The poem “The Flower That Smiles Today”, first published in 1824, two years after Percy Bysshe Shelley‘s tragic death, is sometimes called ‘Mutability’ , although in 1816 Shelley wrote another poem of the same title, which appeared in the collection “Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude: And Other Poems”. Eight of its lines were quoted… Read More Shelley: “Mutability”/2
Marc Chagall est un peintre né le 7 juillet 1887 en Biélorussie, alors intégrée à l’Empire russe, naturalisé français en 1937 et mort en 1985 à Saint-Paul-de-Vence. Son ami Blaise Cendrars, qui trouva le titre de certaines de ses oeuvres, lui dédia plusieurs poèmes Portrait de Chagall Il dortIl est éveilléTout à coup, il peintIl… Read More Portrait de Marc Chagall
“I can love only what I can place so high above me that I cannot reach it.” Novelist Franz Kafka. one of the leading German-language fiction writers of the 20th century, was born on 3 July 1883 (see here).In 1919 he was contacted by Milena Jesenskám, writer, journalist and translator, who asked him for permission… Read More Into the Abyss with Kafka
A few days ago Malc who blogs at the Easymalc mentioned the song Piano Man in one of his posts. It is a famous song written and performed by the American singer-songwriter Billy Joel in 1973. … And today Joel turns 73 years old.After that song, which is considered his signature song, he is often… Read More Happy Birthday, Billy Joel 🎉
Oggi ricorre l’anniversario della nascita, avvenuta a Rimini il 20 gennaio 1920, del nostro grande regista Federico Fellini, cui film in genere combinano memoria, sogni e fantasia.Tra i più famosi ci sono La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8½ e Amarcord. “L’artista si deve porre di fronte alla realtà con quell’atteggiamento tra l’attrazione e il distacco… Read More Federico Fellini: l’artista e i sogni (1)
The Kiss I hoped that he would love me,And he has kissed my mouth,But I am like a stricken birdThat cannot reach the south. For though I know he loves me,To-night my heart is sad;His kiss was not so wonderfulAs all the dreams I had. “The Kiss” is a romantic poem written in 1917 by… Read More The Kiss
Louisa May Alcott (born on 29 November 1832) was an American novelist and reformist, best known for her novel “Little Women”. “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” “Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see… Read More Louisa May Alcott
John Lennon would have celebrated his 80th birthday today, 9 October 2020, had he not died 40 years ago.He could never have imagined he’d only live to be 40 years old, because a deranged fan would shoot and kill him outside his home – New York City’s famous Dakota Apartments – on 8 December 1980.That… Read More Imagining John Lennon
🎈 “All of us every single year, we’re a different person. I don’t think we’re the same person all our lives.” 🎈 “Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that’s what I think keeps me hungry.” 🎈 “Sometimes a dream almost whispers… it never shouts. Very hard to hear. So you… Read More Happy Birthday, Steven Spielberg!🥂
… Mais les vrais voyageurs sont ceux-là seuls qui partent Pour partir; cœurs légers, semblables aux ballons, De leur fatalité jamais ils ne s’écartent, Et sans savoir pourquoi, disent toujours : Allons ! Ceux-là, dont les désirs ont la forme des nues, Et qui rêvent, ainsi qu’un conscrit le canon, De vastes voluptés, changeantes, inconnues,… Read More “Mais les vrais voyageurs…”
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