My Chakra today

My Chakra today

My Flower today

My Flower today

It’s complicated…

It’s complicated…

BBC News: US election: Trump outlines plan for first 100 days

US election: Trump outlines plan for first 100 days – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37741792

Watch “Leroy Anderson – Jazz Pizzicato” on YouTube

Being pleasant to someone you dislike is not a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. https://t.co/POz3YzWSp2

​Being pleasant to someone you dislike is not a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. https://t.co/POz3YzWSp2

Watch “”Forgotten Dreams” by Leroy Anderson” on YouTube

A beautiful song from when I was a little boy !

It was played a lot in those times, from a different century, evoking feelings of dreamlike mrmories, from even earlier times, during the  same past century. The nostalgia of furtivity of time and of the void left in its place, irrevocable and irreconcilable, like a dark place inside of an even darker place. It is a song for the old people, with their old memories and their little, bowing, movement.

It is a beautiful song of letting go and of comming to terms with one’s life!

Watch “Typewriter – Brandenburger Symphoniker” on YouTube

Watch “Victor Borge Classic Collection – The Legendary Victor Borge” on YouTube

Watch “Victor Borge” on YouTube

Watch “Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough (Remastered Video)” on YouTube

Watch “The Traitor_Martha Wainwright_Leonard Cohen_I’m Your Man_720HD-022711.avi” on YouTube

“The Traitor_Martha Wainwright_Leonard Cohen_I’m Your Man_720HD-022711.avi” on YouTube

The Traitor

Martha Wainwright

Lyrics

Now the swan it floated on the English river

Ah, the rose of high romance, it opened wide
A sun tanned woman yearned me through the summer
And the judges watched us from the other side

I told my mother, “Mother, I must leave you
Preserve my room but do not shed a tear
Should rumor of a shabby ending reach you
It was half my fault and half the atmosphere”

But the rose I sickened with a scarlet fever
And the swan I tempted with a sense of shame
She said at last I was her finest lover
And if she withered I would be to blame

The judges said, “You missed it by a fraction
Rise up and brace your troops for the attack”
Ah, the dreamers ride against the men of action
Oh, see the men of action falling back

But I lingered on her thighs, a fatal moment
I kissed her lips as though I thirsted still
My falsity had stung me like a hornet
The poison sank and it paralyzed my will

I could not move to warn all the younger soldiers
That they had been deserted from above
So on battlefields from here to Barcelona
I’m listed with the enemies of love

And long ago she said, “I must be leaving
Ah, but keep my body here to lie upon
You can move it up and down and when I’m sleeping
Run some wire through that rose and wind the swan”

So daily I renew my idle duty
I touch her here and there, I know my place
I kiss her open mouth and I praise her beauty
And people call me traitor to my face

Songwriters: Leonard Cohen

The Traitor lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Boats Returning Home William Ritschel

Boats Returning Home William Ritschel

Christian Schloe ~ “Garden of Melancholia”

Christian Schloe ~ “Garden of Melancholia”

Despre paraziții Sociali-şti

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

Nez Perce infant and young boy – Art Cercle, Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, ca. 1903. Photo by Edward. H. Latham.

Nez Perce infant and young boy – Art Cercle, Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, ca. 1903. Photo by Edward. H. Latham.

McLeod Lake yesterday! Snowy hike with summer temps! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1426196394058992&substory_index=0&id=116847218327256

McLeod Lake yesterday! Snowy hike with summer temps!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1426196394058992&substory_index=0&id=116847218327256

Joaquín Sorolla – Fishermen

Joaquín Sorolla – Fishermen

Not everyone, not everyday…

Not everyone, not everyday

Pe inserat, in Breaza de Făgăraş

Pe inserat, in Breaza de Făgăraş

Today’s Holiday:Hi Matsuri

Today’s Holiday:
Hi Matsuri
Early on the evening of October 22, people light bonfires along the narrow street leading to the Kuramadera Shrine in Kurama, a village in the mountains north of Kyoto, Japan. Fire is a purifying element according to Shinto, and the village is believed to be protected from accidents on this night. Soon after dusk, people light torches: even babies are allowed to carry tiny torches made out of twigs. Young men carry large torches—sometimes, it takes several men to keep them upright. As they walk through the streets, everyone chants rhythmically, “Sai-rei! Sai-ryo!” (“Festival, good festival!”): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Today’s Birthday:Doris Lessing (1919)

Today’s Birthday:
Doris Lessing (1919)
Lessing was a British writer and winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. Born in Iran, she moved with her family to a farm in what was Southern Rhodesia in 1924 and lived there until 1949, when she settled in England and began her writing career. Her work often addresses social and political themes, particularly the place of women in society. The Golden Notebook, her most widely read novel, is considered a feminist classic, although Lessing herself said what about feminists?: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

This Day in History:The Scilly Naval Disaster (1707)

This Day in History:
The Scilly Naval Disaster (1707)
Celebrated English Admiral Cloudesley Shovell was returning from an abortive attack on Toulon, France, in 1707 when his ship and several others struck rocks off the Scilly Islands, southwest of England. In one of the greatest maritime disasters in British history, Shovell is believed to have drowned along with as many as 2,000 sailors. According to one of the many legends about the disaster, Shovell reached the shore alive, only to be murdered by a woman who stole what priceless object from him?: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Quote of the Day:Jane Austen

Quote of the Day:
Jane Austen
To come with a well-informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Article of the Day:Déjà vu

Article of the Day:
Déjà vu
A French term meaning “already seen,” déjà vu refers to the feeling that something encountered for the first time is eerily familiar and has in fact been seen before. Although dreams, reincarnation, parallel universes, and out-of-body travel have been invoked to explain the phenomenon, it is most likely due to an anomaly of memory which creates the impression that an experience is being recalled. Which two pharmaceutical drugs have been reported to induce déjà vu when taken together?: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Word of the Day:brawny

Word of the Day:
brawny
Definition: (adjective) Strong and muscular.
Synonyms: hefty, sinewy, muscular, powerful
Usage: The muscles of his brawny arms showed through the sleeves of his light summer coat.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Eveniment literar: lansare de carte, Denisa Aricescu

https://www.facebook.com/events/1609842365978775/?ti=as

Cugetări :Pentru un poet totul se poate privi printr-o fereastră poetică

Pentru un poet totul se poate privi printr-o fereastră poetică

Pentru un poet totul se poate privi printr-o fereastră poetică…totul poate fi o feerie de cuvinte, dansând jucăuse ca rândunici în zbor sau melancolice precum primul fulg de nea ce ni se aşează uşor pe obraz.

Watch “Elvis Costello – I’ll never fall in love again” on YouTube

ELVIS COSTELLO LYRICS

Download “I’ll Never Fall In …” Ringtone

“I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”

What do you get when you fall in love?
A guy with a pin to burst your bubble
That’s what you get for all your trouble
I’ll never fall in love again
I’ll never fall in love again

What do you get when you kiss a girl
You get enough germs to catch pneumonia
After you do, she’ll never phone you
I’ll never fall in love again
I’ll never fall in love again

Don’t tell me what it’s all about
‘Cause I’ve been there and I’m glad I’m out
Out of those chains those chains that bind you
That is why I’m here to remind you

What do you get when you give your heart
You get it all broken up and battered
That’s what you get, a heart that’s shattered
I’ll never fall in love again
I’ll never fall in love again

Out of those chains those chains that bind you
That is why I’m here to remind you

What do you get when you fall in love?
You only get lies and pain and sorrow
So for at least until tomorrow
I’ll never fall in love again
I’ll never fall in love again

I’ll never fall in love again
I’ll never fall in love again

Life is better in the mountains.

Life is better in the mountains.

Slovenia

Slovenia

The best of Florence of the week is @ruberry on #instagram, congratulations! Piazza Duomo #visitflorence

The best of Florence of the week is @ruberry on #instagram, congratulations! Piazza Duomo #visitflorence

1509-1520 RAFFAELLO A ROMA1511 – « Madonna del Velo »

1509-1520 RAFFAELLO A ROMA

1511 – « Madonna del Velo »
« La Madonna del Velo o di Loreto o Madonna Brocca[1] è un dipinto a olio su tavola (120×90 cm) di Raffaello, databile al 1511-1512 e conservato nel Museo Condé di Chantilly. »
STORIA

1) «Un dipinto con questo soggetto del Sanzio è citato dall’Anonimo Magliabechiano, dal Vasari e dal von Sandrart (1675) nella chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo a Roma. È detta anche Madonna di Loreto, dal nome di una copia che si conserva presso il santuario della Santa Casa, già scambiata per l’originale. Non è chiaro chi fosse il committente dell’opera, se papa Giulio II o forse Agostino Chigi; del primo si conservava un ritratto per mano dello stesso artista nella stessa chiesa. La posizione dell’opera sull’altare è nota anche dall’incisione del 1572, mentre altre copie a stampa vennero curate nel 1553 e nel 1575.  »

2) «In ogni caso dell’opera si persero le tracce dal 1615. Delle numerosissime copie esistenti, testimonianti il successo dell’opera, nessuna veniva giudicata autografa: quella del Louvre, del Metropolitan Museum, di Sanremo, di Firenze, di Verona, di Milano, di Napoli, di Parma, di Roma, di Fontenay-aux-Roses (presso Parigi), oltre a quelle di Loreto e di Chantilly.  »

3) «Ricerche d’archivio volte a svelare quale dei due ritratti di Giulio II fosse originale (se quello di Firenze o quello di Londra), scoprirono che la tavola londinese aveva sul retro un numero d’inventario che corrispondeva a a un’entrata nella galleria di Scipione Borghese. Da questa informazione si è risaliti al percorso dei due dipinti di Raffaello in Santa Maria del Popolo. Presi dal cardinale Paolo Emilio Sfondrati, il quale lasciò una cospicua elemosina per calmare il malcontento, passarono, con tutta la sua collezione, alla galleria Borghese nel 1608. Morto anche il cardinale Scipione, nel 1633, si arriva all’inventario del 1693, in cui il ritratto di papa Giulio è elencato al n. 118, e al n. 133 la Madonna del Velo. Cercando tra le copie conosciute si è scoperto che solo quella di Chantilly aveva sul retro tale numero e, dopo essere stata restaurata e pulita dagli spessi strati di vernice ingiallita, si è rivelata in tutta la sua qualità e in uno stato di conservazione molto buono (1976).  »

4) «La Madonna di Chantilly proviene dalle collezioni del Duca d’Aumale, che l’aveva acquistata come copia da Raffaello dal principe di Salerno.  »
DESCRIZIONE E STILE

1) «L’opera mostra la Sacra Famiglia con Maria in primo piano che sta sollevando un velo trasparente dal figlio, che sgambetta vivace, disteso su una sorta di materasso in primo piano; da dietro, a destra, Giuseppe affiora dall’oscurità. Il velo simboleggia il sudario e quindi la Passione di Cristo.  »

2) « A differenza di altre opere lo sfondo è scuro (in altre si vede una tenda o comunque elementi che fanno pensare a una stanza chiusa), che fa spiccare per contrasto i colori intensi della veste della Vergine e il candore degli incarnati e del lenzuolo su cui è steso il Bambino.  »

3) «L’avvolgimento atmosferico delle figure rimanda all’esempio di Leonardo da Vinci, sebbene sia tipica ormai del Sanzio l’atmosfera di serena familiarità e di raccoglimento.  »

4) «Effetti di luce modulano in maniera diversa gli elementi, dalla plastica rotondità del Bambino e di Maria esaltata dalla luce incidente, all’apparizione sfocata di Giuseppe in secondo piano.  »

Din Breaza spre Sud: Dincolo de fereastră :)

Dincolo de fereastră 🙂

Viorel Simionescu : Cu hotarare spre o veche poarta_Mogosoaia 1972

Viorel Simionescu : Cu hotarare spre o veche poarta_Mogosoaia 1972

Watch “Traumerei Schumann” on YouTube

Watch “Grieg Concerto Live in Seoul” on YouTube

Grieg Concerto Live in Seoul: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyTrgbHEyUqQV1mFg4TxL2KVT2HvCb7KZ

Most beautiful music in the most angelic interpretation: Watch “J.S.Bach Toccata E minor BWV 914 Бах Токката ми минор Valentina Lisitsa” on YouTube

Un năvod care a prins timpul!

Un năvod care a prins timpul!

Cugetare: Trecutul este întotdeauna aşa de liniştit, paşnic, în comparație cu realitatea prezentulul… (foto Viorel Simionescu )

Foto Viorel Simionescu:

Trecutul este întotdeauna aşa de liniştit, paşnic, în comparație cu realitatea prezentului şi promisiunea viitorului!

Hillarious Clintonicus: Supremely Unamerican (two terms Clinton, two terms too many)

Hillarious Clintonicus: Supremely Unamerican (two terms Clinton, two terms too many)

Hillarious Clintonicus: Supremely Unamerican (two terms Clinton, two terms too many)
Hillarious Clintonicus: Supremely Unamerican (two terms Clinton, two terms too many)

Hillarious Clintonicus: Supremely Unamerican (two terms Clinton, two terms too many)

Hillarious Clintonicus: Supremely Unamerican (two terms Clinton, two terms too many)

Watch “Leonard Cohen’s Prince Of Asturias Speech – No Overdubbing” on YouTube (a behavior other than the Nobel Prize Bob Dylan ): watch and learn what “apropiate” is, what should become a standard in a speech of great importance!

BBC News: Bob Dylan’s Nobel silence ‘impolite and arrogant’

Bob Dylan’s Nobel silence ‘impolite and arrogant’ – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37740379

BBC News: ‘Smart’ home devices used as weapons in website attack

‘Smart’ home devices used as weapons in website attack – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37738823

Eveniment literar: cartea #DeMânăcuToamna!, Denisa Aricescu

Eveniment literar: cartea #DeMânăcuToamna!, Denisa Aricescu

A fost o seară de poveste, o seară pe care o voi păstra în suflet ca pe o bijuterie. Mi s-a îndeplinit o dorință, dorința de a împărtăși trăirile interioare celor dragi. Totul a decurs în mod natural, așa cum mi-am dorit, am citit și am recitat. Am vorbit cu sinceritate, ca de fiecare dată, au fost și blocaje emoționale, fac parte din mine, d-asta foile îmi stau tot timpul aproape, mă regăsesc în visare, sunt o visătoare incurabilă. Îmi simțeam corpul de amorțit de emoții, pe brațe mi se așezau stoluri de fluturi argintii, i-am lăsat să mă învăluie, să vă învăluie! Aduc #MULȚUMIRI tuturor celor care au participat la eveniment. Din SUFLET! M-am simțit minunat de mână cu dumneavoastră, #DeMânăcuToamna! Mă înclin! 💜🍂🍁

P.S. Vă aștept în data de 28 Octombrie, la Valea Doftanei, să ne auzim, să ne vedem și să ne revedem! Cu  drag, eu și Toamna! 

P.S.2 Cartea se poate achiziționa de la librăria Mihail Sadoveanu! Mulțumesc, #ArtCreativ! 🙂