October 6, 2024 3:04 am

Meeting Bench

IMRO WEINER KRAL (1901/1978), SLOVAK PAINTER – Walking around painting, illustration and graphic art.

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SPARKLING AIR, RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIVER HVOR – Welcome to Banska Bystrica / Slovakia

Slovakia welcomes you along the Hvor River, right in the heart of a valley surrounded by green mountains, in a city with a fancy name, he falls in love at first sight because of its geographical position. You’ll have to enter in the streets of its old town (where stands the central square full of flowers, terraces, medieval towers, an …

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WHEN THE POETRY FEEL SLOVAK LANGUAGE

DIET BUSINESS – Poetry by Terezia Kontova Today I am eating spinach, tomorrow I am eating spinach and your smile, on Monday I am eating spinach or your smile. This is how I reduce my kilograms. Anyhow, if you are too fatty, please, look at me, and I will reduce your kilograms too, by kissing you, by hugging you, by …

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THE SOJOURN – Romance by Andrew Krivak

He is an American novelist, and his debut novel The Sojourn (inspired by Krivak’s own family history, particularly the experiences of his grandparents and their contemporaries), was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction, won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Andrew Krivak is a graduate of St. John’s College in Annapolis. He have wanted to write for some time …

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SLOVAK MUSIC

Bubamara (Slovak gypsies) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjpwmYMeVck Slovak folk music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKNrOas1qIQ Slovak Polka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQmCtIqN-JE&list=PLMXJ1ygPeZ–2hb0bl1Za-OZ6CD-WNa38 Bela Bartók – Four Slovak Folk Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGyo_w4oyDQ Best Slovak Dance Mix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL4fjlSTVQs

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SLOVAKIAN INNER LANDSCAPES

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CHARLES LEICKERT (1816/1907), DUTCH PAINTER – Exploring the nuances of the evening sky and the rosy-fingered dawn

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RHYTHMIC DREAMS INSIDE DUTCH POEMS

RHYTHMIC DREAMS – Poetry by Aidan She dreams in spirals Folded double her DNA, her essence. Gleaming, glittering fierce eyes flashing, elegantly packed with ribbon. Dancer, conductor her baton swaying, blazing with fire and flames. Cinderella smiles flies through the air. Zig-zags, serpents living for the ball. Rolling, reaching, pointing her toes towards the heavens, where stars and dreams reside. …

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THE BLACK LAKE / OEROEG – Romance by Hella Haasse

Do not forget, she has an asteroid named after her, and also she has the first Dutch digital online museum dedicated to the life and work of an author. Hélène Haasse is born on February day, 1918 in Jakarta. She was the daughter of civil servant and author Willem Hendrik and concert pianist Katharina, her family was not very religious. …

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WELCOME TO LEIDEN, THE LITTLE AMSTERDAM

Everyone loves to travel, but not everyone loves to travel the same way. All you have to do is have the time in your life. Meeting Benches. The way to make the world a better place is easy. Choose a bench, where you can publish what you have painted or written, a review of a book that you’ve read, or …

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