Larmes, or Glass Tears is a famous photograph by Man Ray, a black and white image that looks almost like a film still (which demonstrates his interest in cinematic narrative). The model was an unnamed can-can dancer and the photo is an extreme close-up of her eyes and mascara-coated lashes looking upward in distress, while… Read More Man Ray’s Tears
Emily Brontë, born 30 July 1818 is famous for her only novel, “Wuthering Heights” (1847). But she was also a poet and left behind some beautiful poems she wrote before dying of tuberculosis, at just 30 years of age. Here is an eight-line poem, about a heart filled with pain, close to falling apart. She… Read More Emily Brontë’s Tears
💙 Un caro saluto e un abbraccio a tutti i miei amici 💙 Oggi in particolare, perché il 30 luglio, ricorre la Giornata Internazionale dell’Amicizia (International Day of Friendship) , istituita dall’Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite nel 2011 – anche se alcune nazioni la celebrano in date diverse. L’ Assemblea Generale riconoscendo l’importanza dell’amicizia… Read More 💜 Amicizia 💙 Friendship 💜
“If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; but if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.” ~ Don Marquis ~ American humourist, journalist, and author, born on 29 July 1878 “Se fai credere alle persone che stanno pensando, ti ameranno; ma se le fai davvero pensare, ti odieranno.” Image: Michelangelo –… Read More Don Marquis & Thinking
Thomas Cromwell (1485 – 28 July 1540), was an English lawyer and statesman who served a principal secretary and chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, after holding numerous offices in the King’s service Cromwell’s downfall started after the death of the king’s third wife, Jane Seymour, in 1537, a few days… Read More Cromwell’s Botched Execution
Un caro saluto a te, Marghian/Livio, fai buon viaggio DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP Do not stand at my grave and weepI am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow.I am the diamond glints on snow.I am the sunlight on ripened grain.I am the gentle autumn… Read More “Un breve accenno, per un saluto”🎶
Stanley Kubrick, one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th Century, was born in in The Bronx, New York City, on 26 July 1928. In 1969 he directed “2001: A Space Odyssey” based on Arthur C. Clarke’s short story “The Sentinel”.In both the opening and closing scenes of the film, Kubrick plays “Also Sprach Zarathustra”… Read More Kubrick and Strauss
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Eric Hoffer, self-educated moral and social philosopher. and longshoreman, was born on 25 July (or 15 July) 1902 in The Bronx, New York. His parents were immigrants from Alsace, then part of Imperial Germany.Of his early life, Hoffer wrote: “I had no schooling. I was practically blind up to the age of fifteen. When my… Read More The Longshoreman Philosopher
“Back to Black” is a song from Amy Winehouse’s second and final studio album of the same title released in 2006. Its success threw her into the mainstream, making her an international star. The whole album ìs predominantly based on her tumultuous relationship with then-ex-boyfriend and future husband. Blake Fielder-Civil, who had temporarily left her.… Read More Amy Winehouse’s Suffering: “Back to Black”🎶
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