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Days with David Bowie
A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle. David Bowie
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Jennifer Higdon *XII 31 1962 — The Life You Give
Jennifer Higdon is one of the leading composers in the USA from the turn of the 21st century era. Her earliest compositions date to the early ’80s, but she emerged as an important figure in the period of the new millennium with such orchestra works as blue cathedral (1999), City Scape (2002), and Concerto for…
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Rudyard Kipling *XII 30 1865 — The Life You Give
Rudyard Kipling, born Joseph Rudyard Kipling on December 30, 1865, in Bombay [now Mumbai], India, is the short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. Life Kipling’s…
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Pablo Casals *XII 29 1876 — The Life You Give / La Vida Que Das
Pablo Casals, born Pau Casals i Defilló, on December 29, 1876, in Vendrell, Spain, was cellist and conductor, known for his virtuosic technique, skilled interpretation, and consummate musicianship. Biografía en español después de la foto Casals made his debut in Barcelona in 1891 after early training in composition, cello, and piano. After further study in…
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Manuel Puig *XII 28 1932 — The Life You Give
Manuel Puig, born Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne on December 28 1932, in General Villegas, Argentina, is the novelist and motion-picture scriptwriter who achieved international acclaim with his novel El beso de la mujer araña (1976; Kiss of the Spider Woman, filmed 1985).Puig spent his childhood in a small village on the pampas, but moved at…
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on music (acoustic) writings
All those are central points dictating the music I composed around the early nineteen nineties. This approach was initially applied to the creation of lyrics, and works for piano. It later became motor as well for the concept that sparked the genesis of handwriting exercises to be performed as music pieces. One of the very…
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Pomelo
Also known as the shaddock, Bali lemon, or Chinese grapefruit, the pomelo is a large, Southeast Asian citrus that is usually pale green or yellow in color when ripe. The flesh is sweeter than its ancestor, the grapefruit, but the skin and outer membrane are equally bitter. The skin is often used to make marmalades…
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shifting intentionalities
the shifting has taken place in the resently passed weeks not when i push down to freeze a frame rather when i make the decision to place a camera in shooting position the intention? leaving the city of New York in a matter of days












