One of my favorite poetry books is Fireflies by Rabindranath Tagore with decorations by Boris Artzybasheff published in 1928. On the opening page is the signature of BaiDzar Shalian, an old family friend who shared her library of treasures.
Tagore is a Bengali poet and winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize of Literature. His poems are magical. Here are a few favorites:
“Your smile, my love, like the smell of a
strange flower,
is simple and inexplicable.”
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Constantine Cavafy, a Greek poet, would have celebrated his 150th birthday this year. The poem Ithaca on destinations strikes a cord on how to live life and to appreciate every moment. Continue reading
Georg Luck, professor of classics at Johns Hopkins University, a great teacher and translator of the ancients has passed today.
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Poet Nicole Coonradt pushes the boundaries of connections, thoughts and in this poem – distance. Continue reading
Dale Chilhuly, world renowned glass sculpturer, challenges preconceived notions of space, weight, elements, colors and perspectives. Continue reading
Preserving architectural heritage is smart for the economy and smart for the soul of a community. This film is brilliantly done, erasing bland grey concrete and glass in typical box designs to revealing marvelous curves, turrets and archways. Continue reading
Artists respond to Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut massacre with exhibit at the Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art Gallery in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
At the forefront of ebook publishing is Nils von Hejne – founder of uTales – a two-year old Swedish digital children’s book publishing company.
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Seven rare and priceless artifacts were repatriated to Italy, as part of an on-going international effort to track down, recover and return trafficked works and objects of art. Continue reading
With a gun held at her stomach and threatened with immediate death, Santander calmly was able to convince them she was an artist. An artist with a passion to paint the wildlife for children. As darkness squeezed out the remaining light, Santander says “miraculously’ she and her friend were released. Minus their motorcycle they began the silent, slow walk home through the jungle. Their walk became a journey through the blackness and certain death to life, freedom. Continue reading
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