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Chapter by chapter analysis of the epic novel BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy. Co-hosts critic JVH and artist Candy Minx discuss everything Blood Meridian.
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Sunday Mar 22, 2026
Sunday Mar 22, 2026
The critic and artist explore a mysterious, often misunderstood, term in the novel Blood Meridian.
"optical democracy" on page 259, within Chapter 17
The adventure takes us to 1925's "The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature" by José Ortega y Gasset.
Keats, Whitman, Burroughs, Van Gogh, Valesquez, painting, Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, oil paint manufacture, writing, and ego death.
Non-duality, loss of self, oneness...optical democracy.
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