The Unknown Night

In 1916, Ralph Albert Blakelock's haunting landscape was sold at auction for a record price for a painting by a living American artist. Yet at the time of his triumph, Blakelock was confined in a psychiatric hospital. This remarkable biography chronicles the life, times, and madness of one of America's most celebrated--and exploited--painters. Full-color illustrations.

“The best book yet written about this neglected and fascinating American painter” who anticipated abstract expressionism by more than fifty years (Gail Levin, The New York Times Book Review). At the dawn of the 20th century, Ralph Blakelock’s brooding, hallucinogenic paintings were a striking departure from the prevailing American tradition—and as sought after as the works of Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent. In 1916, the record-breaking sale of Blakelock’s Brook by Moonlight made him famous. Yet at the time of his triumph, the troubled painter had spent fifteen years in a psychiatric hospital while his family lived in poverty. Released from the asylum, Blakelock fell into the dubious care of an eccentric adventuress, Beatrice Van Rensselaer Adams, who kept him a virtual prisoner while siphoning off the profits of his success, until his mysterious death. In this acclaimed biography, Glyn Vincent offers the first complete chronicle of Blakelock’s life. Vividly portraying New York in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the narrative begins with his childhood in Greenwich Village and the years he spent peddling his canvases door-to-door and playing piano in vaudeville theaters. Vincent also delves into Blakelock’s journeys among the Sioux and Uinta Native Americans; his mental illness; and the way his exploration of mysticism informed his radical shift away from the Hudson River School of art.

About the Book The book is titled: Life in the Unknown, and sub-titled; Let the free thinkers speak. The title is taken from one of my favorite poems in the book; it should be an interesting read. This title wasn't the initial plan however, but it should call for interesting conversation in book signing. A part from the being a poetry book, there is no one classification or category that can be placed on the materials, which might come across as; controversial, edgy, insensitive, polarizing, funny, gritty, but yet it should come across as honest, and possibly witty. This book is aimed at challenging life and its imperfection, since we ourselves are imperfect, then judgment is therefore minimal; one to another respectively.

The Apostle Paul once responded to a group of pagan worshippers in Athens, Greece. One of the altars they worshipped at had an inscription written to THE UNKNOWN GOD. Paul declared, Whom therefore ye worship in ignorance, him I declare unto you. This glorious God who created all things, this glorious God with all creation in Him, this God who finished all things before He created all things, this God who chose you in Himself before the foundation of the world, this God who wrote your name in the Book of Life, either before the beginning or at the end or somewhere in between, and who turned the greatest of all gambles into no gamble at all, this Christ who was slain before creation, this Christ who is the glory of the Father, this Christ who is the All, who will be, and is, the All who is in All, this Christ who is the beginning and the end, this Christ who is free of, above and beyond and outside of all space, time, and even eternity, this Christ has a point to make, a message to bring to you. You will find that message in the pages of The Unknown God! This world has a false godSatan the devil, whom the Bible says deceives the whole world! He appears as an angel of light! He is the great counterfeiter! What God decrees, Satan finds a way to counterfeit! Find out the ways he goes about to deceive the world, especially most religious people! The Bible is largely a book about Israel and the Jews and other people and nations who interact with them. Find out why all Jews are Israelites but not all Israelites are Jews! Who were they, who are they now, and what will become of them in the future? And how do Gods plans for them relate to his plans for everyone else? You will find all of this and more in the pages of The Unknown God!

The Unknown God by Robert J. Kerr is Gods biography from the Bible. It is a meticulously researched compilation of scripture outlining more than one thousand aspects of God from seventeen different Bible versions. Learn what God says about Himself: what He has done, what He wants for us, and more. With an accurate understanding of God from the Bible we can discern many aspects of life, why things happen, how to go in the direction we want with our lives, and have the confidence that we know what God wants for us. This book will profoundly affect your live and wellbeing when you understand more about God, and how the peace of God can rule in your heart. Whether you are a student, teacher, or interested layperson, it gives you the ability to discern and understand current news and media such as when you hear phrases like Acts of Godare they really acts of God? The Unknown God makes a great reference guide that will open your heart to understanding and knowing more about God. Get a copy of this insightful book and discover the many truths about the God who made the world and everything in it. Psalms 119:105 Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalms 119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Since the earliest days of British television drama, scriptwriter Nigel Kneale has been a seminal figure. His Quatermass serials for the BBC were a seismic event in the 1950s, before finding international success when adapted by Hammer Films for the big screen. Later TV plays, such as The Road, The Stone Tape and The Year of the Sex Olympics, skilfully blend elements of science fiction and the ghost story. They remain classics and Kneale himself a great influence on popular culture. Revised and updated, this new edition of Into the Unknown charts Nigel Kneale's extraordinary career, from his childhood on the Isle of Man, to his fraught days at the BBC, strange adventures in Hollywood, and his status as legend to legions of fans. It draws on a wealth of research and many hours of interviews with Kneale himself, as well as prominent admirers. These include John Carpenter, Ramsey Campbell, Grant Morrison, Russell T Davies, and Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson of the League of Gentlemen.

When an enormous army of ogres attacks the civilized kingdoms around their homeland of Sylvannia, three friends set out on a dangerous quest to find the last known living wizard to enlist his aid in the war. Little did the three know that among themselves, one had the potential to become a wizard, and if they can find and recover the Crystal of Enhancement, he could become a very powerful wizard.