– – The first time I watched “Rosine” –an oil by the Belgian surrealist painter Paul Delvaux, from 1968– I said to myself “this tall, slim girl… Read more “A Pictorial Tribute – Delvaux’s “Ari”, and a sort of family portrait”
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To a distant friend lost in confusion – with great sorrow, after too many losses
At the ending of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, just before drinking the poison, the prince speaks his last words and final plea to his friend: (Hamlet to Horatio): I… Read more “To a distant friend lost in confusion – with great sorrow, after too many losses”
Music for Ariel – Glenn Gould’s Bach
Glenn Gould’s (rather) complete Bach recordings Just to begin with… now that we both have all the time. [The compilation is not really complete, but anyway very… Read more “Music for Ariel – Glenn Gould’s Bach”
Un mag de la llum i dels colors – A wizard of light and colours : Joaquim Mir
[Catalan & English versions] Joaquim Mir (1873 – 1940) Joaquim Mir i Trinxet fou un pintor post-impressionista Català de la mateixa alçària que Sisley o Monet o… Read more “Un mag de la llum i dels colors – A wizard of light and colours : Joaquim Mir”
reppoH desreveR – for Ari’s sake
The header image of my last post on Edward Hopper is rather daring -and perhaps improper-, since it is featured with its colours reversed. Anyway, the visual… Read more “reppoH desreveR – for Ari’s sake”
After her funeral, the darkness of God
Thomas S. Eliot in Catalan (I) – Translated by Ari Fontrodona Fifty days, today, after losing her I keep on finding portions of her favourite poems… Read more “After her funeral, the darkness of God”
To Ariel in Loving Memory (with the help of T.S. Eliot)
On 17th November 2015, my younger sister wrote a touching post in remembrance of a dead lover. It begins with these words: “Once, I lost a person very… Read more “To Ariel in Loving Memory (with the help of T.S. Eliot)”
Jeder Engel is schrecklich. Und dennoch…
Presento aquí un poema que Rilke no va publicar mai. L’escrigué a primers de tardor de 1914, durant una estada a Irschenhausen (Baviera), en un quadern de… Read more “Jeder Engel is schrecklich. Und dennoch…”
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