December 24, 2024 6:18 pm

IF YOU FORGET ME – Poetry, by Pablo Neruda

IF YOU FORGET ME – I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I touch near the fire the impalpable ash or the wrinkled body of the log, everything carries me to you, as if everything that …

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ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE – Petry, by William Shakespeare

ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE – All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms. Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel and shining …

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THE UNUSUAL USE OF COLOUR – Portraits and lascapes: symbolic meaning intertwine in the painting of Harald Slott Moller

HARALD SLOTT MOLLER 1/2 – He was born in Copenhagen, studyng at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He was married to the artist Agnes Slott Møller. Harald Slott-Møller is most known for his portraits of prominent Southern Jutland and South Schleswig. He was influenced by Naturalism and Realism, but later also incorporated new trends such as Symbolism and …

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VINGSTED JERNALDERLANDSBY, DENMARK – The Iron Age Village in Vingsted

Follow the signs to “Jernaldermiljøet” from the main road through Vingsted. Every year in July, the reconstructed Iron Age settlement at Vingsted (The Iron Age Village is located approx. 20 km west of Vejle), invites families to spend their holiday living like an Iron Age family around 2,000 years ago. The days are spent with the many everyday activities of …

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A WORLD THAT PLAYS ITS OWN GAME WITH US – Inger Christensen, poems

Christensen’s father was a tailor, and her mother a cook before her marriage, but Inger Christensen (1935/2009, born in Vejle Denmark), become experimentalists – in different way – one of Europe’s leading contemporary experimentalists. Her works include poetry, fiction, drama, and essays. She received numerous international literary awards. After teaching at the College for Arts in Holbæk, she turned to …

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THE INMOST SECRETS OF LOVE – Søren Kierkegaard: Works of Love

His early work was written under various pseudonyms. He was born in a Spring day of 1813, to an affluent family in Copenhagen. Considered the original existentialist, Søren Kierkegaard developed his philosophical views in reaction to what he saw were empty values of Hegelianism and the Christian ethics of his time. Some of Kierkegaard’s key ideas, include the concept of …

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IN THE PRIVATE DINING ROOM – Noma restaurant, Strandgade 93/1401 Copenhagen

Copenhagen is still Scandinavia s gastronomic capital, and the Michelin Guide (until same years ago) have 12 restaurants in Copenhagen, together 13 Michelin stars. Yes, Copenhagen’s restaurants have more Michelin stars than any other Scandinavian city. Copenhagen restaurant Noma (Strandgade 93, 1401 København), has been named the best restaurant in the world. It’s The S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Noma/Restaurants, …

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WHEN THE MUSIC BECOME POETRY – Rasmus Seebach: Angel

He was born in a March day. Rasmus Seebach is a Danish singer-songwriter who had his debut with the single “Angel”. He is a son of Tommy Seebach, about whom he has also written the song “Who I am”, where he tells his father that they have forgiven him and are doing fine. ANGEL > Baby I was sold from …

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SUMMER’S DAYS AND NUDE WOMEN – Ten expressive shades of Danish painters

C.W. Eckersberg /A nude woman doing her hair before a mirror 1841 – In the cool light and with classical serenity Eckersberg underplays an erotic message. The picture with the mirror crosses what is seen with what one is not allowed to see, exposure with concealment, repetition of forms with shifts in balance. With simple effects he has used the …

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PAINTING CHINA’S SENSUAL SILK CLOTHS – Liu Yuanshou, Chinese realist painter

LIU YUANSHOU 1/3 – He was born in Beijing in 1967. Liu Yuanshou, Chinese Realist painter, has become fascinated by the seductively temperate cultural and physical climate of the eastern coastal province of Jiangsu. A dark sultriness permeates the scene, as if each young women has been engaged inside a little transcendental shell. LIU YUANSHOU 2/3 – He earned a …

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CONTEMPORARY CHINESE MUSIC – Tan Dun: when the music as an integral part of spiritual life

Tan Dun (born 1957, Changsha, Hunan), is a Chinese contemporary classical composer and conductor, most widely known for his music for the medal ceremonies at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. http://tandun.com/ His works often incorporate audiovisual elements, but also use instruments constructed from organic materials, such as paper, water, and stone. During his time at Columbia University, he created his first opera …

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