Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards jam
Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards jam
Ivan the Terrible and his Son Ivan, 1885
Ugh, I love this painting so much.
Just some background stuff, Ivan the Terrible was the Tsar of Russia for most of the 16th Century. In I think 1581, he caught his daughter-in-law wearing ‘immodest clothing in front of everyone’ and struck her. She was apparently pregnant and she may or may not have had a miscarriage because of it.
Ivan’s son and the girl’s husband, also named Ivan after his father, hears about it and gets into a really heated argument with his father that ends with Ivan the Terrible taking a swing at his son with his pointed staff. It’s said that he immediately fell down and kissed his son’s face, pressing his hands against his left temple to try to stop the bleeding. He famously screamed “May I be damned! I’ve killed my son! I’ve killed my son!” His son briefly regained consciousness and his last words were “I die as a devoted son and most humble servant.”
I love all the details. I love the pointed staff lying on the ground and the signs of a fight with the tossed over chair, disturbed carpet, and the door wide open. I love the single tear on Ivan’s face and their position on the floor. This is a really gorgeous but raw depiction of one of the darkest moments in an incredible man’s life. I wish there were more historical paintings like this.
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Who By Fire, by Leonard Cohen, with a short explanatory introduction by himself, from the Canadian 1980 film The Song of Leonard Cohen.
And who by fire, who by water,
who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
who in your merry merry month of may,
who by very slow decay,
and who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate,
who in these realms of love, who by something blunt,
and who by avalanche, who by powder,
who for his greed, who for his hunger,
and who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent, who by accident,
who in solitude, who in this mirror,
who by his lady’s command, who by his own hand,
who in mortal chains, who in power,
and who shall I say is calling?
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Who By Fire, by Leonard Cohen, with a short explanatory introduction by himself, from the Canadian 1980 film The Song of Leonard Cohen.
And who by fire, who by water,
who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
who in your merry merry month of may,
who by very slow decay,
and who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate,
who in these realms of love, who by something blunt,
and who by avalanche, who by powder,
who for his greed, who for his hunger,
and who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent, who by accident,
who in solitude, who in this mirror,
who by his lady’s command, who by his own hand,
who in mortal chains, who in power,
and who shall I say is calling?
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Artist:
Melissa Cooke
Part of the “SURFACED” Series
2012
“Surfaced” acknowledges the relationship between photography, painting and drawing in portraiture. I take photographs as I paint and pour liquids onto myself, using my face as a canvas. The photo shoot references the practice of drawing and painting; then the final graphite drawing references photography. The boundaries between the mediums are broken down and the processes are interwoven. “
“The images depart from the framing of traditional portraiture. The viewer is not given an entire bust of the subject, rather the frame zooms into up-close sections of the face. The cropping pushes the face to the surface of the paper, making the figure more ambiguous. Flesh becomes abstracted: obliterated by paint on the skin, distorted by the eye of the camera lens, or smeared by the glass of a Xerox machine.”
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sorry, can’t stop, it’s amazing. IT’S AMAZING!
It’s so great when you achieve the entire feeling you think you can reach in the music. The passion, what comes up from you heart that gives you full understanding.
wim mertens maximicing
sorry, can’t stop, it’s amazing. IT’S AMAZING!
It’s so great when you achieve the entire feeling you think you can reach in the music. The passion, what comes up from you heart that gives you full understanding.
wim mertens maximicing
Bach - Goldberg Variations: Aria (Glenn Gould)
Bach - Goldberg Variations: Aria (Glenn Gould)
Paul Chambers, Bass on top (1957) - Yesterdays
Paul Chambers, Bass on top (1957) - Yesterdays
Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2
IV. Finale: Sostenuto - Allegro non troppo e rubato
Julius Katchen, piano
Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2
IV. Finale: Sostenuto - Allegro non troppo e rubato
Julius Katchen, piano
My cultural highlight of the week: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall. This man is otherworldly.
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