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Author: Sila Blume
Creativity is oxygen and blood, with eyes, ears, and palate in constant contact to the mind. I merely aim to understand as much as possible of what I find, while shamelessly challenging what has been found for me. Nothing is absolute truth.
There is no more beauty and love, no more satisfaction and inspiration than delving into different cultures, their dance, sounds, thoughts, food and word structures.
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Eternal
— I am Not here, not now, not eternally to show evidence of my perpetual being to others Not eternal to count eternity Not even to myself In being I am eternal Challenge not my measurement nor lack of it Ask me not I we are the same I am eternal for being
The Life You Give: Warren Zevon *1947
Few of rock & roll's great misanthropes were as talented, as charming, or as committed to their cynicism as Warren Zevon. A singer and songwriter whose music often dealt with outlaws, mercenaries, sociopaths, and villains of all stripes, Zevon's lyrics displayed a keen and ready wit despite their often uncomfortable narrative circumstances, and while he… Continue reading The Life You Give: Warren Zevon *1947
The Life You Give: Neil Diamond *1941
Neil Diamond, born Neil Leslie Diamond on January 24, 1941, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. is singer-songwriter who began his career writing pop songs for other musicians and then launched a solo recording career that spanned more than five decades.Diamond’s interest in music began at age 16, when he obtained his first guitar. After graduating from… Continue reading The Life You Give: Neil Diamond *1941
A Handwriting Celebration
A Brief History of Penmanship on National Handwriting Day By JENNIE COHENUpdated AUG 22, 2018 / original: JAN 23, 2012 Borrowing aspects of the Etruscan alphabet, the ancient Romans were among the first to develop a written script for transactions and correspondence. By the fifth century A.D. it included early versions of lowercase letters and… Continue reading A Handwriting Celebration
patience, handwritten (in German)
“Geduld” written with graphite on a vintage bottle “Geduld” which translates from the German language into English as patience, is the word I used for my second writing performance in the early 1990s.In an effort to give more meaning to a single action, I did several sound-performances which consisted of such acoustic writings, using a… Continue reading patience, handwritten (in German)
love, handwritten
graphite on metal / by Sila Blume January 2022 The Aristipposian Poet presents National Handwriting Day celebrating by handwriting January 23 at 9:30pm EST on Clubhouse
The Life You Give: Sam Cooke *1931
Sam Cooke, born Samuel Cook, on January 22 1931, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.A., was singer, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur who was a major figure in the history of popular music and, along with Ray Charles, one of the most influential Black vocalists of the post-World War II period. If Charles represented raw soul, Cooke symbolized… Continue reading The Life You Give: Sam Cooke *1931
The Life You Give: Jim Jarmush *1953
Jim Jarmusch, born January 22, 1953, in Akron, Ohio, is the director and screenwriter whose darkly humorous tone and transcendence of genre conventions established him as a major independent filmmaker.Jarmusch studied at Columbia University and at New York University Film School, where he directed his first feature-length film, Permanent Vacation (1980; released 1986). His next… Continue reading The Life You Give: Jim Jarmush *1953
The Life You Give: George Balanchine *1904
George Balanchine, born Georgy Melitonovich Balanchivadze on January 22 [January 9, Old Style], 1904, in St. Petersburg, Russia, was the most influential choreographer of classical ballet in the United States in the 20th century. His works, characterized by a cool neoclassicism, include The Nutcracker (1954) and Don Quixote (1965), both pieces choreographed for the New… Continue reading The Life You Give: George Balanchine *1904
Happy Birthday, Plácido Domingo! *1941
Plácido Domingo, born January 21 1941 in Madrid, Spain, is singer, conductor, and opera administrator whose resonant, powerful tenor voice, imposing physical stature, good looks, and dramatic ability made him one of the most popular tenors of his time.Domingo’s parents were noted performers in zarzuela, a form of Spanish light opera. The family moved to… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Plácido Domingo! *1941
Sweet Corn on the Cob
Sweet Corn off the Cob
Another pinch-of-saffron interpretation
Cantaloupe, honeydew, gin, and saffron, on Lenox porcelain
Sharp and Shooting at seventy-one
Leica iiif (built 1951)
As if avoiding entanglement
two branches (center) appear to grow away from each other
Risotto in Orange Hues
Saffron-Orange Juice-Carrots Risotto
Reviving my orange risotto
Where does a music composition come from? If one answers with a simple and logical “inspiration”, where is it stored in its uninspiring state? Where does an idea come from, outside of the realm of necessities? Where is the revelation coming from that brings orange hues together? I do not know, generally. Could it be… Continue reading Reviving my orange risotto
Orange Debris
The Life You Give: David Lynch *1946
David Lynch, born David Keith Lynch on January 20 1946 in Missoula, Montana, U.S.A., is the filmmaker and screenwriter known for his uniquely disturbing and mind-bending visual work. His films juxtapose the cheerfully mundane with the shockingly macabre and often defy explanation.Lynch’s father was a research scientist with the U.S. Forest Service, and the family… Continue reading The Life You Give: David Lynch *1946
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