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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE / INNER LANDSCAPES

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THE GOOD COMPANIONS – Novel by John Boynton Priestley

Many people loves to read. Our proposal call any web-traveler to sit into Meeting Benches info@meetingbenches.com to share written emotions, observing new creative horizons. Readers enjoy the arts and improve their imagination. Reading makes you smarter, it improves your memory to discover and create yourself. In his book (How to Read and Why), Harold Bloom says that we should read …

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YORKSHIRE’S MUSICAL LANDSCAPES / FREDERICK DELIUS

Vitruvian Man created by Leonardo da Vinci is a design, where a man in two overlapped positions (with arms and legs spread wide), is inscribed in a circle and a square. https://leonardodavinci.stanford.edu/submissions/clabaugh/history/leonardo.html Throughout the centuries, that image has become a cultural icon. Perfectly proportioned, the symmetry of the human anatomy is correlated with the symmetry of the universe. That man …

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THE BRADFORD’S BAD BOY – Zayn Malik, waiting for One Direction

Through movement everything manifests. Life starts with sound, and sound creates movement. Inner Musical Landscapes is our musical proposal, that invites you to travel into your moods. Meeting Benches info@meetingbenches.com an inspiration to relax into your inner presence, through heedful listening of the musicians and lands where you’re traveling, also in Yorkshire. Primarily R&B, hip hop, and reggae in his …

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THE PAINTER THAT ENCOURAGED THE CAREERS OF EXPERIMENTAL ARTISTS – William Rothensteing: when art training should encourage flexibility

WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN 1/3 – He was an English painter, but also printmaker, lecturer, and writer on art. His father was emigrated from Germany in 1859, to work in Bradford textile industry. His style and subject varies, through certain themes reappear. He took a keen interest in the work of young artists (and this included Augustus John).                         WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN 2/3 …

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WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872/1945), ENGLISH PAINTER – Paint with fears, about loss of facility in draughtsmanship

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WHERE YOU CAN PERCEIVE COLORED STEPS, INTO A WORLD OF PASSION AND BEAUTY – The wonderful world of Stephanie Clair

STEPHANIE CLAIR 1/3 – Yes, it is like to see through a new set of lenses. Raised in upstate NY, after high school she moved to Virginia where she got a BFA in painting/design at Old Dominion University. A Modern Day Romantic Artist? Maybe, but when you see her paintings, you can perceive her colored steps into a world of …

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STEPHANIE CLAIR, AMERICAN PAINTER – Let the world become light

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SAN DIEGO’S RESTAURANTS – Kaito Sushi / 130 N El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024

Vitruvian Man created by Leonardo da Vinci is a design, where a man in two overlapped positions (with arms and legs spread wide), is inscribed in a circle and a square. https://leonardodavinci.stanford.edu/submissions/clabaugh/history/leonardo.html Throughout the centuries, that image has become a cultural icon. Perfectly proportioned, the symmetry of the human anatomy is correlated with the symmetry of the universe. That man …

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CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETS – Julie Hill Alger

Her most critically acclaimed poem is Death In the Family (a poem comparing the death of a loved one to the death of a pet). Her poetry is simple: her portrayal of life is written to accentuate that what we think is very important may not be that special in the grand scheme of life. Julie Hill Alger was born …

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