IT’S TIME, MY FRIEND, IT’S TIME – Poetry by Aleksandr Puskin

What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way (the Vitruvian approach to life), also reading a poetry, like that. IT’S TIME, MY FRIEND, IT’S TIME It’s time, my friend, it’s time! The heart calls for peace. Flying day after day, and every hour takes away a particle of life, you and I, the two of …

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THE LIBRARIAN – Novel, by Mikhail Elizarov

That geometrical way of the mind, could live with where joy, surprise, expectations and approval. Also reading this novel (THE LIBRARIAN – Novel, by Mikhail Elizarov), you need to temember that what you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way: the Vitruvian approach to life. At the dawn of Perestroika, around particular books by countless names, …

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CULTURAL LANGUAGE OF THE MUSIC – In Russia, as in a mirror, rhythms and instruments are confronted with ideologies and ways of thinking

  Every culture has a musical language – proper and specific – made organization of sounds, rhythms and harmonies, sounds, instruments, forms. Through a Glass Darkly, ways of thinking and ideologies, beliefs, customs and environmental characteristics, form a sound image. Welcome to Russia. Russian Folk Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4iDAqTglzQ Classic Russian Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbxgYlcNxE8&list=PLskQgFCAVAwrfd40myrHbxr35VQncU7Z1 Modern Russian Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDUWvMF-31E&list=PL8439319F2A7BE5FF  

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13 DAYS AND 12 NIGHTS – Your Russian river cruise

Hermitage in St. Petersburg? Nice, also with comfortably equipped ships for your journey. Russian river cruise (between St. Petersburg and Moscow), enjoy the culture, history and sights of Russia at a leisurely pace. Yes. Yo can visit opulent palaces, fortified monasteries and beautiful cathedrals, discovering Russia’s unique history and culture, traveling on the water. (11 guided tours with audio headset …

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WHEN MUSIC BECOMES POETRY – BLUE VELVET, by Bobby Vinton

BLUE VELVET – Bobby Vinton She wore blue velvet, bluer than velvet was the night, softer than satin was the light from the stars. She wore blue velvet, bluer than velvet were her eyes, warmer than May, her tender sighs, love was ours. Ours, a love I held tightly, feeling the rapture grow, like a flame burning brightly, but when …

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WHEN MUSIC BECOMES POETRY – TAKE MY BREATH AWAY, by Berlin

TAKE MY BREATH AWAY – Berlin Watching every motion, in my foolish lover’s game, on this endless ocean, finally lovers know no shame. Turning and returning, to some secret place inside, watching in slow motion, as you turn around and say. Take my breath away, take my breath away, watching I keep waiting, still anticipating love,never hesitating,to become the fated …

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WHEN MUSIC BECOMES POETRY – A PLACE IN THE SUN, by Stevie Wonder

A PLACE IN THE SUN – Stevie Wonder Like a long lonely stream, I keep runnin’ towards a dream, movin’ on, movin’ on like a branch on a tree. I keep reachin’ to be free, movin’ on, movin’ on, ’cause there’s a place in the sun where there’s hope for ev’ryone, where my poor restless heart’s gotta run. There’s a …

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CAPTURING EMOTIONS TROUGH SHAPES AND COLORS – the result of the visual and emotional observation

Each painting has a meaning, and what the artist creates – in a figurative or abstract – wants to communicate something, to those gazing. In creative language, what is written expresses the complexity of thought. In painting, form and meaning buy – similarly – creative expression. Painting the human body, its meaning collects expression (on canvas, on walls or paper), …

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THE FEMALE REALISM OF SOLEDAD – Soledad Fernandez: a world of dreams and illusions, in distant emotions

SOLEDAD FERNANDEZ 1/4 – She was born in Madrid, and she studied at José Gutiérrez Valle’s atelier (Sevillian Schoo), at the Circle of Fine Arts in Madrid. Looking her paintings, you can feel something of magic. Only a woman’s mind is capable of imagining the nuances of female delicacy, with colors that have names: feelings and emotions. SOLEDAD FERNANDEZ 2/4 …

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A PLEASURABLE TASTE OF SPAIN – Paella and Madrileno cocido Andalusian gaspacho, pulpo a la Gallega and Asturian fabada

There are several dishes that are worth a try when you are in Spain, but narrowing the circle – depending on the region where you are – some of those flavors will be essential. Visiting Spain, you can feel this smells and flavors, looking for “The Meeting Benches way”: a perfectly proportioned man, created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the …

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THE PIANIST – Novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

The atmosphere of a country, and that of a nation, is also made of its language. Only by reading, you can “feel” what the eyes do not see. Visiting Spain, you can read this novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán: The Pianist. This is “The Meeting Benches way”: a perfectly proportioned man, created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of …

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CONTEMPORARY SPANISH POETRY – Jesús Díaz Armas

The atmosphere of a country, and that of a nation, is also made of its language. Only by reading, you can “feel” what the eyes do not see. Visiting Spain, you can read this book by Jesús Díaz Armas: Deltedio. This is “The Meeting Benches way”: a perfectly proportioned man, created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of human …

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