delta, Author at Maniscalco Gallery

The Math of the Holocaust

by delta | Sep 17, 2019 | Motivational, Random Favorites, Uncategorized, World View

I am a Christian, the father of two Jewish children and I am active in their synagogue. I’m also an artist, theatrician, writer and amateur mathematician. So let’s do some math around the Holocaust. Have you ever wondered why there are hundreds of churches for...

A Judge of Character

by delta | Aug 26, 2019 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, Uncategorized

This past weekend, I enjoyed some VIP visitors from New Orleans, my old stomping grounds back in the mid 1990s. I had done a number of judicial portraits during my residence there but had fallen off the radar, due to my lack of proximity and the passage of time....

ForEVAN Young

by delta | Aug 21, 2019 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Uncategorized

They say a portrait may be your best shot at immortality. At least, we know a portrait will likely outlive us. But the oil portrait is also an opportunity to recapture our youth, while we’re alive to appreciate it. At least that’s the case with Evan, who...

Authoritarianism vs Democracy

by delta | Aug 15, 2019 | Random Favorites, World View

How about a little perspective? We are not in the midst of a battle between Conservatism and Democratic Socialism. We are in a battle between authoritarianism and democracy. What makes other western democracies work so well is they have struck a healthy balance...

Evil is a Force

by delta | Aug 1, 2019 | Motivational, Uncategorized, World View

Why do otherwise normal people support evil ideas, like racism, without even realizing it is racism? Because evil is always girded in righteousness. The feeling of being right is so intoxicating. It triggers our ego and makes us feel invincible. It ruins marriages and...

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