“We zijn nu op het punt aanbeland, omdat dat nou eenmaal zo hoort, om je een concept voor te leggen. Dit is misschien, maar hopelijk niet verassend, maar Gossy heeft geen concept. De bedoeling van een concept, zegt men, is om je duidelijk te maken waar we naar toe willen. Nou, wij van Gossy weten [...]
Abundat dulcibus vitiis
posted July 31, 2009 by admin under Art, HistoryBwv140 - Kantat - 01 - Koral - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - Bach
posted July 22, 2009 by admin under MusicJohann Sebastian Bach (German pronunciation: [joˈhan] or [ˈjoːhan seˈbastjan ˈbax]) (31 March 1685 [O.S. 21 March] – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.[1] Although he introduced [...]
Chinese Yueju Opera - Butterfly Lovers - Scene 4
posted July 19, 2009 by admin under Opera“I have always believed that opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts.” -Franco Zeffirelli
Shaoxing opera (or Yueju - simplified Chinese: 越剧; traditional Chinese: 越劇; pinyin: Yuèjù , Yue opera) is a relatively new local Chinese opera popular in the southern regions of the Yangtze River. It [...]
Goddess of Love, Beauty, Laughter, Pleasures
posted July 18, 2009 by admin under History, Muse
Name: Aphrodite
Parents: Unknown
Goddess of: Love, Beauty, Laughter, Pleasures
Symbol: Rose, Swan, Dove, Myrtle
Roman Name: Venus
Also Known As: Aligena, Candarena, Chrysenios, Urania
Patroness of: Courtesans
Notes: Aphrodite was not on the friendliest terms with Apollo and Artemis. She believed that every human needed a companion to love and be with. [...]
Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere
posted July 18, 2009 by admin under HistoryIn Catholic catechism, the seven virtues refers to one of two lists of virtues, most commonly referring to the 4 Cardinal virtues of Prudence, Justice, Restraint or Temperance, and Courage or Fortitude, and the 3 Theological virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love or Charity; these were adopted by the Church Fathers from virtue as defined [...]
“Een man die nooit door de hel van zijn hartstochten is gegaan, heeft ze ook nooit overwonnen.” ~Jung
“De hartstochten zijn gebreken of deugden, alleen opgedreven. Voor hartstocht liggen uitersten het meest voor de hand.” ~Goethe
Mariinsky Ballet - Evgenia Obraztsova and Vladimir Shklyarov
posted July 17, 2009 by admin under BalletEvgenia Obraztsova was born in St Petersburg. She graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class M. Vasilieva) and joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2002. Coached by Ninel Kurgapkina she has made a big impression in the classical repertoire as well as in Balanchine and Forsythe works.
Repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Sylphide), The Sleeping Beauty [...]
If You Forget Me - Pablo Neruda
posted July 17, 2009 by admin under PoetryYou 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 exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
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But
if each day,
each [...]
Somnio e Theoria relativitatis
posted July 17, 2009 by admin under ScienceEen wormgat, ook bekend als een Einstein-Rosen brug, is een hypothetische mogelijkheid binnen de ruimte-tijd. In de normale ruimte kan men tussen twee punten niet sneller reizen dan het licht, maar volgens de theorie van een wormgat bestaat er een “korte weg” in het universum. Via deze korte weg is het dan mogelijk om sneller [...]