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Homo ludens erectus sapiens
to write, to compose,to tell a story,while hungry in being,the individual within the self, and amongst masses– passed, current, envisioned –insignificance is not truly a word
Architecture, Baltimore, beauty, Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Books, Cite de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Dublin, George Peabody Library, Hachioji Library at Rama Art University, libraries, Madrid, Mafra, Mafra Palace Library, Mexico, Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Monastery of St. Gall, Morgan Library and Museum, New York, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Public Library, Old Library, Paris, Prag, Rio de Janeiro, Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Sant Gallen, Schwarzman Building, social, Strahov Monastery, Tokyo, Trinity College
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William S. Burroughs *II 5 1914 / The Life You Give
The elder statesman of literature’s Beat Generation — and, by extension, of the American underground culture — few figures outside of the musical sphere exerted a greater influence over rock & roll than novelist William S. Burroughs. A provocative, controversial figure famed for his unique cut-up prose aesthetic, Burroughs lived the rock lifestyle years before…
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Rosa Parks *II 4 1913 — The Life You Give
Rosa Parks, born Rosa Louise McCauley, on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.A., is the civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus precipitated the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama, which became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement in the United States. Born to parents James…
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Felix Mendelssohn *II 3 1809 — The Life You Give
Felix Mendelssohn, born Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, on February 3 1809, in Hamburg, Germany, is, as composer, pianist, musical conductor, and teacher, one of the most-celebrated figures of the early Romantic period. In his music Mendelssohn largely observed Classical models and practices while initiating key aspects of Romanticism—the artistic movement that exalted feeling and the…
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James Joyce *II 2 1882 — The Life You Give
James Joyce, born James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, on February 2, 1882, Dublin, Ireland, was the novelist noted for his experimental use of language and exploration of new literary methods in such large works of fiction as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Early life Joyce, the eldest of 10 children in his family to survive…
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Renata Tebaldi *II 1 1922 — The Life You Give
Renata Tebaldi, born February 1, 1922, in Pesaro, Italy, was an operatic soprano, a star at both Milan’s La Scala and New York City’s Metropolitan Opera. Tebaldi received her early musical training from her mother, a singer, and studied at the Parma Conservatory. At age 18 she sang for Carmen Melis, of the Arrigo Boito…
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