November 23, 2024 12:55 pm

THE HIGH TATRAS / SLOVAKIA – Touching to the sky, looking waterfalls and rare animals

When we say High Tatras, we mean majestic peaks touching to the sky, dark turquoise mountain lakes, waterfalls and rare animals. The massif has several valleys, which lend themselves to winter sports and hiking, or even mountain-climbing. The High Tatras – which extends into Poland – contains some of the highest summits in Slovakia. http://slovakia.travel/en/national-park-of-high-tatras Between the Krivan and the …

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TRAVEL ABOUT YORKSHIRE – The impossible guide to Yorkshire County /England

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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BASING BACKGROUND COLOURS ON THE COLOURS YOU FEEL – David Hockney, painting while listening music

DAVID HOCKNEY 1/3 – He was born in Bradford, England, in 1937, and attended art school in London before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s, where he painted his famous swimming pool paintings. English painter, but also photographer and stage designer. He made apparent his facility as a draughtsman while studying at Bradford School of Art.         DAVID HOCKNEY …

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WHAT’S ON IN YORKSHIRE – Bradford: Museums & Galleries

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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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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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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