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Le Cercle Montparnasse: Toronto's Artistic Revival

Raji Aujla | Posted 05.12.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Thom Sokoloski, Paris, Toronto's Art Scene, LE CERCLE MONTPARNASSE, Les Années Folles, Picasso, Green Grind, The Spoke Club, Hemingway, Montparnasse, Canada Living News
Raji Aujla

I fantasize about the cafés in Montparnasse: Le Dôme, La Closerie des Lilas. Back then it was the heart of intellectual and artistic life in Paris and in most of the developed world. Our ideas are constantly intertwined in the democratic World Wide Web. But still I wonder, is the type of intellectual discourse that once thrived in Montparnasse insignificant now?

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Knowledge Is Knowledge: Lessons to Take From the Encyclopaedia

Deena Douara | Posted 05.17.2012 | Canada
Read More: Encyclopedia Britannica, A.j. Jacobs, The Know-It-All, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Life Lessons, Hemingway, Hawthorne, Melville, Renoir, Chaucer, Canada News
Deena Douara

Yes, chance discovery and accident sometimes lead to great outcomes, but only by those who take advantage of those accidents. Had Kahlo moped in front of the TV all day after her horrible accident, we would likely not know her name today.

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