Giving and Taking- Part Three of Three by Robert Tanner Please read Part One and Part Two to understand where this picks up: A couple of frantic minutes later, the noise in my mind was interrupted by Leigh’s soothing voice. By concentrating on her words, I was able to re‐focus my thoughts and get back to the task at…
Dr. Tara Leigh Tappert, the art editor for The Journal of Military Experience’s third volume, and a person as ingratiated with the veteran art community as one can get through her various roles as editor, curator, college instructor, and non-profit leader, recently said that Giuseppe Pellicano was “the real deal” when asked which artists we…
Giving and Taking – Part Two of Three by: Robert Tanner Please read Part One to understand where this picks up: Thursday evening, I pulled into the parking lot of Sacred Om Yoga in Point Pleasant, NJ, feeling a bit nervous. “What did I get myself into,” I wondered as I made my way across the parking…
Giving and Taking- Part One of Three by Robert Tanner Nearly ten years ago, I sat in the cargo bay of a C-130 as a USMC infantryman on my way to Kuwait. I was part of a contingent of Marines deployed to Fallujah, Iraq to help restore order and bring peace to the people of…