Celebration Day
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Happy Birthday, Father! / Twenty-one days with my Father – 2026
On this day, 1937, you dedicated this picture to a friend. In your words: Today I wish to show my affection with this small souvenir on my birthday… In secret, your father bought you a suit, and took you to a photographer to celebrate your sixth birthday. Happy Birthday, my dear Father!
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Modest Mussorgsky *III 21 1839 — The Life You Give
Modest Mussorgsky, born Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, on March 9 [March 21, New Style], 1839, in Karevo, Russia, was the composer noted particularly for his opera Boris Godunov (final version first performed 1874), his songs, and his piano piece Pictures from an Exhibition (1874). Mussorgsky, along with Aleksandr Borodin, Mily Balakirev, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, and César Cui,…
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Johann Sebastian Bach *III 21 1685 — The Life You Give
Johann Sebastian Bach, born March 21 [March 31, New Style], 1685, in Eisenach, Thuringia, Ernestine Saxon Duchies [Germany], was a composer of the Baroque era, the most celebrated member of a large family of north German musicians. Although he was admired by his contemporaries primarily as an outstanding harpsichordist, organist, and expert on organ building,…
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writer’s blood / Twenty-one days with my Father – 2026
Soon I will tell you about conceptual art — a view point within the expression and content of different art forms in the way an audience is to read the art piece, and the focus of what the producer of the piece intends to convey. Not that harmony and rhythm in a conceptual piano composition…
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Sviatoslav Richter *III 20 1915 — The Life You Give
Sviatoslav Richter, born Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter, on March 7 [March 20, New Style], 1915, Zhitomir, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine], is the pianist whose technical virtuosity combined with subtle introspection, made him one of the preeminent pianists of the 20th century. Though his repertoire was enormous, he was especially praised for his interpretations of…
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann *III 20 1918 — The Life You Give
One of the most important German composers to emerge during the post-World War II era, Bernd Alois Zimmermann was born in the outskirts of Cologne in 1918. His schooling at the Cologne Musikhochschule was interrupted when he was drafted for military service in the early days of the Second World War. Discharged in 1942, Zimmermann…
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in conversation / Twenty-one days with my Father – 2026
The most irrelevant question I am unable to ask has bearings on your whereabouts. The natural state of being in conversation with you is nothing more than said irrelevance itself. Writing to you, not about you, is the essence of my undertaking. Neither do I intend to comprehend what is real, much less aim to…
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You never wore a hat / Twenty-one days with my Father – 2026
Did you know that wearing a hat distorts the way an individual hears?You never wore one. I dare to contextualize this oddity with your ability to listen well, and being one with pure ways of perception. Had I Served You Coffee — in process, content, notes
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Eikoh Hosoe *III 18 1933 — The Life You Give
In his collaborations with influential literary figures and performers, Eikoh Hosoe (born on March 18 1933, in Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan) is the photographer and filmmaker who created surreal scenes that invoke the fantastic. It is said that the kamaitachi spirit resembles a weasel, rides on a whirlwind, flies through the air, and moves so incredibly…
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blasphemous crossings / Twenty-one days with my Father – 2026
as a child I asked myselfas an adult I continue to asksomehow, somewhy, never did I utter the ask towards youand yet, I wonder boxers enter the ring, and cross themselvesafter fifteen or merely three rounds, the victors cross themselves ready to take the mound, the pitcher will cross himselfthe batter connects, it is out…
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Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre *III 17 1665 — The Life You Give
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, also known as Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre or Elisabeth Jacquet, Elisabeth also spelled Élisabeth, (baptized March 17, 1665) in Paris, France, is the composer, harpsichordist, and organist, who was the first woman to compose an opera in France. Elisabeth Jacquet was born into a family of artisans that included…
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My Garden / Twenty-one days with my Father – 2026
For our family, the early 1980s was a vibrant period, with challenges, drastic changes, and joys. It led to my apostasy, and brought your first cancer diagnosis but we celebrated your silver wedding anniversary. This presented me with the opportunity to offer an expression of gratitude, admiration, and recognition, in composing “My Garden” to honor…
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Christa Ludwig *III 16 1928 — The Life You Give
Christa Ludwig was one of the most admired mezzo-sopranos of her generation, with a wide repertoire of both lieder and opera. She brought a fine sense of musicianship as well as drama to her performances. Her roles ranged from Dorabella in Così fan Tutte to Brangane in Tristan und Isolde and Clytemnestra in Elektra, and…
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A genesis of writing sufficiently to call it a book / Twenty-one days with my Father – 2026
The very first spark was to honor the unique human I was gifted for a father, along with a profound desire to demonstrate the insurmountable essences of love which I know through you, by planting an appreciation garden. Almost instantly, after that initial spark, my artistic spine begged to participate. Hence, before writing a single…
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David Cronenberg *III 15 1943 / The Life You Give
David Paul Cronenberg, born March 15, 1943, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a film director, screenwriter, and actor, best known for movies that employed elements of horror and science fiction to vividly explore the disturbing intersections between technology, the human body, and subconscious desire. Cronenberg graduated from the University of Toronto in 1967 with a…
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