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1825 in 360°
…just a short list of some of the individuals I have met or have done rooms for during five years on Clubhouse Marina Abramović William AndrejkoJulie Andrews Martha Argerich Johann Sebastian BachBethania Bacigalupe Josephine Baker Joan Ball Lucille Ball Daniel Barenboim Blixa BargeldCecilia Bartoli Ludwig van Beethoven Vincenzo Bellini Hector Berlioz A. M. Bhatt Björk…
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Step two shall come
For a long time I have thought of the millions of musicians with the magnificent privilege of playing something other than a pipe organ, a piano, a harp, drums. There is something beyond beautiful, and beyond simple, and extremely warming, in being able to climb a mountain, walk along the shore of an ocean, or…
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Either, they do not know something we know, they know something we do not know, or I do not know something we know
For years I have been enjoying looking at parrots flying and “screaming” while I sit on the porch, as much as observing their residence a block away. Often I have asked myself, why they do not get electrocuted. The title of this post is no longer relevant, as I now know why they live happily…
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Antoni Tàpies *XII 13 1923 — The Life You Give
Antoni Tàpies, born Antoni Tàpies Puig, marqués de Tàpies), December 13, 1923, in Barcelona, Spain, was a Catalan artist, credited with introducing contemporary abstract painting into Spain. He began as a Surrealist but developed into an abstract artist under the influence of French painting and achieved an international reputation. In 1943 Tàpies began studying for…
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Hector Berlioz *XII 11 1803 — The Life You Give
Hector Berlioz, born Louis-Hector Berlioz on December 11, 1803, in La Côte-Saint-André, France, is the composer, critic, and conductor of the Romantic period, known largely for his Symphonie fantastique (1830), the choral symphony Roméo et Juliette (1839), and the dramatic piece La Damnation de Faust (1846). His last years were marked by fame abroad and…
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Olivier Messiaen *XII 10 1908 — The Life You Give
Olivier Messiaen, born Olivier-Eugène-Prosper-Charles Messiaen, December 10, 1908, in Avignon, France, is the influential composer, organist, and teacher noted for his use of mystical and religious themes. As a composer he developed a highly personal style noted for its rhythmic complexity, rich tonal colour, and unique harmonic language. Messiaen was the son of Pierre Messiaen,…
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Fritz Lang *XII 5 1890 — The Life You Give
Fritz Lang, born Friedrich Christian Anton Lang on December 5, 1890, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, is the motion-picture director whose films, dealing with fate and people’s inevitable working out of their destinies, are considered masterpieces of visual composition and expressionistic suspense. Lang had already created an impressive body of work in the German cinema before coming…
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Rainer Maria Rilke *XII 4 1875 — The Life You Give
Rainer Maria Rilke, born December 4 1875, in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic] was the poet who became internationally famous with such works as Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus. Rilke was the only son of a not-too-happy marriage. His father, Josef, a civil servant, was a man frustrated in his career; his…
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Ozzy Osborne *XII 3 1948 — The Life You Give
Ozzy Osbourne, born John Michael Osbourne, December 3, 1948, in Birmingham, England, is the musician who gained a loyal following as the vocalist for the heavy metal group Black Sabbath before embarking on a successful solo career. Raised in a working-class family, Osbourne dropped out of school at age 15 and held several low-paying jobs.…
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Jean-Luc Godard *XII 3 1930 — The Life You Give
Jean-Luc Godard, born December 3, 1930, in Paris, France, is the film director who came to prominence with the New Wave group in France during the late 1950s and the ’60s. Godard’s first feature film, À bout de souffle (1960; Breathless), which was produced by François Truffaut, his colleague on the journal Cahiers du cinéma,…
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