GEORGE TSUI 1/2 – George was born in Hong Kong, and moved to New York in the late 60s, studying first at the School of Visual Arts, and later majoring in oil painting at the Art Students League. Chinese themes filled his imagination. After twenty years in New York, George Tsui set out on a creative journey into China, in …
Read More »I WILL APPOINT THE THINGS – Poetry, of Cintio Vitier
I WILL APPOINT THE THINGS I will appoint things, the sound heights that see play the wind, the deep porches, screens closed shade and silence. And the internal sacred, the gloom that ply the dusty offices, the wooden man, the night wood of my body when sleeping. The poverty of the place, and the dust where the footsteps of my …
Read More »IN THE CLOCK OF THE WATER – Poetry, by Rosario Murillo
IN THE CLOCK OF THE WATER A woman writes a poem with golden edges, dreams wonders born from her chest, everything seems possible. Her body is a multitude, has just hands and feet, and its pores remind us of the transparency of the angels, when they sit on the clouds to hunt sparks for their flashes. A woman wakes up …
Read More »SINGING AND DANCING, DRINKING AND PLAYING – Welcome to the Czech Republic, where the Bagpipe Festival Strakonice waiting for you
http://www.czech.cz/en/Tourism Strakonice, is a city located in southern Bohemia, a small town with a unique charm, especially related to the fact that this place belongs so essential musical instrument the bagpipes. Town founded in the second half of the twelfth century, Strakonice worth visiting. Sure, the International Bagpipe Festival in Strakonice will greet you with a parade in the city …
Read More »I WOULD LIKE TO BE CHILD – Poetry, by Eunice Odio
I WOULD LIKE TO BE CHILD I would like to be a child, to match the distance clouds up lame form, go to the merriment of what is small, and wonder, as who does not know him, the color of the leaves. How was it? To ignore what is green, the green sea, the healthy response of the sunset in …
Read More »THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH – Romance, by Ken Follet
KEN FOLLET > He became a reporter, first with his home-town newspaper the South Wales Echo and later with the London Evening News. While working on the Evening News he wrote his first novel, which was published but did not become a bestseller. Before this novel was published, he was known for writing in the thriller genre. He burst into …
Read More »A WALK TO REMEMBER – Novel, by by Nicholas Sparks
NICHOLAS SPARKS > All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 100 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 65 million copies in the United States alone. He is the author of novels The Notebook, Message in a Bottle and Nights in Rodanthe, among others. He wrote his first (unpublished) novel while …
Read More »MIDDLE AGES AT THE VILLAGE – Roccatederighi, Central Italy
Welcome on the history of Maremma, through the historical commemorations and medieval festivals, in the whole territory of Grosseto and the Tuscan Maremma. In August, the village of Roccatederighi and its inhabitans turn back to century, till the middle ages. At the entrance of the village, when you arrive, you will be able to change you current money with the …
Read More »HUMMINGBIRD – Novel, by LaVyrle Spencer
LAVYRLE SPENCER > She is an American best-selling author of contemporary and historical romance novels. She has successfully published a number of books, with several of them made into movies. Twelve of her books have been New York Times bestsellers. She was born on July 17, 1943 in Browerville (Minnesota), where she was raised. Spencer didn’t begin her first novel …
Read More »SENSE AND SENSIBILITY – Romance, by Jane Austen,
JANE AUSTEN > She was born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire, England. While not widely known in her own time, Austen’s comic novels of love among the landed gentry gained popularity after 1869, and her reputation skyrocketed in the 20th century. Her family was close, and the children grew up in an environment that stressed learning and creative …
Read More »AMAZED BY THE ANCIENT MAN, FOUND FROZEN IN THE ALPS – Ötzi: over 5.000 year-old corpse, with 50 Copper Age tattoos
In Bolzano, you’ll have to get to the Museum road, up to the number 43. Here, where Italy and Austria they merge, start your adventure in a wonderful world to discover, that of the South Tyrol Archaeological Museum. Ötzi, the Iceman has 19 genetic relatives living in Austria. This is the latest in a string of surprising discoveries surrounding the …
Read More »GEORGES DE LA TOUR (1593/1652), FRENCH PAINTER – Mystical night scenes, with candle, torch, or lantern
IN A REALISTIC MANNER – Georges de la Tour: using of simple lighting, like candles, in a realistic manner
GEORGES DE LA TOUR 1/4 – He was born as the son of the master baker Jean de la Tour and Sibylle Mélian in Vic-sur-Seille. In 1618, he married Diane Le Nerf, the daughter of the duke of Lorraine. He was a good and ambitious businessman, who soon became famous and wealthy and had a large workshop with numerous assistants. …
Read More »SENSATION – Poetry, by Arthur Rimbaud
SENSATION > Par les soirs bleus d’été, j’irais dans les sentiers, picoté par les blés, fouler l’herbe menue: rêveur, j’en sentirai la fraîcheur à mes pieds. Je laisserai le vent baigner ma tête nue. Je ne parlerai pas, je ne penserai rien: mais l’amour infini me montera dans l’âme. Et j’irai loin, bien loin, comme un bohémien, par la Nature, …
Read More »TAKE THIS ROSE – Poetry, by Pierre de Ronsard
TAKE THIS ROSE > Prends cette rose aimable comme toi, qui sert de rose aux roses les plus belles, qui sert de fleur aux fleurs les plus nouvelles, dont la senteur me ravit tout de moi. Prends cette rose, et ensemble reçois, dedans ton sein mon coeur qui n’a point d’ailes: il est constant et cent plaies cruelles, n’ont empêché …
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