Our visions of perfection

You are free to be as you are, or as you imagine yourself to be.

Our visions of perfection often times do not jibe with the hopes and expectations of others. Our staff has been trained in the art of tolerance and the stifling of criticism whilst feigning the absence of judgment.

From rough sex to romantic sunset walks on the beach. We provide sexual toys, indulgences and perversions of any kind, real and or imagined. We aim to please, and our qualified staff of psychoanalysts, academic surrealists, thieves, lock pickers and sex workers will try to bring your dreams to reality. We also have a medical ward and a staff of highly qualified surgeons and practitioners of the healing arts. Both a voodoo doctor and an assortment of Shamans and witches are on call.

Hotel Utopia offers the moment

Thomas More wrote Utopia, published in 1516, about the political system of an imaginary, ideal island nation. The year in which the work was published was but a decade after Columbus ceased his journeys in search of an ocean route to India. The book came out on the heels of Amerigo Vespucci’s voyages to the New World, a world where anything seemed possible.
Within this context, Thomas More relates the words of an adventurer who had been to the New World and discovered societies that were governed intelligently and wisely. These societies were as close to perfect as the mind of a 16th century man could imagine. More dealt with this concept in a rather tongue in cheek manner, somewhat like my approach to painting "Hotel Utopia".

We at Hotel Utopia understand that not everyone shares the same vision of a personal utopias, nor do we always share the vision of a collective social utopia, we do realize that "one man's heaven is another one's hell".
We at Hotel Utopia are proud to offer our guests the finest in cosmopolitan cuisine at outrageously high prices. The Utopia dining experience offers sophisticated yet comforting cuisine. We take care to provide the finest of international menus as well as providing a total range of fast food and ethnic eateries.
When taking time off or simply relaxing we offer an atmosphere of comfort and elegant domesticity. Your stay with us should be conducive to your utopian needs. Our often friendly staff are highly trained and motivated to cater to all your individual needs. From the mundane to the bizarre, we labor to provide our guests with only the very best, ensuring that your stay will both satisfy and surpass your expectations.

You can always enjoy our range of topical halls. Our guests can dance the night away in The Grand Ballroom or spend emotive moments in the Hall of Fear and Hope, our team of seasoned experts meticulously executes each event, individually crafted to suit your needs, leaving no detail overlooked and surpassing expectations every time."

From rough sex to romantic sunset walks on the beach. We provide sexual toys, indulgences and perversions of any kind, real and or imagined. We aim to please, and our qualified staff of psychoanalysts, academic surrealists, thieves, lock pickers and sex workers will try to bring your dreams to reality. We also have a medical ward and a staff of highly qualified surgeons and practitioners of the healing arts. Both a voodoo doctor and an assortment of Shamans and witches are on call.

We at Hotel Utopia accept that as human beings we do not all act nor expect the same.

Our visions of perfection often times do not jibe with the hopes and expectations of others. Our staff has been trained in the art of tolerance and the stifling of criticism whilst feigning the absence of judgment. You are free to be as you are, or as you imagine yourself to be.
Hotel Utopia, where you can check in whenever you like and stay for how long you wish. It could be for a wonderful hour, or a relaxing weekend, or come and go as you please. Hotel Utopia offers you the moment.

Come enjoy or suffer at Hotel Utopia!

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Age of Reason and the Unreasonable

With the French revolution and the coming of enlightenment, philosophers deemed this age the Age of Reason. Reason was to reign supreme in the formation of our identities and societies and our place within this construct.

What we have come to realize is that reason was little more than a fascinating veneer, cheap and intoxicating, akin to lipstick on a pig or heals on a plumber. Reason was meant to cover the illogical, when all it accomplished was the rise of passion in the guise of rationality and understanding.

Though the messianic were mocked and utopia was deemed little more than an infantile amusement, the age of reason spent most of its time putting creating the foundation for a new ideological concept of utopia. One in which many of us have learned from experience is little more than bubbles in an opium pipe.

The word Utopia

Is made up of two Greek words meaning, "no place". So from the beginning the term meant an impossibility. Yet the word has come to mean the opposite. The word now connotes perfection, the ideal, whether manifested in place and or being.

Today the culture that gave birth to my thinking and system of beliefs, seems more interested in the moment, consequently what makes one happy at any given time is what we are searching for. A great tune on the radio, a party, a film, the acquiring of money, a good laugh and a smile from a friend, these are utopian moments.
The birth of a child, a first kiss, penetration and the seed of love, if only for a moment act as blissful vignettes, allowing us to ponder our navels for the rest of the time and wonder why? Like a dusty camel straining his neck to reach the cool waters of a desert spring, we seek the moments hoping to string them along like a row of pearls, trying to make sure that the spaces between the gems are not to wide.

A glorious walk through a pasture of flowers, their petals screaming red in the heat of the sun. The sound of waves lapping up on the shore where the lake meets land. The shape of the lips that hesitated before finding yours. These are the vignettes the given moments that make up our imaginings regarding utopia.
The firsts steps of your child, their hands reaching forward reaching for you, to someone they trust, the look of the faces of your parents meeting your child, when words become superfluous.

I find the concept of a great utopia, when everything is perfect, way beyond my understanding. I suggest that utopia is those vignettes, those moments when all the stars come together and allow magic to happen.
History teaches us that those who sought create a utopia to cover the globe have only wreaked havoc.

I have felt compelled to ponder the meaning of utopia

First I must thank Thomas More, who in 1516 first published his work entitled "Utopia" which he described as: (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, "A little, true book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be in the new island Utopia".
The novel was a work of fiction, taking a tongue in cheek view of utopian ideas at the time.

I suggest that we have always had the concept of utopia wherever civilization have thought and taken the time to scratch their beliefs and ideas on parchment and paper.  From varied sources such as Buddha's students preaching Nirvana to those who wished to see an end to their cycles of suffering.
Plato  shared with us his thoughts pertaining to the creation of the ideal society.  It might not have been perfect but it did represent an ideal construct in which people could both govern and live together in a state.
Judaism gave its adherents laws in which to live by, laws given from the creator of the universe, what better credentials could one ask for?
Christianity, through Jesus, offered a middle man, one who could help you slide through the bureaucracy, and if  the sublime did not find you during your time on earth, then the gates of Heaven would open wide when you arrived a those pearly gates.

Ideologies play on this need for a creator,  and the call for a better world, a perfect society.  Many want to find themselves in the role as members of the tribe surrounded by like minded souls who appear to share your thoughts, morals and beliefs.  These morals and beliefs are NEW and IMPROVED,  and can be rearranged and remodeled to fit one's psychic and material needs.
Symbols, rituals, quotes from the prophet are all central and essential to both Marxism and Fascism, the ideologies that flourished since the dawn of the twentieth century.  Both offer up such polar and polarizing views of utopia, that they actually meet at the bottom of the circle, where they band to create a peculiar dystopia, a mess of fantasy and genocide.
Ideological utopias are macro in their essence.  They seek to tear down previous structures and create new constructs, often opposed to what we traditionally see as human nature.  Whole societies will be altered and reshaped, individuals will be offered the illusion of power, a higher moral status, and the energy to take the tools of their ideas in hand and to build an ideal world.

Modern / Contemporary Paintings & Ketubahs

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Howard Fox Artist offers unique Ketubah Painting Services to clients across the world. Browse through some of our Modern/ Contemporary Ketubah Text templates. A custom made Ketubah - Hand Painted and Prints Ketubah. These are all custom pieces, if you are interested in ordering a custom made Ketubah, Contact Howard Fox If you are interested in a particular painting, some of the works are still available: Custom works by the artist may be commissioned.

Fox's style spans the centuries and takes from many different cultural influences. From the Persian blue illuminated manuscripts that he first saw while visiting Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, as well as the floral patterns of 18th century Italian illumination, to contemporary landscape works, depicting places held dear to the couples being wedded.