in 1643.[3] A less frequent variant spelling is Texeira. The variant Técher is common in the highlands of Reunion Island, notably in the Cilaos area.
Joseph Teixeira de Mattos
Posted on May 19, 2018 by Royal Rosamond Press
There is evidence that Samuel Josefa de Mattos, died in 2012. I hereby absolve him of his promise made to me because I know this is important.
The de Mattos family were artists, theologians, and tutors. Teixeira de Mattos imparted knowledge to Vincent van Gough. They were cultured and intelligent people who took part in the rise of Gentiles from the dark ages.
Jon Presco
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https://internationalart-gallery.blogspot.com/2013/06/joseph-teixeira-de-mattos.html
How do your Jewish values affect you as a leader?
For me, the values of Judaism … the concept of tzedakah, the concept of lashon hara, the concept of repairing the world and of social justice serve me not only in my personal life and in my synagogue life, but also in building a community as a CEO in a major health-care association.
For the past many months, the country has been consumed by the Affordable Care Act. As president of HFAM, what do you think of Obamacare?
The Affordable Care Act has tre-mendous potential for the better integration, education and focus of health care in the United States. The question mark is going to be what it does to … marketplace value relative to the cost of health care. I’m optimistic that with the better integration of health care, and with the better focus on outcome, that over time having more people getting care earlier will ultimately lead not only to better outcomes, but also to lower costs.
http://jewishtimes.com/10197/a-passion-for-caring/news/
Joseph Teixeira de Mattos (1892–1971), was a Dutch watercolor painter and pastellist who made drawings wherever he went. A large collection of his drawings is in the Teylers Museum.
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Teixeira was born in Amsterdam, where he became a member of Arti et Amicitiae in 1934 and began drawing animals at Artis.[1][2] In 1931 he moved to Paris, and for the war years he moved to Pornic in Brittany, where he remained until he died.[1] The Teylers museum had an exhibition of his work in 2004.[3]
Early career[edit]
Joseph Teixeira de Mattos shared his name with his uncle, who was a sculptor. He was the elder of the two sons of Jacob Teixeira de Mattos and Abigael Lopes Cardozo. Joseph showed promise as an artist while still at school. When he was only 13, he enrolled for a year-long class designed for children to train them to become art teachers. Graduation from an esteemed course did not, however, bring Joseph success as an artist, and he had to abandon the teaching career to pursue a career as an artist. During this problematic phase in his career, he was received financial support from Joseph Mendes da Costa and Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita.[4]
Teixeira de Mattos began working independently from 1916. His earliest works were mostly self-portraits made in and around Amsterdam. His family members became recurrent characters in his works. He also made several chalk drawings of the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt. Teixeira de Mattos first exhibited in 1917 at the Galerie Walrecht.[4]
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Teixeira de Mattos frequently drew animals. Crocodile were particularly common in his works. He was known to very diligent and obsessed with technical mastery of drawing material
Vincent arrived in Amsterdam in May 1877, intending to prepare for theology studies at the university.
He had several contacts in the city: his uncle Johannes Paulus Stricker was a minister there, his uncle Cor van Gogh dealt in books and art, and his uncle Jan van Gogh was the director of the city’s naval dockyard. Jan van Gogh had set up a study bedroom for Vincent, and Vincent spent his days amid the inspiring liveliness of the dockyard.
His schedule consisted of Greek and Latin lessons with the classicist Maurits Benjamin Mendes da Costa, geometry and algebra lessons with a Mr Texeira de Mattos, and plenty of self-study. Vincent worked from early morning until late at night, but he found his studies difficult. Although he was making progress, he did not feel as if he was mastering the material. On Sundays he often attended multiple church services and also taught Sunday school.
Although his attention was necessarily focused on his studies, he visited museums such as the Trippenhuis and Museum van der Hoop whenever he could, and he enjoyed walking in the city, whose beauty he admired. He often managed to capture its atmosphere in letters by comparing it to various paintings. In the end, Vincent failed to successfully complete his studies and left Amsterdam in summer 1878 for his parents’ house in Etten. There, he began contemplating his future plans.
Vincent was to visit Amsterdam twice more in his life. In 1881, he went to the capital to see his cousin Kee Vos, with whom he had fallen powerfully in love; his feelings would remain painfully unrequited. In 1885, he returned to the city for the last time to visit the newly opened Rijksmuseum with his friend Anton Kerssemakers.
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Joseph Teixeira de Mattos
| Joseph Teixeira de Mattos | |
| Birthdate: | September 2, 1811 (46) |
| Birthplace: | Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands |
| Death: | March 30, 1858 (46) Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands |
| Immediate Family: | Son of Benjamin Teixeira de Mattos and Ester Mendes da Costa Husband of Hana Rachel de la Mar and Hanna Teixeira de Mattos Father of Esther Teixeira de Mattos; Benjamin Teixeira de Mattos; Isaac Teixeira de Mattos; Judith Teixeira de Mattos; Sara Teixeira de Mattos and 1 other; and Joseph Henri Teixeira de Mattos « less Brother of Sara Teixeira de Mattos and Dr Isaac Teixeira de Mattos |
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| Last Updated: | December 1, 2016 |
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Van Gough and Sephardic Jews
Posted on May 21, 2021 by Royal Rosamond Press
What a treasure I found today, the day a truce is called in Palestine. The most famous artist in the world was a Biblical Scholar and Philosopher, if not the inventor of Wikipedia. He was interested in so many things that would take him wherever it will – at any time! He is more than a compulsive obsessive. I own this kind of mind. I want to do ten things at once. My empty canvases are filled – with several works not begun! They fight for dominance in the creative half of my brain. And, now I read these letters for the first time – and go where no man has gone before – but the remarkable Vincent van Gough!
I NOW get Gogh! He acquired a poor impression of human beings, and the state they are in, from his study of theology. He tries to convert Mendes who is a few years older than him. He is in need of Disciple No.1. He gives him presents with the borders ruined with his scribble, a tactic Spooky Noodles employs to capture – and hog all my attention! To his chagrin, nothing takes -or so he concludes – and why not! He is up against a genetic powerhouse of learning, whose DNA is rumored to come from King David – and thus Jesus? Not even passing his first exam, he is trying to convert the Divine Jewish Jesus to – Paulianity! You have to laugh!
I talked to Barbara, my therapist, seven days ago, and we discussed whether or not I would complete my autobiography, being, what total strangers and hired ghost writers, wrote about The Prescos – drove me insane….and may drive me back to drink? But, alas I found my McGuffin, my Major Theme – and new title! I told Barbara how my father worked my brother and I like slaves in his produce market. At eight and nine, we started our careers as Lumpers for Acme Produce. We graded tons of potatoes. We handled potatoes all day. Victor William Presco, was……The Spud King! We lived on potatoes!
‘The New Patato Eaters
In the top photo we see Mendes da Costa. Below him is Mr. Rosemary Presco calling her four children to dinner. At our table is a old plate full of steaming potatoes. Dig in!
“And, how did your day go my son Janke?”
“Great, Papa! I had a revelations about Galatians, and decided to take up oil painting as a means to get my theological message across!”
“How many times have I told you not to hang around with those Jewish boys!”
And…then I find the Roos family!
John Presco
134 (133, 113): To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 19 November 1877. – Vincent van Gogh Letters
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10.Gal. 3:28. Van Gogh undoubtedly chose this text because of the Jewish descent of Mendes da Costa, who said of Van Gogh in his recollections: ‘From those days [meaning when Van Gogh was employed in the art trade] he still had some prints, small lithographs after paintings and suchlike. Time and again he brought me one of them, but always completely spoiled by his having scribbled the margins completely full of quotations, which had something or other to do with the subject, from Thomas a Kempis and the Bible. Once he even gave me a copy of De imitatione Christi, but not at all with the unspoken objective of converting me; he only wanted to show me the human side of it.’ Originally appearing in Het Handelsblad of 2 December 1910; quoted from Verzamelde brieven 1973, vol. 1, p. 171.
137 (136, 116): To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 9 December 1877. – Vincent van Gogh Letters
Had a talk with Mendes this week, or rather last week, about ‘He who hate not, even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple’.17 He declared that expression too strong, but I maintained that it was the simple truth, and doesn’t Thomas a Kempis say it when he talks about knowing oneself and despising oneself?18
If we look at others who have done more and are better than we are, then soon enough we come to hate our own life because it’s not as good as that of others.19 Just look at a man like Thomas a Kempis, constrained by the love of Christ20 to write that little book, sincere and simple and true as few others were, either before or since.”
“At 10 o’clock Uncle came home soaking wet, for it was raining quite a lot that evening, and I had a long talk with him and Aunt, because Mendes had paid them a visit a couple of days ago (one shouldn’t utter the word genius lightly, even if one believes that there is more of it in the world than many people think, but Mendes certainly is a very remarkable person, and I’m happy and grateful for my contact with him) and hadn’t given them a bad report, fortunately, but Uncle asked me if it wasn’t difficult, and I admitted that it was very difficult and that I was doing my best to bear up and to be alert in all kinds of ways. He gave me encouragement, however. But now there’s still that terrible algebra and geometry, anyway, we’ll see — after Christmas I have to have lessons in those as well, there’s nothing for it.
Henri Teixeira de Mattos – Wikipedia
134 (133, 113): To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 19 November 1877. – Vincent van Gogh Letters
“Have taken pains to find a teacher of Algebra and Geometry and have succeeded, namely a cousin of Mendes, Teixeira de Mattos, a teacher at the Jewish School for the Poor.3 He gives me hope that we’ll have met the requirements by around October of next year. If I should then pass the exam, things will have gone very well indeed. Because when I started they said that 2 years would be necessary for the first 4 subjects mentioned, whereas if I should pass in October, I’ll have done more in an even shorter time. May God give me the wisdom I need and grant me my heart’s desire, namely to complete my studies as soon as possible and to be inducted into a living and the practical duties of a minister. Doing that work, and being devoted to it, I believe one would be doing what God wants one to do.
No More Waiting For Van Gogh
Posted on May 21, 2021 by Royal Rosamond Press
On this day, May 21, 2021, I declare Vincent Van Gogh, a Writer, perhaps the first, Beat Writer? Why not a Hippie writer? I got it…..Van Gogh is a Pulp Fiction Detective Author – who failed to cash in on his gift for dramatic gab!
I compare Mendes da Costa to the Jewish philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, who saw something in the mind of Norbert Davis, the Man With A Gun! Vincent is famous for being….The Artist With A Gun…(and a razor) Mendes met with the family of this failed theologian – and failed philosopher – when he informed one of the most famous artists in the world – he is a failure! He has failed to prepare himself to go a theological university so he can become…..A MAN OF GOD!
Did Mendes know his student carried a revolver? Did he show it to him? Vincent talks about going into the “the Jewish district” to try again to comprehend foreign languages. He is not doing well with his lessons from Mendes cousin, de Mattos, who may have compared notes, and concluded Van Gogh posed a danger to himself – and others!
Of course it is up to me to author a paper on this, because I compare Van Goughs writing to Vonnegut, Pynchon, Kesey, and myself! How about Joaquin Miller? Jack London? Nowhere else can you read a running dialogue on theology and art – that go together like the covers of True Crime Novels. The best way to start my paper, is create a Dime Novel Author and Character.
And now…the true adventures of……
Van Gogh – Art Detective
Vincent had admired the reverse image of the job title he had a artist paint on the glass to the door to his tiny office. Giving up his ambition to bring the word of the Lord to the poor, he had reinvented himself, and was now determined to put an end to art theft, and art forgery. What he has not foreseen in his new ultraistic mission, is, that there was not much of – that! The poor slobs that found the courage to knock on his door, wanted to know one thing….was their mate cheating on them? Have they been…..betrayed?
Being hungry, and always facing eviction, Vincent came down from his pedestal to help these mentally tortured wretches, who for all purpose – were out of their friggen mind! Their despair, at no longer owning any trust for the one they love, had rendered them zombies – the walking dead. Yeah, he took their money, and a form of payment that relieved his conscience. His clients agreed to meet with this armed detective at his favorite café, and buy him a modest glass of wine that he will take sips of as he read his report, that usually contained bad news; because it was a sure thing, it taking months to seek help in – accepting the truth.
Vincent employed his lessons he stowed away as a Man of God, and acted like a minister hearing confession. What he didn’t understand, was, he was the world’s first Marriage Councilor, a profession that was not without great risks! One recently divorced woman sprang out of a dark doorway, and lopped off part of his ear with a razor. Ouch! A divorced man, confronted him with a gun as he took a shortcut across the wheat field.
“I’m going to blow your friggen head off you psycho-babbling maniac who told my wife, I was her Judas – in waiting!”
Only when a flock of ravens rose from the wheat, was our Art Detective able to dash into the nearby cornfield…..and make good his escape.
Returning to the Jewish district, Vincent found the Tinker who offered to sell him a pistol. At the time he was failing algebra, and, considered taking his life. But, that was no longer a solution. Being a Art Private Eye, proved to be a very dangerous profession. His work took him to the land of utter despair where folks did not think they had long to live. Best own a lust for life – while you have a second chance. Vincent’s clients became serial heart-breakers. If you know your Bible, that is how the story always goes.
John Presco
Copyright 2021
The Philosopher Detective
Posted on February 9, 2021 by Royal Rosamond Press
Capturing Beauty
by
John Presco
Copyright 2021
Above is a photo of Austrian Philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, who studied the Black Mack Writers and other authors of Detective novels. He was fascinated with Norbert Davis who was a friend of my grandparents – who have redeemed THEIR family from beyond the grave. I am the head of my family. Here is a movie about Ludwig. In this scene he is attending a movie based on detective writers like Dashiell Hammet and Erle Stanley Gardener who were friends of Royal Rosamond.
Wittgenstein – Derek Jarman (1993).avi – YouTube
Wittgenstein: Philosophical discussion in Cambridge – Part 1 – YouTube
I have seen the light! I just sent this to my ex-wife, Mary Ann Tharaldsen;
“You saw greatness in me Mary Ann and so did my famous sister. Our destructive parents filled us with the most vile low-self esteem one could imagine. Not able to believe I was great, people I came in contact saw that my energy was exposed to them, and they too took from me – and Christine!”
Yesterday I talked to my diabetic nurse about my lower readings, and thanked her for the support from the staff at my clinic. She asked why by reading were high around the third. This was the day I found out Bill Arnold’s sister is dead. Bill was born on February 3, 1945. He took his life on October 9, 1964. The suggestion by Tom Snyder that I could have saved Bill’s life, if I had passed my famous sister’s note to him like she asked, is the most outrageous accusation in the annals of Art History, and Psychiatrics History. Christine Rosamond Benton was seeing as many as three psychiatrists -one whom she was having an affair. When we were in our teens, our mother Rosemary kept saying; “I have a scholarship to Camarillo State Mental Hospital.” She would then laugh that infamous laugh. Consider Ken Kesey working on a mental ward where he says he was exposed to LSD. Then there is the wonderment if Thomas Pynchon sat in on Nabokov’s class and Cornell.
With the revelation that Ludwig Wittgenstein took a keen interest in the writing of Norbert Davis, the last piece of the Labyrinth Puzzle has fallen into place. You can say the Minotaur is Ludwig, a famous philosopher that was looking for a way out of our mental predicaments. It has been suggested that if he had contacted Norbert, he could have saved his life.
Last night I exchanged e-mails with my friends, Mark Gall, and hinted he might want to co-author my autobiography because he graduated from Harvard and Berkley with degrees in psychology.
I debated about revealing the Wittgenstein connect because my Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde acquaintance – stabbed me in the back again – after we discussed for a year getting a grant to do a radio show. He mocked me saying he is going after money, chaffer, a maid, while I muddle along with my very long study – that has hit the Mother Load! Casey Farrell a.k.a ‘The Green Swastika’ is beside himself in his need to rip me off and assume my identity – some more! Then there is the terrible Rosamond Cult where women I share DNA with, are drawn to the work and drama of Rosamond. They know it is the Mind Game to end all Mind Games! If Ludwig were alive, and aware of The Rose of the World Labyrinth, he would put his students to work researching all the strange twists and turns, that are most diabolical, a Philosophers Dream. I will now apply for several grants so this work can continue.
John Presco
President: Royal Rosamond Press
Wittgenstein: Philosophical discussion in Cambridge – Part 1 – YouTube
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