Death by Diamonds and Perls: Installation Art by CARIOCA

A great example of installation art, hosted in the
Stirbey Palace in Bucharest. The exhibition is in the basement of the
palace, where long time ago it was the wine cellar. There is a an alley
of panels, each one an episode in the continuous struggle with our inner
demons, and each panel is replicated in a video, the videos being
arranged in adjoining rooms. The panels like a band of

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Live and Remember

(http://www.irk.ru/afisha/news/20120315/vision/)

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We follow in our judgements a code set by the community. But, beyond any allegiances, each of us is a unique human being. Our life has a purpose of its own. Is it about community? No, it goes beyond, toward ourselves: finding our way, understanding our fate.

A peasant was taken to the war from the very

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Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_Luxemburg.jpg)

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Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden 





Rosa Luxemburg, film 1986

Margarethe von Trotta, director

Barbara Sukowa (Rosa Luxemburg)

Daniel Olbrychski (Leo Jogiches)

Otto Sander (Karl Liebknecht)

(video by Jeremy Cohan)




(Filmofilia)

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Gesang der Geister über den Wassern

(http://www.hoppebaumdienst.de/Kultur.html)

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Des Menschen Seele
Gleicht dem Wasser:
Vom Himmel kommt es,
Zum Himmel steigt es,
Und wieder nieder
Zur Erde muß es,
Ewig wechselnd.

Strömt von der hohen,
Steilen Felswand
Der reine Strahl,
Dann stäubt er lieblich
In Wolkenwellen
Zum glatten Fels,
Und leicht empfangen,
Wallt er verschleiernd,
Leisrauschend
Zur

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A Posthumous Lithograph of Schubert

a lithograph by Josef Kriehuber

source: Project Gutenberg text 11419

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Schubert.jpg)

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(Schubert)

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Plimbare pe Strada Biserica Amzei spre Calea Victoriei

(Musical background: Mozart, Symphony No.41 K.551 in C Major Jupiter, Minuetto Allegro)


















(Bucuresti)

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Galina Nikolaeva

Галина Николаева

(http://www.livelib.ru/author/317085)

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The daughter of a schoolteacher, Galina Nikolaeva (1911-1963) graduated from a medical institute in 1935. Her father and her husband were both imprisoned in 1937, victims of the Soviet political terror of that period. During WWII, Nikolaeva worked as a physician on the Stalingrad front, then in

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Imagini din Cartierul Titan

Musical Background: Bring It Back, Michael Mills




(Bucuresti)

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Viktor Astafyev

Viktor Astafyev

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born in 1924 in the region of Krasnoyarsk, on the bank of Yenisei; spent much of his childhood in an orphanage; conscripted in the Soviet Army in 1942, wounded in the war; from 1945 on, lived in various regions of Russia (Urals, Perm, Vologda), working as a locksmith and smelter;

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Arvid has a Question

(https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=603082786368390&set=a.100729353270405.1439.100000000217321&type=1&theater)

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Arvid has a good question: what wine would you serve with this mess? A few would go for a beer, but white wine seems to be the right choice. Now, what kind of white wine? Some would say a Riesling would be good, for some others a Chardonnay

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Bucharest: Mid May in IOR Park

(Musical Background: Beethoven, Piano Sonata No.18 in E-Flat Major, Op.31 No.3: I. Allegro, Clara Haskil)

























(Bucuresti)

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Valentin Rasputin

Valentin Rasputin

source: Александр Стручков

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg)

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I met firstly with the books of Valentin Rasputin by the end of the 1970's. They made an extraordinary impression on me. It was my first contact with the Siberian writers,

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Merle Haggard - Mama Tried (1968 live TV performance)

Merle Haggard
(http://www.breakoutmanagement.net/booking-non-exclusive-artist/merle-haggard/)

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I recently met with a friend from old times. I haven't seen him since the 1960's. He was by then a mix of shyness and courage (as all of us used to be), and loved singing all kind of songs. Now he looks old, naturally, while his eyes are telling the story of a

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Funny Movies Made by Kids

My granddaughters Bianca and Daria, together with their friends, playing in funny movies made by themselves. Enjoy!





Bollywood Brunettes.mov






Super Brunettes.mov


(Lexington)

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Emily Dickinson: There is no Frigate like a Book

source: Eclectic Eyez

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There is no frigate like a bookTo take us lands away,Nor any coursers like a pageOf prancing poetry.This traverse may the poorest takeWithout oppress of toll;How frugal is the chariotThat bears a human soul!

(http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-book/)



(Emily Dickinson)

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Cateva cuvinte despre o poeta

Emily Dickinson
(http://tuvala.blogspot.com/2008/04/perfect-sunday-poem-emily-dickinson.html)

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(click here for the English version)



Aceasta lume nu este o concluzie;
Dincolo de ea sta o urmare,
Nevazuta, asa cum e muzica,
Insa o certitudine, astfel cum e sunetul.


Dupa ce a murit, in camera ei au fost gasite manuscrisele, mii de versuri. Nimeni din

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Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson
(http://tuvala.blogspot.com/2008/04/perfect-sunday-poem-emily-dickinson.html)

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(click here for the Romanian version)



This world is not conclusion;
A sequel stands beyond,
Invisible, as music,
But positive, as sound.

(http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-world-is-not-conclusion/)

After she passed away, the manuscripts were found, in her

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Emily Dickinson: Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church

Today we celebrate here in Romania the Easter, and weather is great: spring is in full blossom, and it gives you a feeling of fulfillment. I think a poem by Emily Dickinson is appropriate.



Some keep the Sabbath going to church;
I keep it staying at home,

With a bobolink for a chorister,
And an orchard for a dome.



Some keep the Sabbath in surplice;
I just wear my wings,
And instead of

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al-Sayyab: Rain Song

(http://stealthishijab.com/rain-song/)

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Your eyes are two palm tree forests in early light,

Or two balconies from which the moonlight recedes

When they smile, your eyes, the vines put forth their leaves,

And lights dance . . . like moons in a river

Rippled by the blade of an oar at break of day;

As if stars were throbbing in the depths of them . . .

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Badr Shakir al-Sayyab

بدر شاكر السياب‎

Badr Shakir al-Sayyab

(http://www.jehat.com/Jehaat/en/Poets/BaderShakir.htm)

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Străzi despre care se spune că nimeni nu mai revine pe ele, aşa cum nimeni nu mai revine de pe tărâmurile morţii:a Romanian rendering of a line from al-Sayyab - I read this line today, in a Romanian paper (Gândul), in an article written by Lelia Munteanu.

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Truman Capote

Truman Capote in 1955

a photo by Richard Avedon

(La Vida en Fotografía)

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Several years ago my sister Jill gave me a  book by Truman Capote: The Muses are Heard. I hadn't read anything by him in original before. I was gained by the style, very matter of fact. I promised myself to look for other of his books. Later I bought a collection including Breakfast

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