Author: Rivenrod

Artist|Author: Rod McRiven stands for integrity & humanity against the shameless excesses of the 21st Century. Immersed in Realpolitik, he is carelessly un-PC yet diplomatically forthright. Shabby yet chic, he is a liver of many lives simultaneously and creator of BrainSparks for grown-ups - Art | Writing | Ideas @ www.rivenrod.com Rod's Alpha interests are: Art History, because Art and Artists document certain truths about the development of the human race; how we have ended up where we are and potentially where we’re going. The written word because without the process of thinking, creating and communicating, the world, the universe, would be a void. Philosophy, because only through systematic examination of the Human Condition can we begin to explain Humankind's magnificence as well as our callous inhumanity. Rod is most concerned with the preservation of ancient and contemporary nomadic cultures and traditions. He has also enjoyed a lifelong obsession with the many ways in which eggs and tomatoes may be used as tools of persuasion against those whose outrageous narcissism invariably reveals diminutive talent and meagre capability. Rod's Beta interests are: Eavesdropping, jelly slapping, belly dancing, maggot racing and the practice of Socratic Irony.