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To: Esteemed Colleagues, Scholars, Educators, Students, Poets and others who may enjoy the beauty and elegance of ideas in words illustrated by fine arts. 

From: W. Wertelecki M.D. 

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       CARNIVAL   CARNAVAL



... CARNAVAL ... The ancients called the celebrations "Dionysia" or "Lupercalia". What Christianity could not erase, it shaped into Saint Valentine's Day and the related Carnivorous Carnal Carnival which ends in Mardi Gras. ... Modern Carnival or Mardi Gras is a melange ... can INFlame and INFect the imagination. ... it provides an anesthetic from reason ... offers an escape or liCENSE for people to act "foolishly" and even to liCENTiously "fool around". ... The French, known for their penchant for good food and joyful living refer to CARNival as MARDI GRAS or "FAT" TUESDAY ... followed by LENT or 40 days that pass with LENTitude ...



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Illustrations: 
Works by Bellini, Velazquez, Goya ...

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