THE PRIME YEARS
I am thinking of the past and there was a time when I was young and handsome, in my prime. Oh what a dream. No need for sleep, the world was open for me for I was loved, I was in love, I lived life carefree. We were quite the team. These […]
THE NEWS TODAY
For those who’s job is to tell the news to give us the facts and our social cues they often do like to sound the alarm listing all the things that will do us harm for they need us to be glued, to the screen clicking on the news, to see what has […]
ALL I SEEK
All that I do all that I think all my ambitions all my actions take aim at one thing aim for a feeling feeling of wellbeing being well at heart a relaxed state where you allow yourself to feel feel good about about yourself who you are what you are where you are without […]
Las Meninas
The painting “Las Meninas” is a painting of the Spanish royal family along with a few other people and dog, was one of the most revolutionary pieces of art of it’s day. The artist, Diego Velazquez, painted “Las Meninas” back in 1656 and it was a major departure from more traditional royal portraits, because […]
DANGER
With a desire to break out from the dull and the safe existence, of my own life and my body I leap away escape away throw away my shackles of safety, and seek a dance with death. A.G. Munson
Lascia ch’io pianga
The most beautiful song ever written in my view, is an aria called “Lascia ch’io pianga” which translates from Italian to English to “Let me weep” (over my cruel fate). It is the opening aria from Handel’s opera “Rinaldo”. In the aria the character Almirena expresses sorrow and despair over her unfortunate circumstances, and […]
The Son of Man
This painting is named “The Son of Man”, and is a self portrait by the Belgian artist René Magritte, created in 1964. The artist’s face is largely obscured by a hovering green apple but his eyes can be seen peeking over the edge of the apple. The interesting things about it, is everything we see […]