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https://masonlev.com/about.html | 2024-04-13T16:55:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816820.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413144933-20240413174933-00733.warc.gz | 0.966357 | 187 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__139889228 | en | Based in Maplewood, New Jersey (just west of Manhattan), I'm the director of content at the boutique Hoboken-based PR firm RoseComm.
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In late 2015, I transitioned to the freelance world, allowing me to further focus on my love of visual storytelling. As you can see by my homepage I'm a generalist, enjoying the challenge of shooting a diverse scope of subjects and in many different settings.
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https://sfems.org/pine-and-vinikour-to-showcase-some-of-bachs-most-admired-works/ | 2022-08-09T14:30:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00301.warc.gz | 0.946729 | 2,408 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__139395469 | en | SFEMS’s regular concert series comes to a powerful conclusion the weekend of March 20–22 in a program of both virtuosity and depth. We will be treated to a joint appearance by two giants of their generation, violinist Rachel Barton Pine and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour, who are among the finest current exponents of their instruments. They will perform a program devoted to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, including two of the composer’s sonatas for violin and harpsichord, which the duo recorded in 2017 for the Cedille label, as well as the great D-minor Partita for Solo Violin, BWV 1004, and the Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art (French Overture—Partita in B minor for solo harpsichord), BWV 831. The artists contributed these notes on the music they will perform.
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Johann Sebastian Bach’s six sonatas for violin with harpsichord obbligato (BWV 1014–1019) were likely composed during Bach’s period in Cöthen, between 1717–1723. Bach’s son, Carl Philipp Emanuel describes these works as among the finest his father composed. The idea of juxtaposing a thorough-composed harpsichord part against the “solo” instrument was quite novel at this time, the harpsichord possessing a tremendous solo repertoire, but used principally as a continuo instrument in ensembles. Apart from the concerti for harpsichord and strings, Bach used the harpsichord as an equal duo partner in three sonatas with viola da gamba, at least two with flute, and the six sonatas with violin.
These works, though never published in Bach’s lifetime, were admired by Bach’s followers, and copies circulated throughout Europe.
Carl Philipp describes these works as trio sonatas, much in line with the trio sonatas for organ. That is to say, the violin and the two hands of the harpsichord part each represent relatively equal polyphonic lines within this three-part framework. That said, the sonatas vary tremendously in character, and even in texture, Bach treating both instruments in a profoundly idiomatic fashion.
As a case in point, the sonata in B Minor, BWV 1014, begins with a highly expressive adagio. The violin’s florid cantilena is accompanied by a steady eight-note accompaniment from the harpsichord, with the right hand’s two voices mostly playing thirds or sixths, although frequently forming two independent voices. When one considers that the violin is also frequently playing double-stops, this brings the movement to a five-part texture. The second movement is a fairly straight-forward fugue, in a true trio sonata texture. The third movement, in D Major, is a serene andante, the violin and the right hand of the harpsichord embroidering over a steady eight-note bass line. The brilliant finale again shows the violin and the two hands of the harpsichord in a three-part contrapuntal texture.
Sei Solo A Violino Senza Basso Accompagnato (Bach’s Six Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Alone) The Six Sonatas and Partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach are the culmination of an almost-century-old tradition of multiple-voice writing for unaccompanied violin in Germany. Works by Thomas Baltzar (Preludes, Allemande, etc.), Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (Passacaglia), Johann Paul von Westhoff (Suites), and Georg Pisendel (Sonata) serve as significant prior examples of this improvisatory and compositional practice with which Bach was intimately familiar.
Bach’s autograph manuscript from Cöthen is dated 1720, though some scholars believe he may have begun writing the Sonatas and Partitas as early as 1717. The title page includes the designation “Part 1,” with Part 2 being the Six Suites for unaccompanied ‘cello (probably the “da spalla” type of violoncello played by himself).
The Sonatas and Partitas are full of technical challenges that must be overcome in order to bring out the harmonies and polyphonies. They require a highly refined technique of both the left and right hand. Clearly Bach was not only a genius composer and master keyboard player, but also a violin virtuoso of the first rank. The violin was most likely the first instrument he studied with his violinist father, Johann Ambrosius. His first professional jobs in Lüneberg and Weimar included significant duties as a violin player and he continued to play the instrument for all of his life. Perhaps his esteem for the violin is reflected in the fact that the longest fugue he ever wrote was not for organ, harpsichord, or ensemble, but for unaccompanied violin (the Fuga of BWV 1005).
The internal symmetry of the six violin works points to his conception of them as a cycle, rather than merely a collection. Each Fuga is increasingly longer and more complex. In contrast, the third movements of the Sonatas become ever sparer, from three voices to two to primarily one. The Partitas increase in size from four movements to five to six. Their stylistic language follows a forward path, from the proto–17th Century of the B Minor to the High Baroque Italian of the D Minor to the new modern French style of the E Major.
The Partitas are suites of dance movements. Bach follows the standard Italianate sequence of Allemande, Corrente, Sarabande, Gigue in his D Minor Partita, but deviates from it in the last movement of the B Minor, substituting an intriguingly titled Tempo di Borea. (Perhaps this was a nod to Pisendel whose earlier sonata had concluded with a Giga and Variation.) Despite the fact that none of these dances were meant to accompany actual dancing, Bach is often meticulous in his adherence to symmetrical phrases indicating regular step units.
The first four movements of the Partita in D Minor could form a suite of their own, but it turns out that they are leading up to one of the pinnacles of all music. Much has been written about the Ciaconna as a monumental showpiece, or as a journey through the deepest of emotions. The theory that Bach wrote it as a memorial to his first wife has been convincingly debunked, but we still continue to hope that perhaps it has some hidden, poignant extra-musical meaning such as the crucifixion. (Another theory suggests that the three sonata-partita pairs may represent birth, death, and resurrection.) Yet the music need not justify itself beyond its notes and the emotions they portray. These thirty-four imaginative variations in three sections are grand, playful, peaceful, uncertain, triumphant, tragic. Yet, somehow, Bach never loses the spirit of the dance. (Rachel Barton Pine)
Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art (French Overture—Partita in B Minor), BWV 831 The so-called French Overture, originally titled Overtüre nach Französicher Art (Overture in the French style) was published in 1735, as the second work (following the Italian Concerto) of the second Clavier-Übung. These two works certainly seek to explore national styles, using the harpsichord in an orchestral fashion to emulate French and Italian traits. However, the French Overture, which Bach initially composed (although unpublished) in C Minor, serves to complete the sequence of tonalities of the six partitas for solo harpsichord, BWV 825–830 (published from 1726–1730 as the first volume of the Clavier-Übung).
The first movement, whence Bach draws the heading title of the work, is indeed an Overture, inspired by the early models of Lully. In Bach’s keyboard works, we find this type of movement in the D Major Partita, BWV 828, as well as opening the second half of the Goldberg Variations. The first half of all of these pieces is always in duple time, with dotted rhythms. Whereas in the D Major partita, and the 16th of the Goldberg Variations, the effect is jubilant, here, the mood is dramatic, even tragic. This opening section is followed by an extended fugal passage in 6/8, in distinctly delineated episodes. Bach notes the changes of keyboard with forte (lower keyboard) and piano (upper). At the end of this fugue, the opening material returns, bringing this extraordinary movement to a close.
Bach skips the customary allemande, following the overture with an elegant courante, strongly inspired by François Couperin’s models. A lively gavotte, which Bach marks forte alternates with a much more intimate (piano) gavotte in D Major. In this second gavotte, Bach writes this as a two-part piece, perhaps evoking a duet between oboe and bassoon. Likewise, the rather explosive first Passepied alternates with a crystalline B Major trio. Even the exquisitely introspective Sarabande is written in strict four-part counterpoint. The first of the Bourées is of a very rustic character. It alternates with a more flowing piece, also in B Minor. The gigue is very much in the mold of examples by the French composers who Bach so admired: Couperin, Marchand, etc. The suite concludes with an Echo—this rustic dance uses once more the contrasts of the harpsichords two keyboards, creating the effect that the title suggests. (Jory Vinikour)
Sonata No. 3 in E Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1016 The sonata in E Major, BWV 1016, opens with a monumental adagio. Over a thickly layered, choral-like accompaniment in the harpsichord, the violin soars freely in a richly ornamented line. This is followed by a merry fugue. The third movement, Adagio ma non tanto, shows the two instruments exchanging expressive tripletted figuration and chordal accompaniment. The final movement, a brilliant, concerto-like allegro, features the violin and harpsichord exchanging brilliant, swirling, sixteenth note figuration. The middle section of the movement juxtaposes a development of this writing with contrasting triplet material, creating an unusual “two against three” rhythmic texture. (Jory Vinikour)
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SFEMS presents Rachel Barton Pine and Jory Vinikour at 8:00 p.m., Friday, March 20, at First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper Street at Lincoln, in Palo Alto; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue, in Berkeley; and 4:00 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at Church of the Advent, 261 Fell Street, in San Francisco. Tickets may be purchased online, through the SFEMS box office at 510-528-1725, or at the door 45 minutes before each performance. | artistic |
http://www.nuclearambitions.net/ | 2016-05-24T13:40:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049270798.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002110-00025-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.83916 | 145 | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-22__0__95525902 | en | I am Chathuranga Neminda from Colombo, Sri Lanka. With an extensive artistic background in design trends and the World Wide Web, NuClear Ambitions embodies my venture towards a more personalized service for my clients.
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https://www.thediggsgallery.com/info | 2023-09-26T16:11:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510214.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926143354-20230926173354-00524.warc.gz | 0.912599 | 846 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__191623098 | en | the diggs gallery prefers the fine are papers from hahnemuhle. they produce papers with passion and focus on quality instead of quantity, they see themselves as a manufacturer rather than a factory. using the best raw materials, craftsmanship skills, a lot of handicrafts, and a cooperative relationship with their customers make for the excellence and international acclaimed quality of their products.
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http://youmeandscotland.blogspot.com/2012/07/day-two-six-word-memoirs.html | 2017-04-28T16:01:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122996.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00291-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.976762 | 709 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__125905925 | en | Hello, Hello! Well it’s day two of the 15 day challenge and todays prompt is all about writing memoirs, short ones, 6 words to be exact. I didn’t know how I was going to do mine, I mean 6 words is really hard to work with! But then I saw Suze at Suze Blog at I really liked the way she set hers out. She came up with milestones or eras within her life and used them as a starting point to create the 6 word memoir. So because I think it’s such a great idea, I’m going to follow her lead and go with a similar method.
Childhood: Daydream Believing: adventure and magical hideaways.
Teenager: Pain, Anger and Truth with Lies.
20Something: Learning from the past; moving forward.
To go one step further, I’m going to explain my choice of words and why I feel they describe those decades in my life. First and foremost, the fun that was my child hood! I was a bit of a dreaming when I was younger, I was the type that believed in magical beings, fairies and other such things. I use to believe the characters in my books were real and there was a world of adventure I was missing out on. When I was living in New Zealand, our area use to flood a lot and I thought that I could be like Christopher Robin (but a girl) and turn an umbrella upside down and sit in it like a boat and it would take me away to some place amazing (clearly didn’t understand the concept of what floats and what sinks!) But my point is, I was one of those creepy kids that live in some imaginative world in their head because that’s just how they are.
As a teenager, I wasn’t exactly the poster child for perfection. I was really angry, I was sad, I was a jumble of emotions and while I realise it was my teen years and I’m not the only one to experience hardship in my life, I’m just well aware that all that pent up frustration I had and the animosity I had toward my parents and my family was part of the reason I made bad choices and basically led a life of self-destruction. I wasn’t a terrible teenager but I did make bad choices and if I could go back again and do it all over again OR if I could go back and tell my 15 year old self what she’s doing wrong, I would make it abundantly clear that I’m stronger than the choices I make, I don’t need to be impressing anyone else or fighting for the attention of my parents, I just need to find my own courage and make the choices I know are right.
And clearly my 20something memoir is fairly self-explanatory. I’m smarter these days and I’ve made plenty of mistakes in the past that I know what I need to learn and what I need to change in order to shape the future I want. The past is the past and there isn’t anything I can do about it to change it, I made my mistakes and whether or not the choices I made back then were right or wrong, I can’t change them; all I can do is look to the future and realise that the mistakes of my past are what gave my strength in the present. | artistic |
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As another year is about to sink completely into the realm of memory, I can’t help but look back and marvel. I couldn’t have asked for, hoped for, or even, if I’d been able, crafted for myself a better twelve months. It’s been filled with the fruit of many labors. An old book greatly honored, a new book warmly received, and the contours of a future book roughly completed. Specifically, Ordinary Grace received an incredible number of accolades: the Edgar, the Anthony, the Barry, the Macavity, the Dilys, the Squid, the Silver Falchion. Windigo Island, the fourteenth entry in my Cork O’Connor series, appeared on a number of best books of the year lists. And the first draft of This Tender Land, the companion novel to Ordinary Grace, was finished. If one of the things that keeps us vital is steeping ourselves in the work we love, then it has been a year of great vitality and great passion.
As I look ahead now, what do I see? 2015 will be a quiet year in many respects. I will have no novel published in the upcoming year, so no long book tours, no long periods that will take me away from home and family. I’m looking forward to months and months of peace, of uninterrupted writing, of simply catching my breath. In each of the last three years, I’ve scheduled more than a hundred events—signings, author talks, workshops, conferences. This year will be different, blessedly calm, filled with quiet, I hope, the kind of quiet that allows deep contemplation to become possible, the kind of quiet that feeds our souls.
In terms of the writing itself, for those of you who are interested, this is what I’ll be working on. I will polish This Tender Land and prepare it for publication in the spring of 2016. I will complete the next in the Cork O’Connor series, a novel I’ve just begun to outline, and that will probably also appear in 2016. And I will begin work on a short novel, an idea that has been knocking around in my brain for more than a decade. So, clearly, I won’t be idle.
Every year is different from those that have come before. Although I have plans, I don’t really know what to expect. Life has a way of surprising us, doesn’t it?
And so, I wish every one of you the best on your own journey in the year ahead. May your days be filled with vitality, with passion, with love. And also with that blessed quiet that will feed your soul.
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https://www.1-800-bakery.com/shop-by-product/cookies/fortune-cookies?filter_shipping%5B0%5D=4513&price=30- | 2022-01-21T09:12:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320302740.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220121071203-20220121101203-00086.warc.gz | 0.89037 | 191 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__133182868 | en | Custom fortune cookies are a great treat for every special occasion. They make perfect party favors, graduation gifts, congratulation gifts and unique birthday gifts. We even have a giant fortune cookie - a fun gift for the whole family.
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https://www.unitii.ca/residential/cities/leduc | 2023-12-09T04:38:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100800.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209040008-20231209070008-00584.warc.gz | 0.969894 | 131 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__14911631 | en | Leduc is a beautiful city located 33km south of Edmonton. The city is apart of the international transportation and industrial heartland of Alberta being within close proximity of both Edmonton International Airport and Nisku Industrial Park. Leduc also has an excellent arts and culture scene being home to the Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts it also has a large Recreation Center that houses three NHL-sized arenas, an aquatic center, and a curling rink. The city also has a wide variety of parks and sports amenities and has more than 35km of multiuse pathways. Overall, Leduc is an amazing city with many amenities and a great sense of community. | artistic |
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https://mlc-wels.edu/event/sams-concert/ | 2020-04-08T03:03:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371807538.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20200408010207-20200408040707-00148.warc.gz | 0.89795 | 182 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__149347554 | en | The Summit Avenue Music Series (SAMS) will conclude its fourth season with a program aptly titled Cello Treasures on Sunday, April 5, 2020, at 3:00 pm. Renowned soloist and educator Parry Karp will be featured wielding the cello bow through works of J.S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, and Robert Schumann. Joining Mr. Karp will be Martin Luther College’s own Kathryn Wurster (soprano) and SAMS Artistic Director Bethel Balge (piano). Tickets are available in advance through SummitAvenueMusic.com or at the New Ulm Chamber of Commerce (1 N Minnesota St). Individual tickets are $15 (general) and $5 (students with ID). Tickets may also be purchased at the door on the day of the concert. For artist bios and further information, please visit our website. | artistic |
https://www.katherineivesphotography.com/blog/2018/12/31/best-locations-for-engagement-photos-in-savannah | 2019-10-20T01:32:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986700560.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20191020001515-20191020025015-00266.warc.gz | 0.94518 | 643 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__49059894 | en | Savannah provides such a dreamy, fairy tale-like backdrop for engagement sessions! With its beautiful squares, cobblestone streets and awe-inspiring architecture you are bound to have beautiful engagement photos. We encourage our clients to fully embrace their interests. Engagement photography really captures the love you share for each other. We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite locations for engagement photos in Savannah that might describe exactly what you are envisioning for your session.
1. Historic Squares
Downtown Savannah has 23 historic squares that are all unique. That means 23 free options for beautiful locations! Some feature fountains, landmarks, statues, beautiful oak trees and paths. All squares are surrounded by historic homes which adds to its charm. A few of my personal favorite squares are Lafayette Square, Monterey Square, and Pulaski Square.
2. Forsyth Park
If you are looking for a traditional and recognizable location that will instantly remind you of Savannah, look no further! Forsyth Park is probably one of the most photographed locations in Savannah, and for good reason. The main walkway leading into the park is lined with oak trees, beautifully framing a fountain at the end of the path. The Forsyth Park Fountain was installed in 1858 and I can only imagine all of the love stories it has seen in its time. One of my favorite intimate spots in the park is The Garden of Fragrance. The beautiful white columns and oak tree paths create a quiet spot away from the hustle and bustle. The street lamps in the park also add a classic and romantic touch.
3. Wormsloe State Historic Site
When I think of the classic south, Wormsloe is always the first place to come to mind. Wormsloe Historic Site holds the iconic avenue of oaks. The long avenue is lined with 400 live oaks and their mossy branches arching over the dusty driveway creates a stunning backdrop. These magnificent trees go on as far as the eye can see, creating such dreamy and romantic images! It is also much quieter than Forsyth Park giving you privacy to take gorgeous photos with no rush.
4. The Marsh
There are so many quiet marsh paths in the Low Country. The marsh offers a romantic, natural backdrop. A few things I love about the marsh are the waving marsh grasses, palm trees, and oak trees dripping with spanish moss. The marsh is a great option for a more relaxed and laid back engagement session. Let’s explore nature and have some fun!
5. Tybee Beach
If you are dreaming of romantic pictures of the two of you running on the beach barefoot and watching the sunset, look no further! Just 20 minutes from Savannah, Tybee Beach offers completely different photo opportunities than the city does. This is not your traditional Savannah and that’s the beauty of it. Tybee offers miles of gorgeous beaches, a pier, dunes, sea oats, and a beautiful Lighthouse. This beach has also been the backdrop for some pretty iconic movies such as The Last Song, Baywatch, Gifted, and The Beach House which also adds that unique factor. | artistic |
https://www.pimlicoosteopathy.com/location-pimlico-london/tate-britain/ | 2023-12-01T08:50:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100286.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201084429-20231201114429-00504.warc.gz | 0.949421 | 440 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__94556889 | en | We’re very lucky to have the Tate Britain art gallery right next door and it’s well worth a look if you get time while you’re coming to see us at Pimlico Osteopathy. You can see more information on their website here.
The home of British art from 1500 to the present day. It is open daily Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00 and you will find it at Millbank, London SW1P 4RG. Entry to Tate Britain is free for everyone with a charge for special exhibitions.
There is a very useful map of the gallery showing all the main exhibition areas and facilities. It is normally £1.00 but you can download it free here.
The gallery opened on 21 July 1897 as the National Gallery of British Art. However, from the start, it was commonly known as the Tate Gallery, after its founder Sir Henry Tate. Before 2000, the gallery housed and displayed both British and modern collections, but with the launch of Tate Modern just over the river, Tate’s modern collections were moved there and the original gallery became dedicated to the display of historical and contemporary British art. As a result, it was renamed Tate Britain in March 2000.
Tate Britain holds the largest collection of British art in the world. You can walk through the history of British art from 1500 to the present day. See masterpieces by JMW Turner, John Constable, John Everett Millais, as well as outstanding modern and contemporary art from Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney and Bridget Riley – to name a few.
Tate Britain is well served by public transport:
London Buses – route 87 stops outside
London Underground – Pimlico on the Victoria line is only a 0.4-mile walk away
National Rail – Vauxhall station on South Western Railway is 0.5-mile walk
London River Services – Millbank Millennium Pier is only a 0.2-mile walk
And it is an easy walk to Pimlico Osteopathy Clinic nearby:
Find out about another local landmark – Victoria Station | artistic |
http://en.uniroma1.it/archivionotizie/sapienza-short-film-fest | 2017-04-27T20:29:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122621.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00141-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.800797 | 444 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__317303097 | en | The Sapienza Short Film Fest is a contest for videos made by Sapienza students organized by the Art History and Performing Arts Department in collaboration with the Roma Sapienza Foundation.
The scientific committee has selected 9 videos for “Fiction” Category (fiction short films, web series, mockumentaries, animations) and 7 for the "Remix” Category (video essays, re-cut trailers, sweded trailers, mash-ups).
You can vote for your favourite from March 1-28 by:
- Participating in the "Audience Award" - go to Sapienza's Short Film Fest website and click "the heart" for your favourite videos
- Participating in the "Social Award" - go to Sapienza's major social channels and click "like" on the videos posted on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The awards ceremony will be held on March 31, 2017.
Sapienza Short Film Fest is promoted with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and in partnership with Columbia College, a prestigious film school in Hollywood.
Follow us with hashtag #SSFF16.
- Passengers - Hassan Abolhassani
- Proof - Margherita Argan
- We Had Not Loved - Armando Mattia Belcastro
- Run - Edoardo Fischetti
- Burt Lancaster - Koga Yasuhiko
- IunivÈrsiti - The social study - Fabio Pasquali
- Just for a Coffee - Damiano Salvatore Antonini
- A Modern Jazz Fable - Giulia Schiavon
- The Trunk - Edoardo Spallazzi
- Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Great Beauty' - Louis Samuel Andreotta
- What Bass Creates - Daniele Clementi
- Apocalypse Soon - Marco Mammarella
- The Secret According to Murnau - Jonathan Pace
- Clint Eastwood First and Final Shots - Angela Santomassimo
- Star Cops - Claudio Spagnuolo
- If Apple Commercials Were Actually Infomercials - Edoardo Spallazzi | artistic |
https://wholesale.54celsius.com/products/brass-candle-holder | 2024-04-13T09:21:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816587.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413083102-20240413113102-00818.warc.gz | 0.901886 | 165 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__72631743 | en | Brass Taper Candle Holder
An elegant little candle holder, made of solid brass. Tiny but heavy and sturdy. Fits any standard taper candle.
- Size: 1.60" x 1.30" (4.06 x 3.30 cm)
- Materials: Solid brass
- Packaging: Comes in a beautifully designed eco-friendly gift box
- Made in China
- Designed by Icelandic designer Thorunn Arnadottir
About the designer
Thorunn Arnadottir is the creative director and co-founder of 54°Celsius. Thorunn's multi-disciplinary work is driven by curiosity and interest in exploring everyday objects from a new perspective. She holds a MA degree in Design Products from Royal College of Arts and BA from Iceland Academy of the Arts. | artistic |
https://alchemistacreative.com/my-life-appalachia | 2020-09-29T22:17:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402093104.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20200929221433-20200930011433-00432.warc.gz | 0.959324 | 830 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__55268264 | en | Nestled in a valley within the Appalachian Mountains, the oldest mountain range in North America, is the ethereal yet peculiar little mountain town of Asheville. On my 26th birthday I took a leap of faith and moved my life here. I was inexplicably tantalized by the sound of buskers playing old folk songs in her streets. I was bewitched by the uninhibited creativity of free spirited hippies, artisans & dancers and seduced by the euphoric colors of her Blue Ridged horizon. She took hold of me. She captivated me and awoken parts of my being I never knew existed. I like to think she was calling me home.
Leaving the flashy Miami lifestyle for mountain life seemed like a questionable move to those close to me & even to myself. Nevertheless, I bid a farewell to the ocean that had been my neighbor my entire life, the year-round sunshine, my family and friends. Little did I know this land and the seasons held more lessons and growth for me than I could have ever imagined. I traded in my high heels for hiking boots with full embrace and never looked back.
Hiking and the intelligence of nature became my medicine instead of bars and nightclubs. Appalachia, being one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, turned the forests into a classroom for me. I began to take great interest in learning about plants, herbs and learning to identify wild edibles and mushrooms so I could forage this medicine for my own health and well-being.
Appalachia is the land of the waterfalls. As a now self-professed waterfall chaser I cannot get enough of spending an afternoon traversing rocky, grueling paths with the reward of mesmerizing cascades and a refreshing dip in the crystalline waters. The wildish music of the falls is an escape from the noise of modern life – it is an invitation to feed the soul a deep song.
Asheville is the wellness mecca of the east coast. If yoga, crystals, apothecaries, salt caves, hot tub soaks and tarot cards are your jam, you’ve hit the jackpot baby. One of the the things that drew me here was the plethora of alternative healing options this town has to offer.
I started here as a yoga & meditation teacher and became inspired by my personal mentors in the community to further my knowledge in the healing arts as a way of helping others in their journey of well-being and self-care. I now practice herbalism, wildcrafting and Usui Reiki.
While nature has played a big part in my adoration for these mountains, there are plenty more amazing facets about this place to note. This is an area that truly celebrates music and the arts. There is no shortage of festivals, drum circles and gatherings to attend that attest to this. LEAF Festival being one of my favorites, showcases an impressive line-up of international artists from around the globe in the Spring & Fall annually.
Maybe, it is because Asheville sits on the largest deposit of quartz in the state, that she beckons her magic upon soul searchers, travelers, free-spirits & people from near & far. The soulful & ancient vibrations of her Appalachian song is sure to awaken the spirit of those in need of healing, inspiration, or an adventure that soaks your soul with connection to Mother Earth.
If you are ever in the area and would like a guide to take you to some epically gorgeous locations or hidden gems around town feel free to get in touch! I love showing individuals and small groups all the magic our little town has to offer. We can plan a yoga hike, a waterfall adventure, a wellness/foodie outing on the town or simply reach out for some suggestions, I am happy to point you in the right direction!
Are you heading to Asheville soon? I’d love to hear your top hiking spots, favorite restaurants or wellness spots!
Blue Ridge Parkway
Looking Glass Rock
Pisgah National Forest
Shoji Spa & Lodge | artistic |
http://christinebrunelle.com/pb/wp_59132021/wp_59132021.html | 2022-06-30T15:37:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103850139.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20220630153307-20220630183307-00658.warc.gz | 0.985886 | 309 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__88970455 | en | I grew up on a farm in Spencer, MA and am the youngest of three. My mother's mother, Constance Mahaney, was a patron of the arts. There were many paintings hung in my grandparents' home, but the one I loved the most was of an alleyway leading out to a courtyard with a statute of a man on a horse. It was the dark blues along with the warm yellows that inspired me.
I didn't formally study art until I was in college. Marci Gintis was my painting professor and was a huge inspiration. Seeing her paintings in a gallery - those political paintings that were so beautifully executed that addressed the theme of mankind's depravity to one another during wartime - caused me to start looking at the world and to consider what my own contribution to it would be.
I primarily work with oils and charcoals, but have also worked with pen and ink, metals and found objects. I've been working with charcoal in recent years to focus on drawing. Wielding a thick, messy chunk of charcoal, using oils of my own hands, trying to obtain a painterly feel to a drawing, trying to make the flesh look fleshy...these are the things that excite me.
The display of my artwork for the show Tribute is dedicated to my grandmother, Constance Mahaney, who passed away February 4, 2009. May her steady hand guide me through every brush stroke. | artistic |
https://expressdancefit.com/dance/ | 2023-09-21T08:11:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233505362.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230921073711-20230921103711-00682.warc.gz | 0.930038 | 669 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__165545996 | en | Dancing at Express
At Express, classes are led by Ms. Hannah, the owner, or her talented head instructors.
Ms. Hannah is firm yet fun, and enjoys kids of all ages. Whether she’s teaching dance fundamentals or advanced techniques, she encourages an enthusiasm for dance in all her students.
We believe classes work best when expectations are clear on all sides, and our goal is to create an atmosphere of open communication with families. Our strict standards and policies are designed to ensure all dancers reach their highest potential.
Discover more about Ms. Hannah and her dance career here.
:: NOTE: Our Open House for 2023-24 registration will run July 13-15; deadline to register is August 6::
Ages 3-7; must be potty trained
Cost: $59 per month
A 45-minute class for our youngest dancers, designed to teach basic ballet and tap positioning of the feet, arms and hands while properly executing movement as well as facial expression. With tap, they will learn the basic shuffle steps needed to move on to more advanced classes as well.
pre-level 1 and Level 1
Cost: $80 per month
A 60-minute class that continues with ballet and tap, along with beginning lyrical, jazz and elements of hip-hop as they progress. Students will begin to learn more advanced material like leaps and turns, as well as focusing on flexibility skills and facial expression.
Cost: $80 per month
A 60-minute class that focuses on ballet, lyrical, tap, jazz and additional hip-hop. Skill sets will include the fundamentals of basic leaps and turns, building on technique, while executing more flexibility skills and facial expression.
pre-level 3 and Level 3
Ages 10-12 and 12-15+
Cost: $80, $120 or $155 per month depending on length of class
A class that combines ballet, lyrical and contemporary, plus tap, jazz and hip hop. This class will focus strongly on technique, as well as strengthening movement, facial expression and executing leaps and turns to prepare them for Express Elite.
Cost: $155 per month
The most advanced class we offer at 120 minutes long. Focused on ballet, lyrical/contemporary, tap, jazz and hip hop. Their skill set will continue to grow throughout the year in dance choreography and facial expressions as well as technical elements like leaps, turns and flexibility.
- $35 for 30 minutes or $65 for 60 minutes
- Dancers and parents are to discuss with Ms. Hannah reasons why they’d like to enroll in private lessons (what does the dancer want to improve on, why do they want to take private lessons to begin with, etc)
- Private lessons and solos/duets are separate (ex : if a dancer attends private lessons, this does not guarantee them a solo or a duet in recital)
- Meeting times of private lessons are TBD by Ms. Hannah – depending on availability
Have questions? You can find additional answers on our FAQ page, or send us a message here. | artistic |
https://www.eloramill.ca/news/6-the-architect | 2020-09-25T13:19:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400226381.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20200925115553-20200925145553-00053.warc.gz | 0.957906 | 712 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__277571905 | en | From an architectural perspective, the Elora Mill project represented a true challenge. The objective was two-fold: restore existing buildings that have been woven into the fabric of the village's heritage, whilst developing new facilities reflective of today's market for luxury hotel, dining and wedding accommodations.
Expanding a 150-year-old heritage structure demanded a respect for the simplicity of the mill's form, as well as an understanding of the design opportunities presented by a building perched so strategically on the edge of a gorge. The project involved five buildings essentially: the original mill with a stable; the granary; a commercial warehouse structure; a mill cottage and, finally, a brick home in a state of disrepair.
The main mill is being restored and expanded out over the river and gorge to take full advantage of spectacular views. This addition, which will welcome diners and provide luxury accommodations, has been designed as a cantilevered glass box. Its transparency will allow the original walls of the mill to remain visible while creating an exciting juxtaposition of materials and form. The simplicity of its design will compliment, rather than compete with, the heritage structure.
The stable was a greater challenge. Sitting on a rock outcropping the gorge and offering serene views to the other side of the river, the goal was to convert the stable into a luxury spa, complete with a fitness area and pool. Though the original structure had to be removed, the rubble stone was salvaged for re-use in the new build. The result of this re-envisioning is a building that replicates the timeless simplicity and beauty of its heritage.
The granary building on Main Street has seen many uses over its history. While not designated, it was integral that elements of the exterior facade be retained, as they were strongly tied to the historical streetscape. Everything within its walls was removed to allow for the construction of a new banquet and wedding facility, which makes stunning use of both stone and glass.
The mill cottage -- a wonderful old stone house on the river's edge -- is being restored and converted into luxury rooms with an addition that will allow for more guests. This addition, though contemporary in its form, certainly utilizes materials that pay homage to the past. The cottage and the mill form the terminus of a new glass bridge being built across the river. This modern design element allows for a sense of transparency while crossing the river and marks a bold new development for the entire site. Offering not only a dramatic view of the surroundings, the bridge will also serve to connect one side of the Elora Mill project to the other.
The brick home has been restored and will be re-purposed to house ancillary facilities as well as another suite. The building's interior will also continue the utilize glass, stone and exposed timber in a careful balance of the old and new.
The overall design vision for Elora Mill was to create a complex of buildings that are cohesive in their character, that respect the heritage of a historical site and that reflect the visual impact of such a stunning and scenic area. The inclusion of glass and steel as contemporary design elements announces a bold new beginning for the development. The simplicity of form in the buildings compliment the heritage qualities of the site. Creating a sense that the structures had always been part of the area by channelling the bold and timeless will ensure the project's relevance for years to come.
William R. Hicks
B.E.S., B.Arch., MRAIC. OAA | artistic |
https://www.bareventsuk.com/partners | 2019-04-19T20:24:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578528058.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20190419201105-20190419222033-00044.warc.gz | 0.916891 | 1,742 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__47346343 | en | GREAT LOCAL SUPPLIERS
On top of our team of event professionals we have some great contacts and suppliers to ensure your event is truly amazing! Below are some links to our suppliers and some select locations.
Ribble Valley Catering
The Ribble Valley Group offer everything from canapes, hog roasts, BBQs and buffets to a full sit down wedding breakfast option. They're competitively priced and work from a full restaurant standard kitchen on site at our events. They come very highly recommended!
Blue Pepper Catering
Managing Director David Swane and his family developed the business – instilling it with a deep sense of family values, providing restaurant quality dining at events all over Yorkshire.
The Rabbit Hole Travelling Coffee Shop
Ste and his team travel around with their quirky coffee trailer, offering great quality drinks served with warmth and good humour. A fun addition to your outdoor event.
The Travelling Tea Ladies
Baking with seasonal and local produce, The Travelling Tea Ladies offer delicious tea parties, dessert tables and naked wedding cakes for your special day.
Decorations & Venue Dressing
Unique bespoke paper wedding flowers, accessories and cake toppers. As a trained florist Ali certainly knows her flowers and her paper creations are so realistic and just beautiful.
Authentic vintage crockery, prop and illuminated sign hire. Add a quirky vintage touch to your wedding venue.
An event planning and prop hire business based in West Yorkshire who love creating design that is on trend by sourcing and combining an eclectic mix of decorative items that can be used to set the perfect tone and atmosphere of your event.
Floral Dance is not just a shop selling beautiful flowers and stunning bouquets, they also offer a service for Weddings and Corporate Events. Angela is so creative and her style really compliments the teepees.
Quality faux flowers to hire or buy. From table displays to button holes and they all look as beautiful as the real thing!
Paper Soul Design
Wedding stationery done differently. Paper Soul Design bring a modern edge to traditional wedding stationery.
True to You Celebrancy
True to You Celebrancy offer bespoke ceremonies. Deborah works with each couple individually, creating them a truly unique ceremony. These non legal ceremonies can be help anywhere - perfect for your outdoor wedding!
Photography and Cinematography
Photography by Kathryn
Wedding & lifestyle photographer - Kathryn’s style is very much about capturing natural moments as they’re happening, letting your day unfold and documenting your story.
Heidi Marfitt Photography
An outstanding photographer with a great portfolio, not only that, Heidi's just lovely too!
Midgley Wedding Cinematography
Cinematic visuals paired with heartfelt audio to create a truly cherished and unforgettable Wedding Film.
Kirsty Mattsson Photography
Kirsty offers a blend of contemporary and photojournalistic styles of photography, capturing you and your partner or family in a creative yet honest way.
The Little Cake Cottage
Design, create and decorate luxury tailor made cakes for all occasions. Three reasons to choose The Little Cake Cottage - They are versatile, meet deadlines and they LOVE chocolate :)
Debbie Gillespie Cake Design
Award winning cake designer. Debbie is most famous for her pretty flora and fauna designs, bold colours and generally being fun and quirky.
Bells & Breakfast
Luxuriously furnished Bell Tents perfect for on site accommodation at your event or wedding. Not only will they add special touches to your luxury tent, such as refreshments, they can also offer a bed and breakfast package so you and your guests can enjoy a hassle-free, fully cooked breakfast the next morning.
This lovely mint green, beautifully restored VW campervan is available for hire. As a small family run business Hippie Hire take the time create a bespoke service for each of their customers.
John Redding - Not Just Travel
The easiest way to plan and book your honeymoon... You know what your dream honeymoon looks like, but it’s hard to get excited with all the research and planning it takes to make it a reality – let alone be sure you’re getting the widest choice and the best offers. There is a better way – let John Redding, Not Just Travel take care of it all for you…
A professional outdoor wedding and events management company based in the heart of the countryside in West Yorkshire. Whimsical Events offer event planning services and on the day management.
Sian Chaplin Events
With over 10 years experience in the events industry, Sian specialises in outdoor, DIY weddings and parties with a difference. From full and partial planning to on the day coordination and supplier sourcing, Sian is on hand to ease the wedding planning stress and be there every step of the way to ensure that you enjoy the experience from start to finish. Offering planning support in any location across Yorkshire and beyond.
Michael Mullholand Acoustic
From wedding ceremony music, to laid back live lounge style acoustic covers during the drinks reception, or an upbeat, foot stomping, Harmonica blowing sing-along set in the evening Michael has a fabulous, unique style and a lot to offer.
Make your day or night one to remember! LiveBand Entertainment certainly help you make an impression. They know how important it is to celebrate in style and party like never before. Their musicians play around the world and worked with the likes of Frank Sinatra, The Temptations, Olly Murs, Corinne Bailey Rae & Blue to name but a few!
An intimate 3 acre woodland setting, Applewood creates the perfect backdrop for your romantic outdoor wedding. Nicola goes above and beyond to provide outstanding service from start to finish.
Blossom Barn Weddings, Hepworth, Holmfirth
Blossom Barn is a 17th Century barn with stunning outdoor space. Just a 10 minute picturesque drive from the village of Holmfirth and with parking for up to thirty cars. With power, toilets and a kitchen on site this is a little more than just a blank canvas.
Newton Grange, Bank Newton, Skipton
A rural retreat offering a few options for field hire with accommodation on site. Close to Skipton and Gargrave.
Located between Otley and Harrogate, this secluded field venue offers plenty of space, stunning views of Almscliffe Crag, easy access from the main road and good links to nearby towns for accommodation and travel.
Riverside Field, Silsden
This incredibly spacious field makes for a perfect blank canvas for teepee events and weddings. With ample room for a large teepee, parking and camping this is a great location to hold your festival feel event. Situated next to the River Aire and with great views of the surrounding hills makes this a picturesque spot. It's also very close to some major road and rail links, making it really accessible.
Little Seed Field
A unique (and totally stunning) hill top location close to Ripon. With over 200 acres of land, this grassy setting offers extensive space for your dream teepee set up. They offer use of a barn for ceremonies and cosy glamping cabins. Camping is also encouraged. Perfect for a festival feel, laid back day!
Blue Coat Farm
Blue Cote Farm offer a choice of fields in which to hold your teepee wedding or party. With lovely views across the Harrogate countryside and easy access from main roads this venue is fab for anyone looking for a blank canvas close to accommodation and rail links.
This intimate, newly restored barn venue on the edge of Otley Chevin has gorgeous views and a very homely feel. With space for a giant teepee out in the lovely garden it's perfect for smaller wedding parties, There's a license in place of wedding ceremonies and onsite bar and catering facilities.
Horseshoe Farm Weddings
This brand new venue between Wetherby and York lends itself to gorgeous outdoor weddings. With ample parking, an onsite bar, secluded paddock in which to set up your teepee and courtyard setting to enjoy your reception drinks it really is the perfect party space.
Situated in Sutton in Craven, North Yorkshire, Pinnacle Events offers breathtaking views over the Aire Valley. There's plenty of space for your teepee and heaps of accommodation in nearby Skipton, Silsden and Addingham. | artistic |
http://www.sheilabroderickphotography.com/ | 2016-12-06T12:05:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-50/segments/1480698541905.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20161202170901-00040-ip-10-31-129-80.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.936573 | 253 | CC-MAIN-2016-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-50__0__17283111 | en | CREATIVE . PROFESSIONAL . AWARD-WINNING. INNOVATIVE
We are Colorado portrait photographers specializing in modern portraiture.We are not a high volume studio,we pride ourselves on quality not quantity. We are edgy, creative, and innovative .We shoot in our comfortable studio located in Frederick or on location. We are available for travel for destination shoots. We believe in two key elements to our business success and the success of your photo session, customer connection and communication. Whether we are photographing your high school senior or your wedding, we are here to inform you and prepare you for a fun and enjoyable experience. We strive to provide excellence in service from start to finish.
Our philosophy is an image is moment in time that can never be repeated and should be treated as a work of art. We create memories of those special milestones in life. We create works of art and family heirlooms that will last for generations. We take great care to pay attention to details and create an atmosphere and individual experience for each client. We want you to have an experience you will never forget and works of art to pass down to future generations.
“You must exist in photographs as you do in life.” | artistic |
https://www.wardrobeimage.com/testimonials | 2022-08-14T22:26:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572077.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814204141-20220814234141-00056.warc.gz | 0.979071 | 629 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__210750590 | en | "I just wanted you to know that what you do makes a huge difference and my work with you changed my life. I will never again try to wear someone else's clothing."
-- J.P. Cleveland, Ohio
"My wife and I were most pleased with your professionalism and expertise. This experience has been interesting, fun and educational."
-- Mr. & Mrs. R.D. Phoenix, Arizona
"Congratulations to you and Wardrobe Image for being recognized as a successful and influential leader in the fashion industry. Your ability to transform jars of clay into works of art is both profound and astonishing."
-- G.D.M Arizona
"Pat Newquist is great! She is creative, original and fun, but always 100% professional. I'm one of those guys that really hate to shop, but Pat makes the whole experience both pleasant and productive. If it wasn't for the fact that I want to keep her all to myself, I'd have absolutely no trouble recommending her to anyone!"
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"Words alone could not justify how I feel about your services...as anyone who is considering your service knows, Image is everything. It is also unfortunately a habit, a routine and a rut for those of us who have the wrong image...I admit I was and have been resistive to suggestions, however, I am learning to trust your judgment and break out of my old image box and create a new, better one. This has been a lot easier for me to do as I have and continue to get wonderful comments. As a management consultant and investment banker, my advice to any potential client would be to "go for it," as you have to try them to really appreciate your talents. Pat, I thank you, and I thank my guardian angel for steering me your way. You are wonderful and fantastic, and I wish you much success."
"I've always loved clothes and feel I have nice taste in clothes. I can always choose between good and better, but Pat guides me from better to the very best -- in style, quality, value and consistency. Her goal was to have all of my choices look spectacular and work together -- and she achieved that. I get dressed in an instant and know that I look fabulous. And best of all, I saved time and money. She never advised me to buy anything that didn't work with multiple pieces. I have a classy, stylish (and younger-looking) wardrobe. I am very conservative with my money, and never in a million years would have thought I would spend money on an image consultant. But now I would not consider NOT taking advantage of Pat's services. She is also extremely nice and a total pleasure to work with. I cannot recommend her highly enough."
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http://www.oldstilepress.com/lifeofjesus.html | 2017-04-25T01:04:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120001.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00253-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.964728 | 392 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__15186054 | en | the life of Jesus
56pp. 320x230mm. Paper is Vélin Arches Blanc 200gsm. Type is Aries printed in grey and blue. Images printed in black from the original drawings with the aid of photopolymer plates. Full colour frontispiece by the artist, laser printed on handmade paper. Cover image printed on blue Tiziano paper. Designed and printed at The Old Stile Press and bound by The Fine Bookbindery, Wellingborough.
Edition of 60 copies, signed and numbered by Natalie d’Arbeloff. £95
from Afterword by Natalie d’Arbeloff
Although these drawings were made more than half a century ago, the idea that they might be made into a book is less than a year old as I write and the texts and references and introductory pieces have been researched and written during that time. I was an art student in New York City when I dipped a brush in Indian ink and these drawings emerged in quick succession. What I remember most clearly about that period is a sense of freedom and excitement. Abstract expressionism was in the air and I was for a while studying with Jack Tworkov, one of its leading practitioners, in his studio next door to De Kooning. I’m not sure if these painters’ intense commitment to the spontaneous gesture was an influence but I did show the drawings to Tworkov and was very proud when he praised them unconditionally, even though my subject matter was not the sort of thing which would appeal to anyone in that secular, intellectual, bohemian milieu.
Frances and Nicolas McDowall at The Old Stile Press
Catchmays Court, Llandogo, Monmouthshire NP25 4TN, UK. Phone & Fax: 44 (0)1291 689 226 e-mail: [email protected] | artistic |
https://theluxuryoftrees.wordpress.com/about/ | 2021-10-25T23:43:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587770.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20211025220214-20211026010214-00355.warc.gz | 0.91926 | 282 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__247391102 | en | Rosemary Royston is a poet, writer, re-imaginer of things. See her Etsy site, Nostalgia Reimagined for some of her creations. Rosemary’s chapbook, Splitting the Soil, is currently available through Finishing Line Press and amazon. Her poetry and flash fiction have been published in various journals, such as: Split Rock Review, Southern Poetry Review, Appalachian Heritage, Poetry South, NANO Fiction, The Comstock Review, Main Street Rag, The Museum of Americana, Razor Literary Magazine, The Kentucky Review, Town Creek, *82 Review, KUDZU, Coal Hill Review, STILL, Literal Latte, New Southerner, Flycatcher, Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V: Georgia, Echoes Across the Blue Ridge, Motif version 3, and Alehouse. Two of her essays are included in the anthology Women and Poetry: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing by Successful Women Poets (McFarland). Books reviews have been published in Prairie Schooner, STILL, and Appalachian Heritage. She holds an MFA in Writing from Spalding University, and an AB in English from The University of Georgia. Read an interview with Rosemary at Writer’s Digest. Rosemary is an Assistant Professor of English and oversees Institutional Research at Young Harris College. | artistic |
https://www.kellykosmetics.com/about | 2024-02-28T11:26:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474715.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228112121-20240228142121-00313.warc.gz | 0.971547 | 282 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__155900910 | en | THE KELLY KOSMETICS STORY
I guess you could say it was in my blood...
I have always been intrigued by the power beauty can give a woman. It's what drew me to this industry from a very young age- even to wearing makeup by the fourth grade.
I followed my passion for art and beauty and this world found ME.
I grew up without a lot of self- confidence or self-love, but I knew I always found comfort in my personal beauty routine, and how it could transform not only outside, but inside as well.
The power it gave me was undeniable.
In this industry, I have found a passion for giving people self-love, the same way I found it.
I love seeing what it can do for someone.
I feel my mission is to help people find peace with themselves, find self-love, and take back their power.
There is nothing more rewarding to me than seeing someone blossom as a person,
and become confident.
Beauty is more than skin deep, but it's my passion to help it start there.
My goal is to empower women everywhere, I can’t wait to help you feel beautiful.
Sending You Love, Health & Beauty
When I think of what feeling beautiful has done for me, I want to empower all women everywhere to feel beautiful. | artistic |
https://jeoriginaldesigns.bigcartel.com/store-policies | 2019-05-24T21:12:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257767.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20190524204559-20190524230559-00518.warc.gz | 0.94716 | 532 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__37280599 | en | You are a valued customer of JE Original Designs. Any information collected is for the sole purpose of processing your order.
All payment transactions are accepted through Stripe. Should you prefer to pay by bank transfer, please email me on [email protected] and I can send you through our bank account details.
All prices and purchases are in New Zealand dollars. When you purchase from us, you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions of this website.
JE Original Designs reserves the right to withdraw or change the pricing and/or our shipping policy without notice. Please note we do not charge GST on any of our products.
If you have any issues with any of these store policies, please write to us at [email protected]
All of the designs and artworks are made at the artist's studio and workspace in the Karangahake Gorge, New Zealand. When you order, we will ship your item as soon as possible and within 24hrs of payment being made (unless that date is a statutory holiday or weekend). Should the item not be in stock or a customised design, we will email you with the timeframe for completion. Usually specific requests take up to 2 weeks to be created (not including delivery time). This is to ensure the artwork is dried at each stage before the next process is started and will ensure your satisfaction of the completed work.
We hope you are happy with your product when you receive it. JE Original Designs does not accept returns or change of mind, but will listen should there be a fault with your order, or it arrives damaged (unless it has been damaged by a transit company). Please contact us within 24hrs of receiving your parcel. You can do this by sending an email to [email protected].
Due to the creative process when making stretched canvases, the paint creates its own movement and often there is no definitely up or down to the finished work.
As a result, many of the artworks can be hung different ways to achieve the effect the buyer would like. Therefore, not all the artworks are strung for hanging. This gives the buyer the choice to hang whichever way they prefer. When there is an obvious theme or story to tell, JE Original Design has strung the back of the canvas to enable the painting to be hung that way. The final artwork becomes a result of your creativity too!
We hope you enjoy the originality of the artist of these works - Jacquie Ellis. | artistic |
http://www.sugarbeangirls.com/2017/07/05/simply-perfect-vanilla-cupcakes-sallys-baking-addiction/ | 2018-01-21T12:21:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084890582.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20180121120038-20180121140038-00787.warc.gz | 0.964634 | 487 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__231366575 | en | Lately, I have decided to take a much more laid back approach to holidays, birthdays, celebrations, etc. It’s easy to get caught up in gift giving and spending a lot of money. I love giving gifts to others, but sometimes, I need to watch the budget. Sometimes it’s nice to make something for others, especially cupcakes! Something about cupcakes equals happiness. Maybe it’s the frosting or the sprinkles, but it’s hard to look at a cupcake and feel sadness or anger. When I see one, I immediately feel like my day is full of rainbows!
Sally’s Baking Addiction
I like a variety of cupcakes, but my daughter likes a basic vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting. So recently, when I asked her to help me make some for my cousin’s birthday, she suggested that we make “vanilla vanilla cupcakes”. I know how to make cupcakes, but since these were going to be a gift, I wanted to make the best ones possible. I did some research and settled on these Simply Perfect Vanilla Cupcakes created by one of my favorite baking bloggers, Sally, of Sally’s Baking Addiction.
If you have never visited her site, you must check it out. She has a plethora of sweet treats to try. There is truly something for everyone. I knew that I wanted to make the Simply Perfect Vanilla Cupcakes because Sally calls on one perfect secret ingredient: vanilla beans. You may find that these are difficult to find in stores. I purchased my vanilla beans from Whole Foods. There is also a nice selection on Amazon, but I have not yet tried purchasing them online. I plan to order online soon because I will be making homemade vanilla extract.
Making the Simply Perfect Vanilla Cupcakes with homemade frosting is much easier than you may expect. I would suggest that you make the frosting ahead of time so that you have it when you need it. It can be stored in the refrigerator for up to one week. When making the cupcakes, follow the directions exactly as they are written. Once cooled and frosted, get creative! Decorate them with fun sprinkles, your favorite candy, or fresh fruit! They are quite versatile and I would love to hear your thoughts! As always, sound off in the comments! | artistic |
https://unblockedovo.com/ | 2024-04-15T16:49:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817002.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415142720-20240415172720-00115.warc.gz | 0.92513 | 980 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__30190412 | en | Unlock the Rhythm: A Guide to OVO Unblocked
OVO is a unique and mesmerizing browser-based rhythm game that challenges your sense of timing and reflexes. Dive into a world of pulsating shapes, vibrant colors, and captivating beats as you tap and swipe your way through this visually stunning musical adventure. And for those who want to enjoy a quick rhythm break in even the most restricted environments, OVO Unblocked delivers.
What is OVO?
OVO is a free-to-play rhythm game created by the independent game studio Incobalt. What sets OVO apart is its minimalist yet mesmerizing visual design and focus on simple, intuitive gameplay. You’ll interact with geometric shapes that pulsate, move, and change in response to a beat, while the task for the player is to tap or swipe in perfect synchronization with the rhythm.
The “Unblocked” Advantage
The term “unblocked” refers to versions of games playable on networks where gaming sites are often restricted, like schools or workplaces. OVO Unblocked utilizes creative workarounds to provide rhythm-filled entertainment even in these settings, often accessible through dedicated unblocked games websites.
How to Play OVO
The core mechanics of OVO are deceptively simple:
- Shapes and Sound: Each level features a variety of geometric shapes – circles, squares, lines – that move and change along with a corresponding soundtrack.
- Tap or Swipe: Your main interaction is to tap or swipe the shapes in perfect time with the beat. Different shapes often require different types of interaction as the game progresses.
- Timing is Everything: Precision and accuracy in your taps or swipes are crucial to racking up points, earning a high score, and unlocking new levels.
Levels and Progression
OVO offers a series of mesmerizing levels, each with its own unique musical theme and visual aesthetic:
- Early Levels: The initial levels ease you in with simple shapes and a focus on establishing the core tap/swipe mechanics.
- Increasing Complexity: As you progress, the shapes become more complex, rhythms get faster, and new interaction types are introduced. Multiple moving shapes can require you to think several steps ahead to maintain accuracy.
- Level Unlocks: Each level needs to be completed successfully to unlock the next, keeping you motivated and testing your skills.
What Makes OVO Special
- Hypnotic Visuals: OVO’s clean art style and vibrant color palettes, synchronized perfectly with the music, create an almost hypnotic experience.
- Satisfying Gameplay The feeling of syncing perfectly with the beats and watching the shapes transform and dance is incredibly rewarding.
- Accessibility and Challenge: OVO is easy enough to get started with yet continues to challenge your rhythm and reflexes as the levels progress.
Tips for Mastering OVO
- Focus on the Rhythm: Closely listen to the soundtrack and allow yourself to feel the pattern of the beat.
- Hand-Eye Coordination: Sync your eyes with the movement of the shapes on the screen, timing your taps and swipes accurately.
- Don’t Give Up: Some levels require a bit of practice to get the hang of, and trial and error is a part of the fun!
- Volume Up!: The sounds often give you crucial cues about when to tap or swipe, so playing with the sound on can significantly help.
Where to Play OVO Unblocked
Here are a few places where you might find OVO Unblocked:
- Unblocked Games (various sites): Several websites specialize in offering unblocked versions of popular games, and OVO is often included.
- School Unblocked Games: These websites cater specifically to schools, offering a selection of games accessible on school networks.
- General Game Websites: Some mainstream browser game sites might also host an unblocked version of OVO.
Important Note: Unblocked game sites can change frequently. Search online to discover the latest sites where you can find OVO Unblocked.
Beyond OVO: More Rhythm Game Adventures
If you find yourself hooked by the rhythm gameplay of OVO, here are a few other amazing rhythm games you might enjoy:
- Geometry Dash: A platformer where you time jumps and movements to a fast-paced soundtrack.
- Beat Saber: A VR sensation where you slash through blocks in time to exhilarating music.
- osu! A cult-classic rhythm game with diverse community-made beatmaps and challenges.
Get ready to lose yourself in the captivating rhythms of OVO, and who knows, it might just unlock an undiscovered passion for rhythm games! | artistic |
https://tonyadamssr.com/about/ | 2020-04-08T15:23:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371818008.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20200408135412-20200408165912-00081.warc.gz | 0.935723 | 257 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__59857485 | en | I am a theatre artist, husband and father. After 20 years in Chicago, I recently moved to Portland, ME. I’ve been lucky enough to amass hundreds of credits over the past twenty years as (in alphabetical order) an actor, designer, director, producer and writer. From 2006 to 2019, I served as artistic director of Halcyon Theatre.
Outside of my artistic work I’ve spoken at national and local conferences on topics including: The work of Maria Iréne Fornes; New Play development and small theatres; Inclusive strategies for expanding the Canon; Developing and producing women writers; Building inclusive programming; Producing classic and classical women writers; The pros and cons of community-specific programming; Balancing parenthood in the arts, and more.
I’ve has served on selection committees for national New Play conferences, local Grant panels and more. I’ve also worked as a consultant with other non-profit organizations on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in programming and delivery of programs; Community building, community partnerships and engagement; Developing co-productions, including contracts and best practices; Re-branding, Digital Strategy, and Visual Identity creation; and using data to measure and shape programming strategy. | artistic |
https://www.kvbijou.com/blogs/news/15632169-desirees-blog-desiree-for-kv-bijou-launches-in-2-days | 2024-04-14T06:50:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816875.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414064633-20240414094633-00659.warc.gz | 0.943035 | 380 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__5508406 | en | Desiree's Blog | Desiree For KV Bijou Launches in 2 days!
|| By: Desiree Hartsock ||
This year has been one incredible year of inspiration, design, endeavors and pursuing all that I love in the bridal industry. I am so proud and excited to launch 'Desiree for KV Bijou' in just 2 days, which is a new bridal jewelry collection that will change the way brides finish their wedding day look.
I have worked closely with Kelsey from KV Bijou jewelry for the past year to design and piece together our favorite styles for a collection we can't wait to share with you! From a design partner to a friend, I adore Kelsey's eye for unique stones and the ability we have to understand each other's design aesthetic. Love and determination goes into each and every single piece of jewelry made and I can't wait for brides everywhere to see and feel that difference.
Semi-precious stones and inspiration from nature and moroccan elements make up our debut collection of beautiful earrings, necklaces and cuffs. Check out our inspiration board below.
I definitely have some favorites in the mix that I will share with you soon and will be wearing pieces from our collection for my own wedding in January. Our free-spirited style allows our designs to be special enough for a wedding day but versatile enough for everyday. Get excited for Saturday because that is when the shopping begins and you don't want to miss it! You can find 'Desiree for KV Bijou' at www.KVBijou.com!
Let me know which items you like best or what you would like to see more of on Twitter @DesHartsock, Instagram @DesHartsock and Facebook @OfficialDesHartsock | artistic |
http://www.norasflowers.net/?p=6 | 2023-09-23T21:10:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923194908-20230923224908-00093.warc.gz | 0.966317 | 570 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__300868169 | en | Flower designs can perk up almost any setting. People don’t always use them everywhere they might have a dramatic effects because they don’t naturally associate them with every venue. The workplace isn’t the fist place people think of when they picture a dramatic spray of beautiful fresh flowers, but perhaps it should be. Studies show that workplace productivity and employee satisfaction are improved when fresh flowers are introduced to the office. Fresh flowers in the workplace don’t just boost performance on mundane tasks, either. Studies also show that regular corporate flower delivery helps workers to improve their creative performance, problem solving, and boost their idea generation, too.
Visitors Will Appreciate Floral Designs in the Office
Happy, motivated staff is only half the reason to include floral designs in the workplace. Many different offices can become insular places, and have very few visitors. Business communications are done mostly with telephones, fax machines, videoconferencing, email, and though other, mostly digital methods. It can be easy for workers and senior staff to get tunnel vision about their surroundings, and to forget the impression that visitors to the office will get. Floral designs in lobbies, waiting areas, conference rooms, and break rooms are sure to put visitors at ease and make them feel welcome. Flower arrangements add style and freshness to surroundings that sometimes look like little more than a drop ceiling above with a low-pile carpet below, with desks arranged in between. In today’s hyper-competitive marketplace, it’s important to take every opportunity to make a good impression on existing and potential clients and customers, and fresh floral designs in the office are a great way to do it.
Office Decoration Is Usually an Afterthought
Office decoration is often an ad hoc affair, with no overriding theme or organizational direction. Workers try as best they can to banish long, bland stretches of plaster with motivational posters and company promotional material, and these items quickly become entirely ignored by everyone that passes by them. Fresh flowers arranged in interesting floral designs are always noticed, because they’re always new. No matter how hectic the workplace might be, if the surroundings are dull and drab, staff can become bored and demotivated. A fresh spray of flowers changed out at regular intervals can put a bounce in everyone’s step as they pass by, and more than pay for themselves with increased morale and productivity.
Floral Designs Increase Creativity
In another independent study of the effect of flowers in the workplace, workers were assigned creative problem solving tasks in an office that had indoor flowers and plants, an office that had a sculpture, and an office that had no decoration at all. Both male and female workers demonstrated better innovative thinking in the office that featured flowers and plants. | artistic |
https://acityrespondstocrisis.com/acknowledgements/ | 2023-06-10T03:50:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224656963.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610030340-20230610060340-00786.warc.gz | 0.932488 | 354 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__291497394 | en | This exhibition has been made possible through sponsorship provided by the City of Sydney to exhibition curator Dr. Shirleene Robinson. The exhibition has also benefitted enormously from a partnership with ACON. Thank you to the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (ALGA) for providing permission to use many of the images in this exhibition, and to Sydney’s Pride History Group for ongoing support.
The following people have also provided valuable input for this exhibition: Anisa Puri—for website design, website production and curation of audio content, Nick Henderson—for archival research at ALGA, as well as Nic Parkhill (ACON CEO), Reg Domingo (ACON), Gay Egg, Robert French, C. Moore Hardy, Justin Koonin (ACON), Alexandrio Lim (ACON), Sarah Midgley, Robert Reynolds, Helen Ross-Browne, Paul Sendziuk, Lin Tobias and Cheryl Ware.
Many thanks to all the interviewees featured in this online exhibition: Nicola Addison, Barrie Brockwell, Patricia Davidson, David Edler, Perry Head, Peter Fyfe, Jenny Jagger, and Tess Ziems.
The exhibition and this digital site have benefited from background research made possible through funding from the Australian Research Council DP160103548 awarded to Shirleene Robinson, Robert Reynolds and Paul Sendziuk. More than sixty people have been interviewed about their experiences of volunteering with HIV and AIDS organisations in 1980s and 1990s Australia. Their generosity and courage in sharing their stories has been invaluable. For more on the larger project that this exhibition draws from, visit the HIV/AIDS Volunteers History Project.
All efforts have been made to find and attribute copyright.
Dr. Shirleene Robinson | artistic |
https://www.coastalrep.com/bbff | 2023-10-03T07:44:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511055.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20231003060619-20231003090619-00697.warc.gz | 0.934305 | 1,235 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__312746140 | en | Beach Break Film Festival Packages
Opening Reception and Waterman.
Join us at 6:00pm for our Inaugural Opening at the theatre. Meet the filmmakers and toast the evening with local favorites from It’s Italia and Barterra Winery, then enjoy our opening night feature film, "Waterman".
Tickets are non-refundable and all sales are final
Preceded by the Short:
For the Love of the Sport
By local filmmaker: Cole Keeton
Wednesday, December 28 @ 7:30pm
Five-time Olympic medalist and Native Hawaiian, Duke Pao a Kahanamoku shattered records and brought surfing to the world while overcoming a lifetime of personal challenges. Waterman, narrated by Jason Momoa, explores his journey and legacy as a legendary swimmer, trailblazer, and the undisputed father of modern-day surfing, following the sport's first-time inclusion in this year's Games - a fitting tribute to his work promoting the sport around the globe.
Q & A with Director Isaac Halasima and another special guest.
Tickets available for pre-film reception with Director, Sponsors,
Donors and Package Holders
MERMAIDS ON MARS
PIXAR'S SHORT FILM COLLECTION 2
Thursday, December 29 @ 2pm
SHORT - Mermaids on Mars
Mermaids on Mars was created out of a unique vision of the film's producer, Nancy Guettier, to create a gift for her three adopted children, and for other children, who wanted to experience magic and adventure instead of explosions on the screen.
In attendance: Filmmaker Nancy Guettier and Director Jon V. Peters and Special Guests
Pixar's Short Film Collection 2 Disney and Pixar present an incredible collection of 12 short films, featuring multiple Academy Award(R) nominees and a host of family favorites. Join the celebration of imagination with this collection, packed with unforgettable animation, fantastic stories and captivating characters.
Followed by the short: CAMPESINOS:
America's Unsung Heroes
Thursday, December 29 @ 4:30 pm
A feature-length documentary based on the events and circumstances surrounding the 1982 avalanche in Alpine Meadows, CA.
--A compelling documentary about memory, tragedy and the terrifying power of nature. Through interviews and outdoor footage, both modern and archival, it creates a sense of the horror and scale of the disaster in the Lake Tahoe area, which took the lives of seven people on March 31, 1982.
In attendance: Director Jared Drake
Q & A following the movie with the
Campesinos is a moving and vivid first-hand look at the struggles farm workers face on both a local and national level. It was filmed at several farms near Silicon Valley and shows how the gritty reality of farm workers is similar everywhere. No stone is left unturned as it makes sure to give insight into the life of farm workers, who are often forgotten by the American Mainstream.
Filmmaker Joe Poni and Dr. Belinda Hernandez Arriaga, EdD, LCSW Executive Director and Founder of ALAS will join us for a Q&A following the film.
WE WERE HYPHY
Thursday, December 29 @ 7:30pm
A love song to the artists, dance, music, slang, clothes and most importantly of all, the people who came of age during the Hyphy Movement.
In attendance: Director Laurence Madrigal, Executive Producer Raphael Casel and Dr. Moore
Filmmaker Q & A following the screening.
THE COMEDY CLUB
Friday, December 30 @ 4pm
When a fire destroys Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, defiant owner Tom Sawyer and his crew of comedians rebuild it, hoping to revive the struggling local comedy scene. As a breeding ground for young comedians, Cobb's could not be equaled. Jim Carrey, Dana Carvey, Paula Poundstone, Bob Saget, Ellen DeGeneres, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bill Maher, Kevin Pollak and more developed at this small club. David C. Schendel (Yank Tanks, 2003) documents the roller coaster ride to re-open the legendary independent venue and keep it open against all odds.
In Attendence: Tom Sawyer, W. Kamau Bell
HALLELUJAH Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
Preceded by a Short: TIME FOR THREE
Friday, December 30 @ 7:30pm
A definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah. This feature-length documentary weaves together three creative strands and was approved for production by Cohen just before his 80th birthday in 2014, the film accesses of wealth of never-before-seen archival materials from the Cohen Trust.
Q & A with Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine
Closing Night Reception immediately follows the film and is included with your ticket.
BBFF COVID Policy
Health and Safety
BBFF recognizes that public health guidelines are constantly evolving and we may update safety protocols as needed leading up to our events. Your safety is our top priority and we are working closely with the San Mateo County Department of Public Health.
Masks are strongly recommended for in-theater events when not eating or drinking.
We do not require proof of vaccination to attend our events.
An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public space where people are present. By attending BBFF events, you expressly agree to comply with all rules and safety guidelines put in place by the event organizers, and voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19, waiving all claims and potential claims against the event organizers and their affiliated companies relating to such risks. | artistic |
https://www.macombgov.org/mmyhblog-Anton-Art-Center-hosts-intriguing-outdoor-art-installation-for-the-summer?bloghome=https%3A%2F%2Fliving.macombgov.org%2Fliving-mmyhblog | 2023-10-02T00:41:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510942.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20231002001302-20231002031302-00663.warc.gz | 0.945452 | 414 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__275468516 | en | A new and exciting outdoor art installation by a local artist is now on display for visitors to enjoy over the summer months in the Richard & Jane Manoogian Art Park at the Anton Art Center in Mount Clemens.
'The Beauty of Letting Go' features a rainbow-colored collection of over 400 hand-fabricated butterflies scattering into the sky from the hand of an aluminum wire sculpture in the shape of a young girl. A preliminary version of this artwork was featured in recent years at the newly biennial ArtPrize artist competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Macomb County resident and artist, Sarah K. Smith, says, "This artwork conveys the freedom of innocence, as well as the vulnerability of creative expression. The butterflies drifting away from the young girl represent the risk of entering into the unknown, where they are susceptible to change; never to return the same way they were when they left."
The artwork is made using aluminum wire, rods and screen materials, as well as monofilament. It reaches 15 feet high, 35 feet long, and 15 feet wide, stretching across the pavement and grassy area of the property located on the corner of South Gratiot and Macomb Place.
Sarah says that the artwork’s message is although choosing a path to follow may be daunting, you can discover true beauty when you put yourself out there, let go of fear and embrace the adventure. She adds, "Just like this girl, you have the freedom to release your fear of the unknown in order to unveil the beautiful path that life has in store for you."
For more information about the Anton Art Center, visit or call 586-469-8666. The Anton Art Center is a registered nonprofit organization located in Mount Clemens, Michigan, with a mission to enrich and inspire people of all ages through the arts. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am until 5pm; admission is free.
Megan Ochmanek is a communications specialist for Macomb County Planning and Economic Development. | artistic |
http://phellah.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-talent-gift.html | 2018-05-24T23:28:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866894.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524224941-20180525004941-00114.warc.gz | 0.912334 | 113 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__19457488 | en | The Talent & The Gift. The more I do this, the more I love creating. Just me, a pad & a pen (& occasional pencil). No rulers, no visual guides. No computer software needed. Just the pictures of ideas in my mind & my left hand. I realize that's a gift. Drawing is a talent of its own & it's something that can be taught & learned. But to reflect what's on your mind straight into the paper using shapes instead of letters. That's a gift. And I thank God for blessing me with it. | artistic |
https://handmadeparties.co.uk/product/reusable-fabric-party-bag/ | 2020-10-20T02:22:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107869785.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20201020021700-20201020051700-00521.warc.gz | 0.797207 | 250 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__28581941 | en | Our handmade, reusable fabric party bags are perfect for storing all of those special little fairy treasures!
This item is hand sewn using 100% cotton white on cerise polka dot fabric and each pre-filled bag has one of our beautiful, hand painted thank you tags attached.
They make a wonderful alternative to plastic!
Bag Only purchase (£4) includes 1 party bag.
We can also pre-pack our party bags for you with our bespoke party bag fillers, saving you time!
Each pre-filled bag (£13) will contain;
- A Fairy door notepad with 5 twig pencils.
- A mini pot of organic fairy berry sweets.
- A mini pot of bubbles with a handmade bubble ‘jewel’ wand.
- Each bag will have one of our hand painted thank you tags attached.
A handmade item.
100% cotton fabric with a pretty ribbon drawstring.
White on cerise polka dot fabric – 7mm dot.
L 230mm, W 165mm (* Please note, due to the nature of this product, dimensions may vary slightly).
Overall weight; 13g (bag only), 292g (pre-filled). | artistic |
http://josephmartin.com/team.html | 2020-08-06T22:23:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439737039.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20200806210649-20200807000649-00227.warc.gz | 0.960394 | 2,495 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__28106973 | en | Cesare Ruffo has that unmistakable Italian flair with hair. Upon completion of his training, Cesare styled hair in his hometown of Venice - Italy. He relocated to Beverly Hills in the mid-nineties and joined our team soon after. Cesare can morph any woman’s hair, to breathtakingly beautiful and healthy-looking. He specializes in feminine cuts, sexy styles and sophisticated up-do’s. You will leave looking and feeling pretty… like an Italian Goddess!
Dusty Fleming is Beverly Hills' hairdressing royalty. His celebrated career spans over thirty-five years. Maintaining an impressive “who’s who” clientele, including celebrity icons such as Janis Joplin, Diana Ross, Ringo Starr, Jeff Bridges, Raquel Welch, Natalie Wood, Patty Hearst, Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight, Jessica Lange, Nick Nolte. Dusty has been a beloved member of the JosephMartin team since 2012.
Heidi Wu has international training and a superb eye that makes every haircut a precise and flattering style. Her creativity with hair, makes each visit with her a special occasion. Heidi listens to your ideas and turns them into a unique reality for every client.
James Kendall, under his father’s tutelage, began cutting and styling hair at age fourteen. The result… one of the most sought-after hairdressers in Beverly Hills. James has been trained by the best of the best, from London to Los Angeles. His skills exude panache and fashion forwardness. James can be found taming the tresses of Hollywood's elite, from early morning to late at night. James is sincere and honest, making you feel right at home in his chair… you will leave feeling beautiful!
Joseph Kendall began his career in London at Vidal Sassoon in London. At nineteen, he opened his first salon in Central London, while also consulting on hair for the BBC. Joseph later moved to L.A. where he met Martin Fassnidge, and together they formed JosephMartin Hair and Beauty in Beverly Hills, becoming an instant success with the entertainment industry and Beverly Hills socialites.
Lily Wong trained at Vidal Sassoon in L.A. She specializes in both men’s and women's haircuts and styling. Lily is an accomplished stylist, who started with JosephMartin almost three decades ago, at their first salon. She has also spent considerable time over the years doing TV work hairstyling at CBS.
Mark Wade leads with his philosophy “with good communication and solid skills, any client’s vision is possible”. For English-born hairstylist, London was where he learned the craft of hair coloring, cutting and styling. He then went on to become a master teaching instructor in haircutting techniques for UK hairdressing giants such as Vidal Sassoon, Tony & Guy and Jingles Group.
Martin Fassnidge began styling hair at the age of fourteen in the heart of London’s West End. Moving to L.A. in 1978, Martin established himself as a formidable force in the Beverly Hills hair world. He then met Joseph Kendall in 1981 and they formed JosephMartin Hair and Beauty, which has long-since stood as a beacon of excellence in Beverly Hills.
Pablo Gualle, a college graduate, left Ecuador for Beverly Hills in 1997, where he embarked on an apprenticeship with Joseph Kendall. Pablo has a passion for hairdressing and excels in cutting and styling hair of all types, and enjoys the creativity involved in transforming a client’s vision into a reality. Bringing out the best with his young-looking and modern styles.
Samuel McWongaheybegan his journey in his teens as a true hair artist at Vidal Sassoon on Rodeo Drive, later becoming an educator specializing in creative cutting, Keratin treatments, chignons and up-dos. Samuel works regularly on awards shows, such as Oscars, Golden Globes, VMA, Grammys, AMA, Emmys, Billboard, Teen Choice, not forgetting countless movie premieres, weddings and events.
Chris Wang had extensive haircutting training at Vidal Sassoon. We’re glad he has been an important part the JosephMartin team since 2007. In over a decade of cutting experience, Chris has honed his techniques precision in cutting and blow-drying both male and female clients. His philosophy is simply to bring the beauty out of each individual client.
Anival Morales has combined his teachings from world-known hair icons, to establish himself as a successful and sought-after colorist. His specialty is balayage, where he creates very natural sun-kissed highlights; hand painting strokes of color with the flow of the hair. This intricate technique works equally well for blondes, brunettes, and redheads. Anival is a true expert in his field.
Ernie Ramos, L.A. native, garnered tremendous experience mentoring under two stellar Vidal Sassoon educators. With over twenty years of experience in color and Keratin straightening treatments, Ernie is a master at classic looking color and highlights. He excels at all manner of color transformations, while never loosing sight of his goal... always keep hair quality and hair integrity the number one priority.
Jane Paddon has the ability to create most beautiful colors that are perfect for each and every client. Trained by top colorists in London, and with many years of experience, Jane has a very creative talent and a detailed eye. Jane has a very dedicated and loyal following because she loves what she does and takes the time to perfect her work.
Jovina Baker is a native Californian. Her passion for enhancing natural beauty and aesthetics came at an early age. She dedicated three years to studying under top colorists in the industry. Jovina prides herself on her vast knowledge of hair color, specializing in balayage and natural looking low-maintenance color. Jovina has made a name for herself in the hair industry through hard work, willingness to take on a hair challenge and staying inspired with the goal of creating something new and unforgettable.
Koki Yamasaki, who joined JosephMartin in 2000, is a color specialist who particularly enjoys the balayage method of ombre and highlighting. He is also an early adopter and keen expert in the field of Keratin treatments. Koki thoroughly loves and enjoys his work; he is particularly attentive and cares a great deal about clients' happiness.
Saori Watanabe has been part of the JosephMartin team since 2000. Her specialties lie in coloring both brunettes and blondes. Saori has a great love for the fine art of balayage. She also excels in the field of hair straightening, using the Keratin and the Japanese methods.
Marcus Georgiou trained at L’Oreal, in his home-city of London. Central London is also where Marcus then established himself as a colorist before he came to L.A. to be with JosephMartin in 1990. “Consistent” looking hair color is his forte. Marcus also prides himself in color-changes and corrective work, which he achieves by using only the gentlest color products possible.
Tracy Hill excels in corrective coloring and problem-hair-color solutions. A former International Training Director for beauty industry giants such as Redken, L’Oreal and Vidal Sassoon. Tracy’s stellar client list has included Lily Tomlin, Marcia Cross and Kelly Rutherford, to name a few. Tracy’s name and work achievements have often been published in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and all professional publications.
Cindia Beckering has been styling hair in Beverly Hills for an impressive two decades. She studied with Vidal Sassoon in London and formerly owned her own Beverly Hills salon. We are pleased to now have Cindia included in the JosephMartin team. She specializes in all forms of coloring and cutting.
David Miramontes has been in the business of hair for over thirty years and specializes in color and cutting makeovers. His extensive experience in hairdressing includes accomplishments such as being the owner of his own Beverly Hills salon. Nothing is too challenging for David and his philosophy is that “it's all in the details”.
Julie Corcoran was born into hairdressing. She embarked on beauty school training while still in tenth grade, and then on to Vidal Sassoon in L.A. and L'Oreal in N.Y. Julie joined JosephMartin in 2011, she is multi-talented in creating overall looks for her clients with haircutting and coloring. With a “less is more” approach she specializes in creating soft, beautiful, clean, sexy hair.
Olga Mozolyuk hails from Ukraine. She started her hairdressing career in 1998 and began transforming hair in Beverly Hills in 2001. Specializing in creative cutting for both men and women. With great communication skills, Olga delivers beautiful hairstyles and understands the individuality of each client. Passionate about color, she uses balayage and foil highlight techniques, creating glamorous, natural-looking blondes and vibrant reds and browns. Olga believes every client should feel welcome and leave feeling special.
Ramon Suarez, originating from Cuba, has been hairdressing in Beverly Hills for well over twenty years. During which time he has been honing his craft in both men’s and women’s styling. Having a keen eye for detail, Ramon specializes in cutting and is also a master at achieving believable blondes and natural looking highlights.
Shelee Maeda, hails from Japan and is a leading expert in the many aspects of haircutting, coloring, consulting and extension work. Since 1991, her reputation has made Shelee an industry-name in Tokyo, London and Beverly Hills. Hair wellness is what drives Shelee, this true passion stems from her lifelong desire to educate her clients on the importance of haircare. Shelee believes that no matter what — if your hair looks beautiful and healthy with a silky shine, you feel inner confidence and beauty.
Tats Ito completed his hairdressing training in Tokyo. Having over thirty years of hair experience in Beverly Hills, many of which at JosephMartin, Tats reigns supreme in cutting and coloring. With his formidable styling of hair and his stunning blonde color work. Tats is also a hair-straightening technician and a master at placing and maintaining natural looking hair-extensions.
Zak Taylor’s career began at the original Vidal Sassoon salon in London. An integral part of the JosephMartin team for many years, Zak excels in the art of up-dos and works magic on short or fine hair. Additionally he has consistently worked with major celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins, Barbara Eden, Dinah Shore, Diana Ross, Shirley Bassey, Lena Horne, Larry King.
Marie Meher has accumulated many years of experience in makeup, both in L.A. and N.Y. Working with the Hollywood elite male or female, editorials, and an extensive list of weddings. Marie is a detail-oriented artist, who knows exactly how to bring out any woman's most beautiful look, whether shaping the perfect brow, or applying “natural looking” makeup.
Thomas Kolarek has expertise as a beauty expert that spans over thirty years. Highlighting a remarkable career that includes local events, film/television, celebrity red carpet and international press. He specializes in beautiful eyebrow shaping, eyelash tinting and professional makeup applications, to enhance beauty and confidence to complement any occasion.
Anne Sung has well over three decades of experience in the field of manicuring and pedicures. She specializes in paper and silk wrap. Having “healthy nails” is just one of the many reasons that Anne’s clients “keep coming back”. She takes great pride in her work, tending to an impressive client-list. | artistic |
https://twcakes.co.uk/wedding-cakes/ | 2022-05-24T00:46:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662562106.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220523224456-20220524014456-00394.warc.gz | 0.908666 | 134 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__234176310 | en | Every wedding cake should be as special and unique as the big day itself.
With an individually designed and hand crafted cake, Tracy will create the perfect wedding cake to match your exacting design requirements and colours.
Each Wedding Cake is individually baked, prepared and decorated by Tracy, using the finest ingredients.
From edible cake topper figures to the most intricate hand crafted edible sugar paste flowers, the choices of decoration are almost limitless.
It doesn’t matter if you would like a simple plain design, or an elegant multi tier cake covered in flowers, Tracy will design and create you the perfect wedding cake, worthy of a place next to your top table. | artistic |
https://poseidonian.wordpress.com/2016/01/ | 2017-07-20T22:31:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549423512.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170720222017-20170721002017-00232.warc.gz | 0.978014 | 594 | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-30__0__109420748 | en | I haven’t slept. I want to try to write up some sort of account that can explain why some people are reacting this way to the people who are not reacting this way. I will say that there is this line that comes to mind, from Ossie Davis’ eulogy for Malcolm X (paraphrasing): “he was our shining prince.” It was not primarily about liking the music and the other things he did, though of course we were fanatics for them. He was one of the great personalities “fit to stand the gaze of millions” (as Stanley Cavell once said of Cary Grant). But rather than being a man who “carries the holiday in his eye,” Bowie’s magnetism was born of a confidence that braved a broken landscape within, a confidence that anything, no matter how dreadful or undermining, could be transformed into something meaningful and pleasurable, because this particular center of consciousness in the world thought itself supremely worthy of existing, regardless of what it was conscious of. That confidence underlay a tremendous artistic fertility and ambition, a tremendous restlessness, the central achievement of which was to take Modernism in the arts and make it popular, expressive, and accessible, thus giving the lie to the thesis that Modernism has to be elitist or fraudulent. For many of us, Bowie’s restlessness was educational, and we learned about all sorts of developments in art and music and literature just because he had become enormously excited by them and mentioned them, whether it was ambient music, or German Expressionism, or William S. Burroughs, or something else. He is the only pop star to have two of his albums transformed into successful classical symphonies by one of our leading composers, and the only pop star who had a museum show retrospective, not about his paintings, but about his very existence. From the beginning he conveyed a sense of vulnerability and alienation that on some level we all possess just by virtue of being human, and transformed it into a sense of dignity and importance deriving from our awareness of that very vulnerability. For someone who seldom acted, he had a handful of the most iconic moments of our time in cinema, whether it was as the stranded extraterrestrial who quietly explains that he misses his children, the army major who triumphs over the madness of war and its ethos with a kiss, or the weary Roman governor condemning “just another Jewish politician” to die on a cross. Though the press always characterized him as endlessly mutable, appropriative, and false, he always seemed to me to be essentially the same, always hiding in plain sight, always himself… and his existence seemed a kind of continual triumph over an underlying and imperishable sadness that is perhaps the only truly rational response to a world such as this. There will never be another like him.
David Bowie, 1947-2016 | artistic |
http://www.stjohnsbarge.org.uk/history-st-johns-barge.php | 2020-07-05T13:04:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655887360.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20200705121829-20200705151829-00334.warc.gz | 0.978511 | 323 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__221468776 | en | Built in 1891, St. John’s Barge is one of the very few survivors of the many traditional College barges which, for more than a century, lined the Thames at Oxford. Originally used as the bases for College rowing clubs, each had its own character and architectural style, and together they formed a splendid spectacle, particularly during Summer Eights week when, with flags flying and crowded with visitors, they were ablaze with colour and activity.
The tradition of ornamental barges at Oxford began when some magnificent London livery company barges were brought upstream in the 1850s for use by College oarsmen and to replace the huts on rafts first introduced when rowing became popular. These and other ornate barges had been used in the eighteenth century for ceremonial occasions on the Thames and their unique architectural style became a feature of their successors.
St. John’s Barge is said to be one of the finest examples of the college barges with its striking swept up deck and rear windows modelled on the gallery of an eighteenth century warship. When St. John’s College built its own boathouse in 1961, the barge was put up for sale; it was bought by a few former members of St. John’s College Boat Club for the princely sum of £115. The group’s aim was to preserve this beautiful vessel in its historical setting on the River Thames at Oxford. Now a registered charity, St. John’s Barge Limited continues to achieve this objective with the support of its members. | artistic |
http://cesarjoaniquet.com/en/bio.html | 2022-07-02T03:00:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103983398.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220702010252-20220702040252-00308.warc.gz | 0.848826 | 1,224 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__59397607 | en | Cesar Joaniquet (Barcelona 1988) is emerging as an important new voice in the improvised music scene. He performs all around Scandinavian countries and Spain in various settings and formations. Rooted in the jazz tradition, he creates music that is informed by a multitude of contemporary influences resulting in a sound that is lyrical, at times orchestral, but above all current.
Own works and projects:
- 2020 'Anillos Blancos' - The work was premiered in Riis Toft Salen, Kolding on the 24th September 2020 by the orchestra Lalabaj on the Festival 'On the Move' 2020
- 2019 'Riot' - The work was premiered in Aarhus Musikhuset on the 3th September 2019 by the orchestra Blood Sweat Drum and Bass under the direction of Jens Christian 'Chappe' Jensen.
- 2019 Zero Kestra - music composed for four winds and rhythm section.
- 2018 'Sonum Cathedralis' - The work is written for the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, Indra and Skt. Clemens Drengekor under the leadership of Carsten Seyer-Hansen. It was premiered in the cathedral of Aarhus on December 21, 2018
- 2018 'Sketches of Barcelona' - written for a rhythmic orchestra (Aarhus Jazz Orchestra) and international soloists. Jorge Rossy (ES), RJ Miller (USA) and Anna-Lena Schnabel (DE). The work premiered during the Winter Jazz Festival on February 21, 2018
- 2017 'Winds of Winter' - the work premiered at Aarhus Musikhuset on February 1, 2017 and then performed at Jamboree Barcelona on April 25, 2017.
- 2016 Tsu-Na-Mi - Repertoire of own trio written for two winds and drums. Presented at Aarhus Jazz Festival 2016 and Tsuki Jazzfest.
- 2015 Songbook - Trio project based in Aarhus, Denmark. Recorded the album "Songbook" in January 2015 with Brice Soniano, bass. Kasper Tom, drums.
- 2014 Betania - work written for a set of winds, with string quartet.
- 2014 In Motion - own trio repertoire written for saxophone, guitar and drums.
- 2015 Advanced Postgraduate in Music (Soloist), Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus (Denmark).
- 2012 Nordic Master in Jazz, Postgraduate programme in Rhythmic Performance, Sibelius Academy (Helsinki), 2013 KMH Royal College of Music in Stockholm and 2014 Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus (Denmark).
- 2011 Berklee College of Music (Boston) - Diploma in Performance
- 2010 Bachelor of Music ESMUC (College of Music of Catalunya, Barcelona)
- Aarhus Jazz Orchestra - Professional Danish Jazz BigBand founded in 1977 by the legendary Jens Klüver (then: Klüvers Big Band). The orchestra is made up of some of the best musicians in the Danish jazz scene. Several of them are soloists of international class.
- Ivo Sans ISCCJMKMB - A band based on the development of improvisation. 3 Live albums: Adorno, Yoruba and Darrera nit de Maig. Together with Ivo Sans, dr. Marcel.lí Bayer, alt sax. and Masa Kamaguchi, bs
- Els Tres Tenors - together with Lluc Casares, Gianni Gagliardi, tenor sax, Xavi Torres, piano, Vic Moliner, bass and Joan Terol, drums. Playing regularly a tour every year in Spain.
- Schulers Rhapsody - Band from the Swiss pianist Luzius Schuler, performed among others at BeJazz in Switzerland 2015.
- Daniel Sommer Orquestra - Band from Danish drummer and composer Daniel Sommer, presented at Aarhus Jazz Festival 2015.
- Carlos Falanga, Gran Coral - Carlos Falanga, drums, Jaume Llombart, electric bass, Jordi Matas, guitar, Marco Mezquida, piano and Cesar Joaniquet, sax.
- In Motion Trio - César Joaniquet, tenor sax, soprano. Kasper Agnas, guitar. Timo van Ruiswijk, Drums. Played concerts for example in New Sound Made Festival May 2013 (Stockholm), Jamboree Barcelona etc. Recording of the album In Motion Jan.2014
- Esben Brandt Kvartet - Recording of the album "Silence and Sound" feat. Fredrik Ljungkvist. Record release at Copenhaguen Jazz Festival 2013
- Dave Liebman Saxophone Quartet a Dinamarca - Tenor Sax in Dave Liebman Saxophone Quartet, played a small concert tour around Denmark summer 2013.
- Cesar Joaniquet NYC Quartet - Played around New York City between years 2011-2012. Recording of the album "Smog Eyes feat. Ted Brown" April 2012, NYC. Band Members: Cesar Joaniquet, tenor sax. Michael Kanan, piano. Lim Yang, bass. Marton Juhasz, drums
- Yuhan Su "Flying Alone" Project - Recording for Inner Circle Music Label that won the Golden Indie Music Award in Taiwan and Best Jazz Album of the year 2012
- Nonitz - Is a nonet project that plays the music of Lee Konitz lead by Marcel.lí Bayer. Recording of the album Nònitz together with Lee Konitz in November 2010. which has won awards for "best album of 2011" by "the Musicians Association Jazz and Modern Music of Catalonia " and "Critics Award" in the category of the awards Jaç Enderrock 2012. | artistic |
https://lightsandlamps.us/blogs/articles/bright-ideas-the-latest-trends-in-lighting-design | 2023-03-28T21:09:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948871.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328201715-20230328231715-00168.warc.gz | 0.947559 | 569 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__166213107 | en | Bright Ideas: The Latest Trends in Lighting Design
Lighting design is constantly evolving, with new technologies and styles emerging all the time. Keeping up with the latest trends in lighting design can help you create a home that is both beautiful and functional. In this post, we'll take a look at some of the most popular and innovative trends in lighting design today.
LED lighting. LED (light-emitting diode) lighting has become increasingly popular in recent years due to its energy efficiency and long lifespan. LED lighting can be used for a variety of purposes, including ambient, task, and accent lighting. It's also available in a wide range of colours, making it a versatile option for any room.
Smart lighting. Smart lighting technology has become a popular trend in recent years. It allows you to control your lighting with your smartphone, tablet or voice commands. You can also set schedules and adjust the brightness and color of the lights, even when you're not at home.
Statement fixtures. Big, bold fixtures are becoming increasingly popular in lighting design. These statement pieces can be used to make a statement in a room, and can also be used to draw the eye to a specific area of the room. From large and dramatic chandeliers to sculptural pendants, these fixtures are sure to add a touch of elegance and drama to any space.
Natural materials. Lighting fixtures made from natural materials such as wood, stone, and woven fibers are becoming increasingly popular. These materials bring a sense of warmth and texture to a room, and they can also add a touch of nature-inspired elegance.
Mixed-materials. Mixing materials in lighting design has been a trend in recent years. It's a great way to create a unique and eclectic look, while also adding interest to a space. You can mix and match different finishes, such as brass, copper and black metal, or you can experiment with different shapes and textures to create a truly one-of-a-kind fixture.
Sustainable lighting. As people become more environmentally conscious, sustainable lighting is becoming an increasingly popular trend. This includes using LED bulbs, which are more energy efficient, and using materials that are sustainable, such as reclaimed wood and natural fibers.
In conclusion, the lighting design trends are always changing, but with these tips, you'll be able to create a beautiful and functional space that is also on-trend. Whether you're looking for a statement piece or something more understated, there's a lighting trend out there for everyone. Keep an eye out for new technologies and materials, and be prepared to experiment with different styles to find the perfect look for your home. | artistic |
http://www.chuckbernstein.com/music.htm | 2013-05-25T11:41:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705939136/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120539-00086-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.85523 | 1,228 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__84660761 | en | "Chuck Bernstein is a drummer's drummer, a wise veteran of the San Francisco jazz scene, and a deep soul whose love of music informs everything he plays. Whether stoking a fiery tempo, caressing a ballad, or trading "fours", Chuck is in-the-moment with a *joie de vivre that always lifts the bandstand. Adept with hands, brushes and mallets as well as sticks, Chuck is a rhythmic Rock of Gibraltar. He's also a passionately lyrical soloist in the tradition of Shelly Manne. What's more, he's got taste. Drummer-musician par excellence, Chuck Bernstein's the real deal."
Chuck Berg - Professor & chair of Theatre & Film at the Univ. of Kansas
Downbeat, Jazz Times, Jazz Educators Journal,
Coda, and the Oxford Companion to Jazz
Drummer Chuck Bernstein was born in San Francisco California on October 28, 1940. He studied tap dance (1951-1953) and sang in the Beth Israel Junior Choir (1954-1955). Mainly self-taught, Chuck began playing drums in August 1955. Later, he studied with Art Flower at Drumland (1964-1965), John Rae (1964), George Marsh (1979-1981), and Scott Morris (1994-1995). Chuck was also a contributing writer for Modern Drummer magazine (1981-1985)--best known for his interviews with Shelly Manne, Billy Higgins, and George Marsh. A highly adaptable musician, he has performed in a variety of musical settings, from Blues to Rock to Jazz: (Blues) Charlie Musselwhite, Luther Tucker, Freddie Roulette, Mike Henderson, Lisa Kindred, and Nick Gravenites; (Rock) Barry Melton, John Cippolina, Peter Albin, Mike Wilhelm, John Kahn, Billy Roberts, and Greg Douglas; (Jazz) Roswell Rudd, Norma Teagarden, John Rae, Don Prell, Smith Dobson, Mel Graves, Mike Formanek, Chuck Travis, Don Alberts, Al Obidinski, George Maribus, Jon Erikson, Vince Wallace, Steve Weber, Max Perkoff, Paul Breslin, and Sweetie Mitchell. Chuck has also performed in Japan with pianists Sadayasu Fujii, "Tad" Sakai, Vibist Hiroshi Matsumoto, and guitarists Takeshi Yamaguchi and Satoshi Inoue. Major influences: Shelly Manne, "Papa" Jo Jones, Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, and Thelonious Monk.
The following is a complete list of drummers who have also had a major impact on my drumming. Everyone of these drummers is a Jazz Master. I have spent many hours learning and listening to each of these marvelous individuals create magic and beauty from behind their drumsets. I am forever in their debt: Benny Barth, Dick Berk, Art Blakey, Roy Brooks, Frank Butler, Big Sid Catlett, Jimmy Cobb, Alan Dawson, Warren Baby Dodds, Frankie Dunlop, Vernell Fournier, Louis Hayes, Billy Higgins, Osie Johnson, Philly Joe Jones, Connie Kay, Gene Krupa, Vince Lateano, Mel Lewis, Lawrence Marable, George Marsh, Scott Morris, Buddy Rich, Ben Riley, Mickey Roker, Grady Tate, Ed Thigpen, Shadow Wilson, and Specs Wright.
From 1969 to 1985, I played Blues, Rock, and R&B. During those years, the following individuals were very influential: Tim Davis (Steve Miller), Jim Gordon (Derek and the Dominoes), Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane), Richie Hayward (Little Feat), Levon Helm (The Band), Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead), Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix), Joseph Zigaboo Modeliste (The Meters), Bernard Purdie (Recording Legend), Ringo Starr (The Beatles), Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny Johanson (The Allman Brothers), and Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones).
Before I attended California Brazil Music Camp in August 2004, I had never heard of Brazilian guitarist-composer Guinga. One afternoon.... (click here to read more).
Chuck Bernstein plays DW Drums and Bosphorus Cymbals exclusively.
Chuck's Drum Setup
1-5x13 American Classic DW snare drum (Remo Fiberskyn 3 FD --- Batter and a Diplomat snare head)
1-8x12 Tom Tom (Top head: Remo Fiberskyn 3 FD. Bottom head: Remo Clear Ambassador.)
1-13x13 Floor Tom (Top head: Remo Fiberskyn 3 FD. Bottom head: Remo Clear Ambassador.)
1-14x16 Bass Drum (Batter side: Remo Coated Emperor with a strip muffler. Front Head: Black DW Remo)
I have three DW Exotic Wood Collector Series drumsets: Birdseye Zebrawood finished in Dark Sunburst, Mapa Burl finished in Burnt Toast, and Kurillian Birch finished in a clear lacquer.
What I find really interesting about those drumsets is that, even though they are all the same exact sizes, each drumset has its own unique personality and sound.
1pair 13" Bosphorus Ultra Light Master Series High Hat Cymbals
Left Side: 1- Bosphorus Traditional Series 20" Flat Ride (This cymbal is a prototype--very light)
Right Side: 1- Bosphorus Master Series 22" Flat Ride with three rivets. Or, 1- Bosphorus Master Series 20" Flat Ride with four rivets.
Drumsticks: Regal Tip 7A Nylon Tip. Or, Regal Tip 7ANE
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I love thee with the breath. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee freely, as men strive for right; I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints.
I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. Select any word below to get its definition in the context of the poem. The words are listed in the order in which they appear in the poem. The Scandal of — An informative article about the marriage and scandalous elopement of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning. Teachers and parents!
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Already have an account? Sign in. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. Sign In Sign Up. Literature Poetry Lit Terms Shakescleare. Download this LitChart! Let me count the ways. I love thee with the breath, 13 Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, 14 I shall but love thee better after death.How can you see most clearly when your eyes are, in fact, closed? When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see, For all the day they view things unrespected; But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee, And darkly bright, are bright in dark directed.
How would, I say, mine eyes be blessed made By looking on thee in the living day, When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay! All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me. How happy and blessed would my eyes be made if I could look on you during the daylight, given that in the darkness of night your fair but insubstantial shadow manages to imprint itself upon me during sleep!
All days are nights i. Like Sonnet 33 which calls forth the word Son and may be read to refer to the loss of an infant child commented on previouslySonnet 43 may be read in a similar way.
The emphasis on shadows and shades in lines 5, 6, 8, and 11 evokes the idea of the afterlife much more strongly for a 17th century reader than it does for us today. Following the loss of a loved one, many people experience vivid dreams in which the deceased is still living.
Compared with the other sonnets, the language of this poem is very simple and so consistent with the addressee being an infant child.
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When I am most tired, then my eyes see most clearly, Since during the day they see unimportant things. But when I sleep, my eyes see you in my dreams. They are darkly bright, and shine in the darkness they are directed into.Laravel starter kit codecanyon
Then you, who are so bright that your shadow makes shadows bright: How would your shadow's form make a pleasing appearance In the bright day with your even brighter light, When your image shines so brightly to unseeing eyes? All days are dark as nights until I see you, And nights are bright days when dreams show you to me. Teachers and parents! Struggling with distance learning? Our Teacher Editions can help. Shakespeare's Sonnets. Table of Contents. Sonnet Dedication.
How Do I Love Thee?
Sonnet 1. Sonnet 2. Sonnet 3. Sonnet 4. Sonnet 5. Sonnet 6. Sonnet 7. Sonnet 8. Sonnet 9. Sonnet LitCharts Teacher Editions. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does.However, one might consider Elizabeth Barrett Browning to be the speaker, as she dedicated this poem to her husband. The speaker muses out loud about her love for someone and then, throughout the sonnet, lists the ways in which she loves him.
She addresses this person directly. The sonnet follows the Italian form as established by Petrarch. It contains 14 lines: one octet eight lines followed by a sestet six lines. It contains end rhymes and follows iambic pentameter, following a natural rhythmic pattern. Her love is as freely and spontaneously given as the dedication of men who strive to accomplish good things for humanity.
Just as decent human beings commit good deeds without expecting praise in return, she loves purely without expectation of reward.
As love is an abstract concept which cannot be measured, the references to these measurements are intended metaphorically to convey the immensity of her love. However, lines seven through nine all begin with this phrase, emphasizing the sincerity of the speaker.
She confidently measures the immensity of her love. In lines nine through twelve, the speaker explains how she once had to try hard to overcome the disappointments of her past. Now, she is converting that powerful energy into something positive, turning the sadness of the past into the happiness of the present. Now, she realizes that she is just as capable of loving strongly as before.
This time, she has channeled her love for her husband. The tone is romantic and confident at the outset. The speaker is certain of her love and wishes to analyze all of its nuances.
However, the tone turns somber and humble when she mentions the grievances of her past. The speaker has suffered disappointments that may or may not have to do with her religious faith.
Despite these setbacks, however, her faith has been restored by her love for her husband. The speaker is the protagonist, describing her love for her husband. The antagonist may be considered fate or even God—forces that may challenge her ability to love once she is gone. While her love is powerful, only God can choose whether she will be able to love in the afterlife. The speaker has suffered spiritual disappointments in the past that once threatened to diminish her capacity to love.
Furthermore, she wonders if God will choose to let her love her husband even more once she has left this world. The climax occurs in line nine, at the start of the final sestet. The tone shifts to a religious one, as the speaker digs deeper into her soul to reveal all the ways in which her love outshines the pain of her past.
She acknowledges that one day she will be gone, and she expresses hope that she will be able to love her husband even more after her passing.
The speaker alludes to religion and spirituality throughout the poem. She believes her love can extend to the depths of her soul, even when she is no longer supported by the grace of God. Lastly, she mentions God by name; she proclaims that she will love her husband even more when she is gone if God chooses to let her do so. Love is given a physical presence, and the speaker attempts to measure it as a means of showing how great it is.
Let me count the ways. How does the autobiographical element of the poem helps to understand the poem better? Barrett Browning composed Sonnets from the Portuguese during her courtship with her husband. While they exchanged personal letters before their marriage, Barrett Browning kept her sonnets to herself and did not show them to her husband until Find out the ways how the poet loves her beloved?
How do I love thee sonnet Sonnet 43 How do I love thee?Played 1 times. Print Share Edit Delete. Live Game Live. Finish Editing. This quiz is incomplete! To play this quiz, please finish editing it. Delete Quiz. Question 1. Who wrote Sonnet 43? Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Who did the poet write Sonnet 43 about?
Her father, Edward Barrett. Her son, Robert Barrett Browning. What meter is Sonnet 43 written in? What type of narrator is used in Sonnet 43? In Sonnet 43, what is the narrator trying to measure the 'depth and breadth and height' of?
In Sonnet 43, what literary technique is used with the repeated phrase of 'I love thee In Sonnet 43, what adverbs are used to describe the narrator's love? In Sonnet 43, what does the quote 'I shall but love thee better after death' suggest?
Their love is eternal. The love will end once they have died. Their love is dead. The love isn't real until death. What era did the poet of Sonnet 43 live? In Sonnet 43, what technique has been used in the opening line?Elizabeth Barrett Browning Barrett Browning originally printed Sonnets from the Portuguese as pieces she had found and translated.
They were, however, her own compositions, inspired by the courtship of and her subsequent marriage to poet Robert Browning. The couple initially chose the deceptive title for publication because they perceived the poems as so forcefully revealing private emotions. They also had reason to worry that the drama of their courtship would overshadow the sonnets themselves.
Barrett was an invalid under the tuta-lage of a domineering father when she fell in love with Browning, a man six years her junior. The couple eloped to Italy, and Barrett Browning bore a child at the then unusual age of forty-three. While each of the 44 sonnets in the collection maintains a certain autonomy, it is also possible to regard each as part of an intertwined narrative depicting the various phases of a surrender to love.
Can romantic love fill the void of familial community? Can the suitor make good on his promise to fulfill her needs? There is, nonetheless, an emotional progression, and in the final sonnets the narrator transcends her questions and warnings to her lover. After the opening line, the poem details seven ways she loves him and closes with a request for love continued after death. Elizabeth Barrett was born inthe eldest child of a prosperous merchant family that owned a large estate in Herefordshire, England.
In her early youth she distinguished herself by her devotion to poetry, literature, and classical studies. Largely self-educated, she began reading and writing verse at the age of four, and by the time she was ten, she had read the works of Shakespeare, Pope, and Milton, as well as histories of England, Greece, and Rome. In the ensuing years she went on to read the works of the principal Greek and Latin authors, Racine, Moliere, and Dante, all in their original languages, as well as the Old Testament in Hebrew.
At the age of eleven she composed her first long poetic work, a verse epic in four books, which was privately printed by her father in When she was fifteen she suffered an injury to her spine while attempting to saddle her pony, and seven years later a blood vessel burst in her chest, leaving her with a chronic cough; she would suffer from the effects of these two conditions for the rest of her life.
At the age of twenty Barrett published her first volume of poetry anonymously; it went nearly unnoticed by the public. At this time, she made the acquaintance of one of her most important friends, Hugh Stuart Boyd, a blind, middle-aged scholar who had published several volumes of translations from Greek texts.
Under his influence Barrett renewed her study of classical Greek literature, reading Homer, Pindar, the great tragic writers, Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, Isocrates, Xenophon, and. Indue to serious financial losses incurred at the Jamaican sugar plantations where her father had made his fortune, the Barrett family were forced to auction their country estate and take up temporary residence in the south of England, moving in to a house in Wimpole Street, London. In Barrett published her first major work, The Seraphim and Other Poems, for which she received critical acclaim.
Due to poor health, she moved to Torquay, on the south coast of Devonshire, at the advice of her physician. She spent three years living there as an invalid.
During her stay at Torquay her favorite brother and constant companion Edward drowned on July 11, She considered his death the greatest sorrow of her life; she never spoke of the loss even with those closest to her. When she returned to Wimpole Street from Devonshire, Barrett resigned herself to life confined to her bedroom as an invalid.
Despite her sickness, Barrett enjoyed fortunate circumstances: she was freed to pursue her studies and writing by generous inheritances from her grandmother and uncle that made her independently wealthy, and her physical weakness excused her from the taxing household chores that would ordinarily have fallen to an eldest daughter.
In January she began exchanging letters with Robert Browningwho first wrote to her to express admiration for her poems. The following year they married and moved to Florence, Italy, hoping that the warmer climate would help Barrett Browning to recover her health.
Their son, Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning, was born in Until her death in Florence in from complications of a severe cold, Barrett Browning continued producing works that earned her the admiration of English and American readers.
At the time of her death, obituary notices appeared in many respected journals on both sides of the Atlantic.
At this point the reader cannot know whether this is a rhetorical question. The opening line might seem to present an impossibility or an absurdity in its attempt to define an abstract concept, love, by mathematically adding up instances of it. Dealing in lofty and abstract ideas, the speaker provides no image or symbol to make her love concrte or easy to grasp. Be that as it may, the abstractions occuring at this point establish the largeness of her love, maybe even making it beyond comprehension.
Sun and candle-light are the first concrete images we come across in this poem. She does, however, select a particularly glorified image of humanity to identify with her love, personifying it as men who are both righteous and humble.When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see, For all the day they view things unrespected; But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee, And, darkly bright, are bright in dark directed. How would, I say, mine eyes be blessed made By looking on thee in the living day, When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay!
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William Shakespeare 's Sonnet 43 employs antithesis and paradox to highlight the speaker's yearning for his beloved and sadness in most likely their absence, and confusion about the situation described in the previous three sonnets. Sonnet 27 similarly deals with night, sleep, and dreams. Sonnet 43 is an English or Shakespeare sonnet. English sonnets contain three quatrainsfollowed by a final rhyming couplet.
The first line of the couplet exemplifies a regular iambic pentameter:. This is one of the poems omitted from the pirated edition of Stephen Booth notes the concentration of antithesis used to convey the impression of a speaker whose emotions have inverted his perception of the world. Edmond Malone glosses "unrespected" as "unregarded. Edward Dowden has "darkly bright" as "illumined, though closed"; he glosses the rest of the line "clearly directed in the darkness.
In line 11, Edward Capell 's emendation of the quarto's "their" to "thy" is now almost universally accepted. The sonnet was set to music by Benjamin Britten as the last song of his eight-song cycle Nocturne Op. In Dutch composer Jurriaan Andriessen set the poem to a mixed chamber choir setting. It included a setting of Sonnet 43 by Sondheim.
Laura Hawley composed a lively setting of Sonnet 43 for choir in From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Q1 Q2 Q3 C. The Works of Shakespeare: Sonnets. The Arden Shakespeare [1st series]. First edition and facsimile Shakespeare, William Shake-speares Sonnets: Never Before Imprinted.U8g drawstr
London: Thomas Thorpe. Shakespeares Sonnets: Being a reproduction in facsimile of the first edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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Early 2018, Mira Sanders created Théorie des Objets—a series of inkjet prints and drawings that translate her observations of objects, based on the book Théorie des Objets (1972) by Abraham A. Moles. In the same period, upon the invitation to participate in the current exhibition, Sanders searched the Forgotten Heritage database and there discovered Ludmiła Popiel’s Found Objects Set 1 (1974)—a work she felt related to. Found Objects Set 1, as we can read in the database, is a photographic “record of an exploration of a certain territory (the city of Rome), pursued on the basis of objects accidentally found in the streets.” The set consists of close-ups of the found objects, put next to a measuring tape as if it were an archeological artifact. As a response to this work, Sanders had imposed upon herself to, between January and May 2018, collect objects on the way, for example during her walks between work and home. Just like in the work of Popiel, the objects had to be “precious” and pocket-sized. Also similar to Popiel, Sanders photographed the collected objects, scanned them, and then subjected them to all kinds of measurements and observations—again (as in the prints Théorie des Objets) trying to understand and explore Moles’ theory. Eventually, the film Objets Perdus Trouvés shows the scanned objects, being measured, rotated, doubled, etc. in the grid structure of a 3D computer program and/or in a drawing made by the artist, all together forming multiple layers. While a male and female computer voice alternately describe the object by dryly summing up its measurements, material, form, colors, and supposed function, we can follow the artist’s manipulations of the object, thoughtfully rotating and displacing it in its new surroundings. This work, full of traces, is a poetic invitation to look more closely at the world surrounding us.
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Part of the exhibition Revisiting Heritage: Notes from Brussels, curated by Liesbeth Decan, that is organized in the framework of the EU-project "Forgotten Heritage: European Avant-Garde Art Online" (www.forgottenheritage.eu) and features work by LUCA researchers and (ex)students, including Mira Sanders, Hana Miletic, Axel De Marteau, Judith Desmyttere, Aline Kraus, Jonas Minnaert, Pati Petrykowska, Lynn Sinnesael, Matthijs van der Burgt, Ugo Woatzi, and Raf Wollaert.
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http://bookworm716.blogspot.com/2014/07/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-classics.html | 2019-12-13T02:24:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540548537.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20191213020114-20191213044114-00002.warc.gz | 0.944721 | 183 | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__142441368 | en | Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
As I was working on this post, I realized that a lot of the books I read when I was little were classics. Here are my favorites!
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
3. Emma by Jane Austen
4. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
7. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
8. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (except The Horse and His Boy)
9. Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace
10. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare | artistic |
https://feydey.group/sic/programme/fp/en | 2023-09-29T01:31:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510462.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928230810-20230929020810-00545.warc.gz | 0.849838 | 259 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__176477762 | en | Goals of the 'Professions of the Future' program:
• Introduce students to the concepts of coding and computer science.
• Develop practical coding skills through hands-on projects and tasks.
• Encourage creativity and artistic expression through programming and digital art.
• Provide students with the opportunity to explore various areas of technology and career paths.
• Understanding the fundamentals of programming and computer science.
• Acquiring skills in using online platforms and coding tools.
• Applying programming skills to create artistic and designer web pages.
• Proficiency in customizing website layouts and adding interactive elements.
• Developing skills in pixel animation, character design, and drawing techniques.
• Exploring the principles of 3D design and creating virtual architecture, characters, and landscapes.
• Learning film editing methods and enhancing visual flow in videos.
• Cultivating skills in 2D game development, including character design, animation, and obstacle creation.
• Studying the development of 3D games using Roblox Studio, and creating interactive virtual spaces.
• Gaining knowledge in the field of virtual robotics and programming virtual robots.
• Developing application development skills, including interactive quizzes, virtual pet apps, and language learning apps. | artistic |
https://caterinamoruzzi.wixsite.com/caterinamoruzzi | 2021-10-26T17:20:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587915.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026165817-20211026195817-00521.warc.gz | 0.815954 | 2,574 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__50134937 | en | I'm a Research Assistant at the Department of Philosophy, Universität Konstanz.
My current research focuses on creativity in artificial intelligence and on the societal and cultural impact of generative AI systems.
Dr. Caterina Moruzzi
Research Assistant at the Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz
Honorary Research Fellow, University of Nottingham
Moruzzi, Caterina. ‘Improvisation as Creative Performance’, in Bertinetto, A. and Ruta, M. (eds.) Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts, London: Routledge.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2021. 'On the Relevance of Understanding for Creativity’, Proceedings of AISB2021.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2021. ‘Everyone Can Change a Musical Work’, British Journal of Aesthetics. DOI: 10.1093/aesthj/ayab003.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2020. ‘Artificial Creativity and General Intelligence’, Journal of Science and Technology in the Arts 12(3): 84-99.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2020. ‘Learning Through Creativity: How Creativity Can Help Machine Learning Achieving Deeper Understanding’, Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio 14(2), doi: 10.4396/AISB201904.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2020. ‘Looking for Creativity: GANs as a Paradigm of Autonomy in Software for Music Composition’, in Be My GAN: Arte e Intelligenza Artificiale, ed. by Alice Barale (Milano: Jaca Book).
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2020. ‘Measuring Creativity: An Account of Natural and Artificial Creativity’, European Journal for Philosophy of Science 11 (1).
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2020. ‘The Assumptions Behind Musical Stage Theory: A Reply to Letts’, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 78 (3): 362-366.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2020. ‘Should Human Artists Fear AI? A Report on the Perception of Creative AI’, Proceedings of xCoAx2020, pp. 170-185.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2020. ‘Can a Computer Create a Musical Work? Creativity and Autonomy of AI Software for Music Composition’, in Gouveia, Steven S. (ed.), The Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Exploration, Vernon Press.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2019. ‘An Ontological Justification for Contextual Authenticity’, British Journal of Aesthetics.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2018. ‘Every Performance is a Stage: Musical Stage Theory as a Novel Account for the Ontology of Musical Works’, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 76 (3): 341-351.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2018. ‘Creative AI: Music Composition Programs as an Extension of the Composer’s Mind’, in Müller, Vincent C. (ed.), Philosophy and Theory of Artificial Intelligence 2017, Berlin: Springer.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2016. ‘An Alternative Account of the Ontology of Musical Works: Defending Musical Stage Theory’, Proceedings of the European Society for Aesthetics, vol. 8.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2016. Review of Musical Concerns: Essays in Philosophy of Music by Jerrold Levinson, ASAGE, vol. 8, n. 1.
Moruzzi, Caterina. 2015. Review of Disunified Aesthetics: Situated Textuality, Performativity, Collaboration, by Lynette Hunter, Liminalities, vol. 11, n. 2.
Work in Progress
Project ”Agency and Scientific Creativity“: survey and workshop on mutual influences between agency, creativity, understanding, and trust (supported by the Dr. August und Annelies Karst Stiftung, Universität Konstanz).
Research on robustness in decision-making processes, with the aim of understanding how humans can reason counterfactually and how can we teach machines to do the same.
Co-Lead organiser of TEDx Konstanz 2022: Infinitely Close-Infinitely Far
My research interests focus on the analysis of the concepts of agency and creativity in living beings and artificial systems. I integrate methods used in experimental philosophy in order to inform my research on the implications of state-of-the-art developments in AI on the attitudes of reception of creative processes. I have a background as philosopher of art and musician and my interdisciplinary approach aims to build a bridge between the study of paradigmatic features of the human brain and behaviour and the research on the development of human-level automated systems. This will be decisive to shed light on the controversial issue of creativity and, consequently, on pressing questions over matters of intellectual property and AI. It will also contribute to explain the role that intuitions play in our relation with artefacts produced by AI systems.
In my PhD project I defended and developed a new account for the ontology of musical works: Musical Stage Theory, the view that a musical work is a performance. I proposed this account as an alternative to mainstream and well accepted views on the nature of musical works with a specific intent, that of suggesting a way to analyse the identity of musical works which gives due relevance to musical practices and, at the same time, is grounded on a solid ontological basis. As a corollary to the main ontological thesis, Musical Stage Theory also allows for contextually dependent senses of authenticity of musical performances.
2021-2022 - University of Konstanz
What You See is (Not Always) What You Get: Nature and Knowledge of the Inside and the Outside World, Department of Philosophy
Cutting-Edge Debates on Artificial Intelligence, Departments of Philosophy and Linguistics
2020-2021 - University of Konstanz
Introduction to the Philosophy of Art, Department of Philosophy
Cutting-Edge Debates on Artificial Intelligence, Departments of Philosophy and Linguistics
Being True to Music: When Is A Musical Work Authentic?, Department of Philosophy
Thinking Fast and Slow: What Can Computers Learn From the Human Mind?, Department of Philosophy
Appearance & Reality
Mind and Consciousness
Self, Mind, and Body
Introduction to the Philosophy and Aesthetics of Music
History of Western Philosophy
Introduction to Ethics
17-19 June 2021. ‘Is Artistic Creativity Necessarily Human?’, XPhiEU2021 (virtual meeting)
8 April 2021. ‘On the Relevance of Understanding for Creativity’, AISB2021 (virtual meeting)
20 March 2021. ‘Everyone Can Change a Musical Work’, American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Meeting (virtual meeting)
18 February 2021. 'What’s the Point of Machine Art? Reflecting on AI Art and its Discontents’, Scottish Aesthetics Forum Talk, University of Edinburgh
8 January 2021. 'Disclosing Musical Works’ Meaning: A Comment on Dodd’s “Being True to Works of Music”’, American Philosophical Association Eastern Meeting 2021 (virtual meeting)
10 December 2020. ‘Creativity, Anthropomorphization, and Uncanny Valley’, Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz, Fachbereich Kolloquium (virtual meeting)
8 July 2020. ‘Humans Don’t Like AI Art’, xCoAx Conference: 8th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X (virtual meeting)
12-13 June 2019. ‘Intentionality and Creativity in AI-generated Music’, Ernst Mach Workshop: Posthumanism, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
16 April 2019. ‘AI-Generated Music: Creativity and Autonomy’, Philosophy After AI: Language, Imagination, and Creativity Symposium, AISB Convention 2019, Falmouth University
15 April 2019. ‘Generative Adversarial Networks as a Creative Model of Music Composition’, British Society of Aesthetics Connections conference 2019: Creativity Across the Arts and Sciences, Bristol
11 April 2019. ‘Generative Adversarial Networks as an Autonomous Model of Music Composition’, Algorithmic Music: Value, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence, King's College London
26-27 July 2018, 'Robo-Bach: Can Artificial Intelligence Be Musically Creative?', Creativity in the Arts, Science, and Mind conference, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
4-6 April 2018, 'Authenticity in Practice: An Ontological Justification for Contextual Authenticity', ASA Pacific Meeting, Asilomar, California
5-7 December 2017, ‘Creative AI: Music Composition Programs as an Extension of the Composer's Mind’, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Information, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, Porto, Portuga
20 May 2017, ‘A Revisionary Account of Musical Improvisation and Authenticity within Musical Stage Theory’, Conference on Authenticity versus Improvisation in the Philosophy of Music, University of Bern, Switzerland
27 January 2017, 'Art, Intentionality, and AI', Art, Aesthetics, and Beyond, British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate conference, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
3 December 2016, 'Musical Works as Stages: A Novel Account for the Ontology of Musical Works', Open Minds XII conference, University of Manchester, Manchester
15 October 2016, ‘A Defence of Musical Stage Theory’, Arché 9th Graduate Conference, University of St Andrews, Scotland
10 June 2016, ‘Every Performance is a Stage: Defending Musical Stage Theory’, European Society for Aesthetics Annual Conference, University of Barcelona
24 May 2016, ‘An Alternative Account for the Ontology of Musical Works: Musical Stage Theory’, McGill Philosophy Workshop, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
8 January 2016, ‘Every Performance is a Stage: Defending Musical Stage Theory’, BFE/RMA Research Students' Conference 2016, Bangor University, 6-8 January 2016
9 September 2015, ‘Does an Arranger Deserve Royalties? Luigi Dallapiccola’s Sonatina Canonica on Trial’, Ninth Biennial International Conference on Music Since 1900, University of Glasgow
Co-organiser of TEDx Konstanz 2022
Co-organiser of the Early Lunch Philosophy seminar at the University of Konstanz, Department of Philosophy
Lead organiser of the conference ‘Philosophy in Progress: Postgraduate Conference of Philosophy’, University of Nottingham, 10th-11th January 2018 (https://philosophyinprogressnottingham2018.weebly.com/)
Lead organiser of the workshop ‘Aesthetics of Computer Music: Changes in the Nature and Reception of Music’, University of Leeds, 7th November 2017 (https://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/events/event/4042/aesthetics_of_computer_music_changes_in_the_nature_and_reception_of_music)
Co-organiser of the joint Philosophy Postgraduate Conference Birmingham-Warwick-Nottingham, 15th June 2017
Co-organiser of the workshop ‘BOOOM! Making Research Memorable’, 4th July 2015, Birmingham City University (http://pgr-studio.co.uk/booom-making-research-memorable-by-ed-mckeon/)
Honorary Research Associate, Department of Music, University of Nottingham (2018-2021)
Co-editor of the volume on Machine Creativity and Digital Art of the journal 'Odradek - Studies in Philosophy of Literature, Aesthetics and New Media Theories', 2021. | artistic |
https://besttvnews.com/movies/call-me-by-your-name-sequel-luca-guadagnino-wants-dakota-johnson-on-board/ | 2023-01-31T20:32:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499890.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20230131190543-20230131220543-00593.warc.gz | 0.951743 | 840 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__236683361 | en | Could we be witnessing the rise of another iconic director/actor pairing in real time? Director Luca Guadagnino has worked with actress Dakota Johnson twice already with A Bigger Splash and this year’s Suspiria, and now the filmmaker wants Johnson to co-star in his planned sequel to the 2017 indie Call Me By Your Name.
Find out who Johnson would play in the Call Me By Your Name sequel below, and learn how CMBYN star Armie Hammer reacted to the news.
Scorsese and De Niro. Carpenter and Russell. Hitchcock and Stewart. Wright and Pegg. Will “Guadagnino and Johnson” eventually be added to that list?
The news about Guadagnino wanting Johnson to appear in Call Me By Your Name 2 comes from a New Yorker profile on the Italian director (via IndieWire), in which the interviewer was present for a conversation between Guadagnino and actor Armie Hammer, who played CMBYN‘s Oliver, an American exchange student who gets swept up in a deeply passionate summer romance with Timothee Chalamet‘s Elio. The director revealed that he wanted Johnson to play Oliver’s wife in the sequel.
“She has to be a New England kind of hoochie woman,” [Guadagnino] said, riffing merrily. “You have, maybe, five children.”
“Oh, great,” Hammer said.
“The only problem is the title,” Guadagnino reflected. “It cannot be Call Me by Your Name Two.”
That’s the extent of the profile’s info about the sequel, but it’s a nice tease for a project that many, including Chalamet and Hammer, hope comes to fruition. Both actors have previously expressed interest in returning to reprise their roles for a story that takes place years after the original movie – Chalamet recently referred to the sequel’s planned time jump as “the Boyhood style of storytelling.”
Like Kristen Stewart before her, Johnson has already proven that she’s not willing to be defined by the romance franchise that took her career to another level. Here’s hoping that she actually has some interesting layers to play in this story, assuming everything goes according to plan.
Earlier this year, Guadagnino revealed that he was already hard at work coming up with the story:
“I’m already conceiving the story with [Call Me By Your Name author] André Aciman, and it’s gonna happen five or six years afterwards, so almost in 1990. It’s gonna be a new movie, a different tone. You’ll see a lot of the East Coast of America – they’re going to go around the world.”
And if you’re already swooning over the idea of seeing Oliver and Elio reunite, get pumped, because Guadagnino might not stop at just one sequel: he could turn this into an ongoing film franchise:
“These characters are so fantastic, and I want to know what happens to them. The last 40 pages of the book tell you about 20 years in the life of Oliver and Elio. So I started to think about Michael Apted’s Up, and the cycle of films [Francois] Truffaut devoted to the character of Antoine Doinel. And I thought, maybe it’s not a question of sequel, it’s a question of chronicling everyone in this film. I think seeing these characters growing in the bodies of these actors will be quite fantastic.”
There’s no indication yet of when production on this movie will begin, but the filmmaker previously hinted that it might be ready as soon as 2020, which would align Chalamet’s real-life age with the age Elio is supposed to be in the sequel.
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https://www.blakeharpercandleco.com/pages/about-us | 2024-04-17T15:13:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817158.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417142102-20240417172102-00522.warc.gz | 0.94363 | 238 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__168791566 | en | The Story of Blake Harper Candle Co.
Hello, I’m Rachel! I am so happy you’re here.
I created Blake Harper Candle Co. in memory of my daughter, Blake Harper. In 2017, Blake passed away one week before her due date. For years, I thought of ways I could honor Blake and keep her memory alive. I wanted to create something beautiful in her name. I fell into candle making as the perfect outlet for my grief and creativity.
I've always loved candles. Growing up, my mom lit candles every evening. There is something special about the way candles bring us comfort and calm. For over a year, I tested and experimented to create the perfect candles. I was determined to make something that was not only clean and natural, but beautiful and special.
Our candles are made with natural coconut soy wax and scented with unique and sophisticated fragrance oils. Our candles are vegan, toxin-free, phthalate-free, and cruelty free. We offer a range of vessels from copper tins to hand-blown glass. Each candle is hand-poured in small batches and finished with our signature butterfly on top. | artistic |
https://landmarkcommuntytheatre.org/instant-photo-printing-for-diy-pet-tags-personalizing-pet-accessories/ | 2024-04-21T08:55:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817729.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421071342-20240421101342-00001.warc.gz | 0.910024 | 745 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__143937863 | en | In an era where pets are not just animals but cherished members of the family, the demand for unique and personalized accessories has seen a significant surge. One such gadget that has gained popularity is the DIY approach to pet tags using an instant printer. Instant photo printers like Liene’s, equipped with thermal-dye sublimation technology and versatile connectivity options like built-in Wi-Fi and USB-C, have paved the way for pet owners to add a personal touch to their furry friends' accessories.
The DIY Trend
DIY (Do It Yourself) has become more than just a trend; it's a way for pet owners to express their love and creativity in customizing accessories for their pets. Instant photo printing has become a game-changer in this realm, allowing pet owners to design and print unique pet tags with ease.
Why Choose Instant Photo Printing?
Instant photo printers use thermal-dye sublimation technology, ensuring that the prints are vibrant and full of life. This technology allows for a wide range of colors and sharp details, making it ideal for capturing the unique personality of your pet on a small tag.
With built-in Wi-Fi and USB-C connectivity options, instant photo printers offer a hassle-free experience. Pet owners can effortlessly transfer their favorite pet photos from their smartphones or cameras to the printer, ensuring that the printing process is quick and convenient.
Compact and Convenient
The compact design of instant photo printers makes them a convenient choice for DIY projects. Whether you're creating pet tags at home or on the go, these devices are easy to carry and set up, making the entire process enjoyable and stress-free.
Personalizing Pet Accessories
Pet tags are more than just identification; they are a reflection of your pet's unique personality. Instant photo printing allows you to capture memorable moments of your pet's life, from playful antics to serene moments, and immortalize them on a small tag that goes wherever your pet does.
Express Your Style
DIY pet tags offer an excellent opportunity to express your style and the unique bond you share with your pet. Whether you prefer a sleek and modern design or a more whimsical and colorful approach, instant photo printing allows you to bring your vision to life.
Celebrate Special Occasions
From birthdays to adoption anniversaries, pet owners can use instant photo printing to create special tags that commemorate important occasions in their pet's life. Adding a date or a short message makes the tag not only a form of identification but also a cherished keepsake.
Benefits Beyond Aesthetics
Instant photo printers use high-quality printing technology, ensuring that the pet tags are durable and long-lasting. This is crucial for accessories that are constantly exposed to the elements and the playful activities of pets.
DIY pet tags using instant photo printing can be a cost-effective solution compared to purchasing pre-designed tags. This is especially true for pet owners with multiple pets or those who enjoy changing their pet's accessories regularly.
The rise of instant photo printing technology has empowered pet owners to take customization to a new level, turning pet accessories into unique expressions of love and individuality. DIY pet tags are not just identification; they are a creative canvas for pet owners to capture and celebrate the essence of their furry companions.
As the market for instant photo printers continues to expand, the possibilities for personalizing pet accessories become limitless. So, go ahead, unleash your creativity, and let your pet's accessories tell a unique story that mirrors the extraordinary bond you share. | artistic |
https://marijuanareferral.com/item/kindtyme/ | 2024-02-21T16:10:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473518.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221134259-20240221164259-00183.warc.gz | 0.959889 | 331 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__166849357 | en | KindTyme is a creative Cannabis Marketing, Media, and Design Agency based in Portland, Oregon. Their mission is to design and produce unique digital experiences that support all aspects of your cannabis business.
The creative team at KindTyme can grow your cannabusiness with a custom approach to marijuana design, digital media, and marketing strategy. They believe that your culture is your brand. Their team will help you discover your culture, find your voice, figure out who you are and make it all look amazing. With marijuana marketing, only the right combination of creative drive and “out-of-the-box” strategies work. The KindTyme team is award-winning for doing just that. They design unforgettable brand experiences so that you can focus on creating unforgettable cannabis products. They work exclusively with the cannabis industry, building smart designs based on industry research, competitor analysis, and market psychology.
What makes the KindTyme team even more unique? They are friends first. Designers, marketers, artists, and big-thinkers second. They are a 100% in-house, small, employee-owned agency. When you work with KindTyme, you work with their entire team. Their collaborative style, both in and out of the office, also helps team members build a relationship with your brand. They offer more than just branding, packaging, website, social media, SEO, and photography services. The KindTyme team offers quality in all aspects of their work.
KindTyme is working to improve marijuana’s image one project at a time. Join them and improve your brand’s image today. | artistic |
https://middlegradereads.com/10-spectacular-coloring-books-for-kids-in-middle-school/ | 2024-03-03T22:19:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476399.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303210414-20240304000414-00049.warc.gz | 0.943584 | 1,213 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__198826833 | en | Finding great coloring books for kids in middle school is a bit of a challenge. On the one hand, they’re a little too old for the kiddie books out there. On the other hand, they may be too young to really get into some of the adult coloring books with complex designs and mature themes. The key is to find a balance between the two! I think these 10 below do a pretty good job!
Read on for my top 10 picks for the best coloring books for middle graders!
Coloring Books for Kids in Middle School
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1. Harry Potter Coloring Books
There are quite a few Harry Potter coloring books put out by Scholastic, each with different characters and themes. My favorite right now is the Harry Potter Magical Places & Characters coloring book. It has 96 pages featuring places from the Great Wall Hogwarts to the Dursley’s living room, as well as just about all your tween’s favorite characters.
Check out a few more of my favorite Harry Potter coloring books!
2. Percy Jackson Coloring Book
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is on of my most recommended books for middle graders to read, so it makes sense that a Percy Jackson coloring book would make this list! It includes 96 pages of hilarious portraits & dramatic scenes.
3. Minecraft Coloring Books
If your tween is into the world’s most popular blocky building game, then grab this unofficial Minecraft coloring book! It features 62 pages of everything you find in a Minecraft world, from creepers and other ghastly creatures to jungles and deserts! If your middle grader loves this book, check out a few other fabulous Minecraft activity books!
4. Eragon Coloring Book
Another coloring book based on stories on my Top 10 list, the Official Eragon Coloring Book comes with 96 pages inspired by Christopher Paolini’s land of Alagaësia. It also includes a special note from the author, along with one of his own pieces of artwork to color.
5. Avatar: The Last Airbender Coloring Book
I’ll admit that I really don’t know a lot about Avatar: The Last Airbender because my son didn’t really get into this series. I do know that it was incredibly popular with a lot of his classmates, though. The Avatar: The Last Airbender coloring book is put out by Nickelodeon and includes 45 black-and-white images by artist Jed Henry.
6. Copycat Coloring
For tweens who feel overwhelmed by a colorless image, the Copycat Coloring book series is a great way to get their creative juices flowing. Each image has two pages: one that’s already done, and one blank coloring page. Tweens can either try to copy the one that’s done, come up with their own design, or do a little of both using the completed image as inspiration. They’re made by Barrons, a leader in educational activity books for kids.
7. Chronicles of Narnia Coloring Book
The Chronicles of Narnia Coloring Book features 96 stunning pages of quotes and art from all seven books in C. S. Lewis’s classic series. It also has some pretty cool detailed maps that your tweens can color and hang on their walls.
8. Little House on the Prairie Coloring Book
Okay, I’m buying the Little House coloring book for myself! I’ve been such a fan of the show since I was in middle school. I used to come home every day and watch it on PBS. I SO wish that one of the major streaming services would pick up the series so I can watch it again. This coloring book is a fun way to introduce your kids to the classic books and TV series.
9. Emoji Coloring Books
I will never understand the fascination with emojis, but even I can’t deny that tweens are crazy about them. My son has a huge collection of emoji pillows and key chains. Poop is his favorite, because of course. While there are a bunch of different Emoji coloring books, I prefer this one because it’s not specifically for girls or boys. It includes 50 pictures to color plus access to a digital version so you can print out the pages again and again. The digital edition is mobile app friendly, allowing you to important the pictures into your favorite coloring app.
10. Inspirational Coloring Books for Tweens
There are quite a few inspirational coloring books for girls, including my favorite: I am Confident, Brave, & Beautiful. It’s filled with uplifting messages that all girls need to hear. I’m really kind of sad that they don’t make any for boys. I searched, and even when I put in “inspirational coloring books for boys,” the majority of the results were specifically for girls. They even have a Proud to be a Girl coloring book, but no Proud to be a Boy. The closest thing inspirational coloring book I could find that’s more or less gender-neutral was a Quotes and Sayings coloring book from Ooly.
These are just some of my favorite coloring books for kids in middle school! Coloring is such a great way for tweens and teens to unwind after a long day at school! It’s almost as (if not more) relaxing than meditating, something that my son just can’t seem to do. I think he gets it from me because my mind never quiets down enough to find my zen, either.
Do you recommend any other coloring books for tweens and teens? Tell me your favorites! | artistic |
http://www.wanderglobe.com/ | 2016-02-08T09:53:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701152987.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193912-00122-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.93891 | 649 | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-07__0__168122923 | en | Watch as Mike creates a mermaid for Campo Sirena in Bahia Asuncion, Baja California.
OK folks, one last video from Baja California before I start editing the DVD of my travels there. Here are some shots of my favorite places.
This is a compliation of shots taken off the beaten path in Baja California with Jeanette “Spaghetti” Grittani singing the Baja Beach Bum’s Lament. Written by Don Carlson and based on Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Night Riders Lament.”
I am currently in the final stages of shooting Baja California with only Bahia de Concepcion and a few smaller locations left to film. To date I have footage from San Felipe, Gonzaga Bay, the North Pacific Coast, San Quintin, La Lobera, Bahia de Asuncion, Los Barilles, Cabo Pulmo, the southern East and West Capes as well as hot springs and other points of interest around Southern Baja. The DVD, when complete, should run roughly 1.5 to 2 hours and will cover pretty much all of Baja from the north to the south.
The concept of the project is to show people off the beaten path Baja and places that haven’t been touched by the long arm of tourism and resorts. In doing this I’m hoping to help people find comfortable and safe locations for their vacations where they can experience authentic Mexican culture, food and music while spending less money than they would at an all inclusive resort. The upside of this is that more money would stay within the local economy and, on some small scale, help smaller communities survive the hardships endured through the recent financial crisis and the fear mongering brought on by foreign governments about the safety of travel in Mexico.
Please visit www.wanderglobe.com to view some of the short videos of the project and to make a donation in exchange for a gift and/or credit. Gift levels are as follows:
- $25 – A Free DVD when the project is complete.
- $50 – A Free DVD as well as your name in the credits. I do all of the editing myself so you can be anything from camera assistant to animation director.
- $100 – A Free DVD as well as your name listed at the top of the credits as an Associate Producer. How fun is that? I will also send you postcards as I travel through Latin America for being such a good sport.
Any and all help in completing this project is great appreciated. I am 100% self funded and not connected with any studios or agencies.
Happy and Safe Travels
My friend Colin and I just spent 4 days at Cabo Pulmo National Park on the East Cape of Southern Baja. These beaches are about a 2 hour drive from Cabo San Lucas and without the crowds. A short walk from the picnic area and you couldn’t see another person. Check out the gallery of this gorgeous location.
Here’s a short video of the fun we had swimming with sea lions in Bahia de Asuncion, Baja California. | artistic |
http://www.iaf.gov/index.aspx?page=577 | 2014-10-22T03:08:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507445299.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005725-00287-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.968586 | 2,500 | CC-MAIN-2014-42 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__168173390 | en | Chinchero, Peru, sits on a broad plateau against a backdrop of snowcapped peaks—a postcard-perfect village of pre-Columbian walls, red-tile roofs and a colonial church, surrounded by gently terraced fields. It is a stopover for many tourists traveling from Cusco to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Believed by the ancients to be the birthplace of the rainbow, Chinchero nowadays produces a full palette of hand-dyed fibers, woven into designs that have been passed down through generations.
For more than 30 years, Nilda Callañaupa has made it her mission to revitalize the area’s rich textile tradition. Today, she heads the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC), a nonprofit organization that provides a modest but dependable income for close to 700 weavers in 10 communities. A recipient of IAF grants for two multi-year periods, CTTC has spurred an outpouring of creativity and helped raise the quality of local textiles to new levels. From Andean hats and ponchos to table runners and shawls, cusqueño weavings are still produced on backstrap or four-stake looms, in a complex, labor-intensive process that dates to pre-Inca times. Most CTTC textiles feature the design on both sides, and they incorporate iconography and patterns distinctive to each community. All are made from natural fibers—alpaca, llama or sheep—and use natural dyes made from insects, seeds, flowers, leaves, roots or minerals. “I have learned that each and every piece of cloth embodies the spirit, skill, and personal history of an individual weaver,” Callañaupa wrote in her book Weaving in the Peruvian Highlands: Dreaming Patterns, Weaving Memories. “Weaving is a living art, an expression of culture, geography, and history. It ties together with an endless thread the emotional life of my people.”
It also presents practical challenges. The economics of producing handwoven textiles from handspun fiber are “formidable,” said Ann P. Rowe, research associate of Western Hemisphere textiles at The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. “Outsiders are not usually willing to pay what the amount of labor involved is worth, in part because they simply cannot comprehend the enormous amount of time that the handwork takes,” she said. “There is a reason that the industrial revolution began with textile technology.” According to Rowe, who first met Callañaupa in 1990 when she gave a demonstration at the museum, individuals attempting to market indigenous textiles may not themselves fully understand the economics of the effort that goes into them or the value of preserving an aesthetic. “CTTC stands out as an organization actually run by an indigenous weaver who knows perfectly well about the labor involved but who also really cares about the quality of the work,” she said.
Born in 1960, Nilda Callañaupa started spinning wool at age 6 and within a year was weaving alongside her mother, Guadalupe Álvarez, now in her mid-80s, who had learned the craft from her own mother, the renowned artisan Cipriana Valenzuela. But for Nilda’s age group, it was no longer a given that such skills would be passed on. Elders were still weaving, but for most young people this was no way to make a living. Meanwhile, the use of synthetic fibers and dyes was undermining the quality of locally produced textiles. Callañaupa, a university graduate who had some background in business, put together an informal cooperative with the goal of reintroducing and documenting traditional textile designs and uses, expanding the community of weavers and reviving a high level of quality. The explosion of tourism to Machu Picchu and Cusco brought buyers for the kind of painstakingly handmade textiles her ancestors had produced. Over the years, the cooperative became well-known in Cusco and beyond, garnering support from anthropologists, collectors, foundations and nonprofit organizations. CTTC was formally created in 1996 with help from the Boston-based Cultural Survival.
The IAF began to work with CTTC in 2004; the second of its two grants was amended with additional funds in 2011. “We were convinced that CTTC could, working with the communities, revitalize weaving as a viable economic activity. And they’ve been able to do it,” said Wilbur Wright, who recently retired from the IAF as its regional director for South America and the Caribbean. Wright had been impressed by CTTC’s Cusco staff, which includes several young professionals, and by the enthusiasm for weaving that he had witnessed in the participating communities, along with a steady improvement in the quality and variety of their output. Because weaving is an activity that requires many steps, from shearing to marketing, it can involve different members of the family and yield income without selling a farm animal. “It’s a source that complements the economics of the household,” Callañaupa explained. The income a CTTC weaver can earn might not seem like much—between $3 and $13 day—but it makes a huge difference in the life of the artisan, she said, and the weavers are able to stay on their communal lands, with their families, speak their indigenous language and maintain their cultural traditions.
CTTC has worked for several years in nine Quechua-speaking communities: Accha Alta, Acopia, Chahuaytire, Chinchero, Chumbivilcas, Mahuaypampa, Patabamba, Pitumarca and Santa Cruz de Sallac. Recently it added another, Huacatinco, a remote village with a strong knitting tradition. Most, but not all, of CTTC’s weavers are women. Although they work with traditional designs, they make artistic decisions related to color, style and technique. Every piece carries a tag with the weaver’s photo, name, age and community. Each CTTC community has an autonomous entity, similar to a weavers’ guild, with its own elected board. Communities set their own standards for quality and prices, establishing different categories and devising formulas to determine how much the weaver will be paid per square centimeter produced. CTTC buys a minimum number of pieces from each community every month, then works to sell the items.
The economic model is clearly not perfect. From a supply and demand perspective, Wright said, one complication is the commitment CTTC has made to the weavers: “Improve your quality, do good work, and we’ll buy and sell your product.” When the economy is weak and sales drop, inventory increases. Although CTTC sold some 19,000 items last year, it still has a few thousand pieces stored—and, per its commitments, it continues to buy more stock every month. In recent years, CTTC has sought to broaden its appeal to contemporary consumers by adding such products as placemats, cushion covers and handbags of all sizes. The balancing act, according to Callañaupa, is to adapt to the marketplace without altering the organization’s central aim. “We have to be very careful. Otherwise we could lose our plan, which is to keep traditional textiles alive,” she said.
Retail prices vary considerably; a woven bag may cost between $20 and $100, depending on its size, quality and complexity. A large piece, such as a bedspread, could sell for more than $1,000.
A constant goal is to get as much money as possible into the hands of the weavers while keeping up with taxes and expenses and handling competition. One source of competition is old textiles that can still be found for sale in the area; another is new pieces made by non-CTTC weavers. With overstock already a problem, CTTC cannot enter into commitments with every community in the area, and some have started their own ventures. While the entry of more weavers into the market means more people can benefit, it also puts downward pressure on the price of all textiles. As CTTC must make good on agreements entered into with weavers, it can’t lower its prices. That means its solvency depends on buyers who recognize top quality and are willing to pay for it.
One client impressed with the consistent high quality is Annie Hurlbut, chief executive officer of Peruvian Connection
. In the last five years, the U.S.-based retail chain has carried several CTTC items, mostly cushion covers and bags of various sizes, in its stores and catalogs. Hurlbut, who has been collecting antique textiles from the Andes for more than 30 years, said the older pieces have a finer feel—which she attributes to different spinning techniques—but that CTTC produces a very comparable look. “The skill level required for Andean textiles is just amazing,” she said, noting that the region’s characteristic “warp-faced” style, in which the pattern emerges from the lengthwise threads, requires expertise and meticulous planning. Hurlbut calls CTTC “an amazing feat of organization and love and skill.”
CTTC sells through a number of other U.S. venues, including museum shops and the annual Santa Fe International Folk Art Market in New Mexico. But most buyers are tourists who visit the Cusco headquarters or one of the communities and observe the artisans at work, dressed in the costumes distinctive to their villages. “For us, the local market is much more profitable and easier to manage,” Callañaupa said. CTTC regularly schedules weaving classes and demonstrations, and offers room and board on site for groups of village artisans who rotate through headquarters for a week at a time. Each community also has its own center, with the largest in Chinchero.
CTTC items are also sold in retail outlets in Cusco and are displayed in several local hotels as a way of publicizing the center. CTTC’s Web site, www.textilescusco.org, features some items for sale, but a full catalog is not practicable because most pieces are one-of-a-kind. Placemats are an exception, as each set is cut from a single large weaving. According to Elizabeth Catunta, who manages the CTTC’s educational efforts and its inventory, in the eight years since she started working at the center in Cusco, she’s seen the development of a greater public appreciation for weaving. More education is needed, she added, so that more people recognize its value and gravitate to high quality, not just low prices. If tourism is the center’s lifeline, it can also have a downside. Plans are underway to build an international airport just outside Chinchero, which would benefit the local economy but could permanently and negatively alter the communal way of life and its tradition of respect for Mother Earth.
Callañaupa dreams about someday building a major museum in Cusco to showcase the richness of textiles from the region and beyond, but even she questions the feasibility of such an enormous project. Meanwhile, she participates in museum exhibitions, lectures on weaving and is working on a series of books to document the designs of each CTTC community. In 2010, with IAF assistance, CTTC hosted a conference that brought together 400 weavers from nine countries in the Americas to compare experiences and talk about issues such as quality and marketing. As the person who started all this because of her love for her craft, Callañaupa regrets that her many responsibilities limit her time at a loom. “It’s what I miss now, that I don’t have much time to weave.”
Janelle Conaway is a freelance writer, editor and translator based in New Mexico. | artistic |
https://www.benfieldpops.com/2022/04/26/hello-world/ | 2023-06-03T14:12:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649293.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603133129-20230603163129-00101.warc.gz | 0.952374 | 239 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__157093981 | en | It’s that time again for the start of our 2022 concert season. Rehearsals have begun. We are still looking for some awesome musicians that would like to join the band and have some fun.
All are welcome to join the band. We have ages 12-retiree. You must have your own instrument, music stand and access to the internet and Google Drive is a plus.
We are currently in most need of low brass including trombones, baritones/euphoniums, French/Eb horns. There are also openings in all other sections as well. Baritone Sax and Bassoon especially. Only sections we are not in need of help are currently trumpet and percussion.
Rehearsals are scattered through June and you can find the schedule on our events page. After July 4th our rehearsals are weekly in preparation of our official concert season.
For more information please contact us via email using the contact form or message the director Melissa Zimmerman at [email protected] 443-708-6062.
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https://thethankfulnessproject.com/2012/04/07/access-granted/ | 2023-05-29T15:32:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644867.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529141542-20230529171542-00542.warc.gz | 0.947327 | 389 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__220303487 | en | “And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels can’t, and the demons can’t. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love away. Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 (NLT)
The Resurrection holiday commemorates the most unparalleled and powerful intervention ever in life. Just the thought brings to my mind so many things to be thankful for. Among them, I appreciate most the opportunity to have a relationship with my Savior. Words always seem to fail me here…when it comes to expressing how I feel, they just don’t cut it. But if I could sum up my experience w/Him in a few words, it would look like this: Where I’ve overcrowded the canvas of my life with the illegible scribbles and scratches of my sin, God washed it clean with the shedding of His precious blood. Then as I surrendered my slate to Him, He began to unlock His will for my life in the form of a beautiful masterpiece. Even as His work of art has already been completed, He promised to ALWAYS be with me. Uninterrupted connection…unlimited access. That’s what His blood did for me. His amazing-ness is mind-blowing ß And that’s an understatement. I don’t just love God…I love the WAY He loved and continues to love me. He took my place, conquered death and forever closed the gap between us…No greater LOVE, indeed. #humbled
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https://successdigestonline.com/phil-schaap-grammy-winning-jazz-d-j-and-historian-dies-at-70/ | 2024-04-12T16:53:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816045.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412163227-20240412193227-00224.warc.gz | 0.980273 | 1,745 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__82016039 | en | Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner notes that he wrote, music series that he programmed and classes that he taught, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 70.
His partner of 17 years, Susan Shaffer, said the cause was cancer, which he had had for four years.
Mr. Schaap was host of an assortment of jazz radio programs over the years, but he was perhaps best known as a fixture on WKCR-FM, the student-run radio station of Columbia University, where his delightfully (some would say infuriatingly) obsessive daily program about the saxophonist Charlie Parker, “Bird Flight,” was an anchor of the morning schedule for decades.
On that show, he would parse Parker recordings and minutiae endlessly. In a 2008 article about Mr. Schaap in The New Yorker, David Remnick described one such discourse in detail, relating Mr. Schaap’s aside about the Parker track “Okiedoke,” which veered into a tangent about the pronunciation and meaning of the title and its possible relation to Hopalong Cassidy movies.
“Perhaps it was at this point,” Mr. Remnick wrote, “that listeners all over the metropolitan area, what few remained, either shut off their radios, grew weirdly fascinated, or called an ambulance on Schaap’s behalf.”
But if jazz was an obsession for Mr. Schaap, it was one built on knowledge. Since childhood he had absorbed everything there was to know about Parker and countless other jazz players, singers, records and subgenres. He won three Grammys for album liner notes — for a Charlie Parker boxed set, not surprisingly (“Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve,” 1989), but also for “The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve, 1945-1959” (1993) and “Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings” (1996).
He did more than write and talk about jazz; he also knew his way around a studio and was especially adept at unearthing and remastering the works of jazz greats of the past. He shared the best historical album Grammy as a producer on the Holiday and Davis-Evans recordings, as well as on “Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings” (2000).
Over the years he imparted his vast knowledge of jazz to countless students, teaching courses at Columbia, Princeton, the Manhattan School of Music, the Juilliard School, Rutgers University, Jazz at Lincoln Center and elsewhere.
“They say I’m a history teacher,” he said in a video interview for the National Endowment for the Arts, which this year named him a Jazz Master, the country’s highest official honor for a living jazz figure, but he viewed his role differently.
“I teach listening,” he said.
He had what one newspaper article called “a flypaper memory” for jazz history, so much so that musicians would sometimes rely on him to fill in their own spotty memories about play dates and such.
“He knows more about us than we know about ourselves,” the great drummer Max Roach told The New York Times in 2001.
Mr. Remnick put it simply in the New Yorker article.
“In the capital of jazz,” he wrote, “he is its most passionate and voluble fan.”
Philip Van Noorden Schaap was born on April 8, 1951, in Queens.
His mother, Marjorie Wood Schaap, was a librarian and a classically trained pianist, and his father, Walter, was a jazz scholar and vice president of a company that made educational filmstrips.
He grew up in the Hollis section of Queens, which had become a magnet for jazz musicians. The trumpeter Roy Eldridge lived nearby. He would see the saxophonist Budd Johnson every day at the bus stop.
“Everywhere you turned, it seemed, there was a giant walking down the street,” Mr. Schaap told Newsday in 1995.
By 6 he was collecting records. Jo Jones, who had been the drummer for Count Basie’s big band for many years, would sometimes babysit for him; they’d play records and Mr. Jones would elaborate on what they were hearing.
Seeing the 1959 movie “The Gene Krupa Story,” about the famed jazz drummer, fueled his interest even more, and by the time he was at Jamaica High School in Queens he was talking jazz to classmates constantly.
“As much as they gave me a hard time and isolated me as a weirdo,” he told Newsday, “they knew what I was talking about. My peers may have laughed at me, but they knew who Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were.”
In 1970, as a freshman at Columbia, where he was a history major, Mr. Schaap became a D.J. at WKCR and set about on a lifelong mission to keep the genre’s past alive.
“One thing I wanted to impart,” he told the radio program “Jazz Night in America” this year, “was that the music hadn’t started with John Coltrane.”
He graduated from Columbia in 1974, but he was still broadcasting on WKCR half a century later. He started “Bird Flight” in 1981 and — as the “Jazz Night in America” host, the bassist Christian McBride, noted during the recent episode devoted to Mr. Schaap — he kept the show going for some 40 years, longer than Parker, who died at 34, was alive. He also hosted an assortment of other jazz programs at WKCR and other stations over the years, including WNYC in New York and WBGO in Newark, N.J.
In 1973 he started programming jazz at the West End, a bar near Columbia, and he continued to do so into the 1990s. He particularly liked to bring in older musicians from the swing era, providing them — as he put it in a 2017 interview with The West Side Spirit — “with a nice last chapter of their lives.”
In the “Jazz Night in America” interview, he said the West End series was among his proudest accomplishments.
“A lot of them were not even performing anymore,” he said of the saxophonist Earle Warren, the trombonist Dicky Wells and the many other musicians he put onstage there.
“They were my friends,” he added. “They were my teachers. They were geniuses.”
Mr. Schaap, who lived in Queens and Manhattan, also did a bit of managing — including of the Countsmen, a group whose members included Mr. Wells and Mr. Warren — and curated Jazz at Lincoln Center for a time.
As an educator, broadcaster and archivist, he could zero in on details that would escape a casual listener. He’d compare Armstrong and Holiday recordings to show how Armstrong influenced Holiday’s vocal style. He’d demand that students be able to hear the difference between a solo by Armstrong solo and one by the cornetist Bix Beiderbecke.
Mr. Schaap’s marriage to Ellen LaFurn in 1997 was brief. Ms. Shaffer survives him.
His National Endowment for the Arts honor this year was the A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy, presented to “an individual who has made major contributions to the appreciation, knowledge and advancement of the American jazz art form.”
In a 1984 interview with The Times, Mr. Schaap spoke of his motivation for his radio shows and other efforts to spread the gospel of jazz.
“I was a public-school music student for 12 years and never heard the name Duke Ellington,” he said. “Now I can correct such wrongs. I can be a Johnny Appleseed through the transmitter.”
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https://www.miamitimesonline.com/lifestyles/arts_culture/mocas-michael-richards-exhibit-asks-are-you-down/article_b76347dc-e994-11eb-bbb4-37833394a36f.html | 2021-07-27T08:40:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153223.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20210727072531-20210727102531-00168.warc.gz | 0.986834 | 1,045 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__244148589 | en | Artist Michael Richards, who lost his life in the World Trade Center terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001, had a special connection to South Florida.
It was where he debuted his largest solo exhibition at the now-defunct Ambrosino Gallery, just across the street from the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA). It’s fitting then that MOCA, at 770 NE 125th St., is the site of a new exhibit featuring the late artist's artwork.
“This is a homecoming of sorts,” says Alex Fialho, co-curator of the exhibit. “This is a major opportunity to see all of the work that Michael created in his lifetime in one exhibition, including at least four newly conserved large-scale sculptures.”
The exhibit, available through Oct. 10, will mark the first time that many of Richards’ pieces will be on display since his untimely passing. The museum has planned free online programming as well, including children’s events, conversations with the curators, and virtual tours.
“Michael Richards: Are You Down?” (named after one of his pieces) was a labor of love for its co-curators, Fialho and Melissa Levin, who discovered the artist after writing an essay about him for an unrelated project.
“It piqued our interest … so, at the end of 2015, we embarked on a journey of trying to curate an exhibition dedicated to his work,” Levin says.
Their research included speaking with those who knew him best.
“Every conversation was a revelation,” she says. “Some were lighter than others, and some were really emotional. As you can imagine, for some people, it really was the first time that they were opening up about Michael since his passing.”
Eventually their efforts led them to Dawn Dale, Richards’ cousin and the steward of his estate. There, in her garage, they discovered a treasure trove of items, some of which had never been on display.
“It turned out that Dawn had been holding on to unopened boxes containing Michael’s artwork and other ephemera since his passing in 2001,” Levin says.
Their visit caught Dale by surprise: “It was unexpected, but it was nice that somebody cared about him and his art.”
Though she admits that she’d had a limited interest in her cousin’s artwork while he was alive, she has become the standard-bearer for his legacy after his death.
Richards was an artist-in-residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Center in the Twin Towers, working on one of his projects when the planes hit.
Dale said she’d had no idea that he was there, thinking he was in Harlem instead. “I was devastated,” she says.
Dale pushed through her grief and immediately went to work retrieving his artwork and gathered them in a centralized location. When one of his sculptures was in danger of being thrown away, she says she sprang into action and saved it.
“That’s my favorite,” Dale says. “That’s the one with the planes flying into him.
“You look at it and you see Michael.”
Entitled “Tar Baby vs St. Sebastian,” the piece is particularly poignant, especially when viewed through the lens of the Sept. 11 attacks. The life-sized likeness of Richards depicts a uniformed Tuskegee airman impaled by miniature US P-51 Mustang planes.
“I think that is one of the most important contemporary artworks of the last 50 years, ” says Dennis Scholl, president and chief executive officer of Oolite Arts.
The Miami Beach-based organization, which offers a $75,000 annual award in his name, produced the film “Are You Down?” to be shown at the exhibit.
Oolite’s relationship with Richards dates back to 1997, when he started there as an artist-in-residence. He produced the “Tar Baby” piece at Oolite Arts, as part of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts program.
Scholl says the sculpture is just one example of how Richards’ artwork has sparked conversations on topics that continue to affect us today.
“Michael was so far ahead [of his time] and so dialed in to the kinds of issues that now we are all talking about,” he says.
While exploring the effects of social inequity and racial injustice is paramount, the curators also hope that the exhibit is seen as an opportunity to learn more about the artist.
“We want people to know who he was, and we want people to know about his incredible body of work,” Levin says.
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https://www.chelseacrowe.com.au/meet-chelsea | 2024-04-13T09:04:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816587.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413083102-20240413113102-00507.warc.gz | 0.961461 | 344 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__89141851 | en | From the moment a couple makes an enquiry with me, that’s when it all begins. It’s wonderful to share in the journey leading up to that Big Day, and I feel so delighted to be able to do that with every couple. I have met so many different people, from so many backgrounds and cultures, and that is the part of my job I enjoy the most.
I never know who is going to turn up on my doorstep at that very first meeting, but I love inviting each couple into my home and listening to their life journey, and of course hearing the story of their romance!
I am a vibrant, thoughtful, professional and experienced Celebrant. With a background in Drama teaching, and having married over 200 couples, I will bring a mixture of warmth, sincerity, clarity, dramatic flair and, of course, a splash of fun, to your marriage ceremony. I myself am married, with three beautiful sons, so I understand the importance of your special day; I will ensure that your ceremony is meaningful, unique, and not in any way "run-of-the-mill".
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To stand beside two people who are sealing their bond; to feel the connection; to see the delight and support from family and friends; to draw the guests into the moment…I just love it. | artistic |
http://gocu.org/print/membersfirst-credit-union-of-n.h.-donates-15000-to-palace-theatres-second-c | 2016-07-29T10:08:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257830064.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071030-00251-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.959436 | 254 | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-30__0__91045364 | en | The Palace Theatre announced it received a $15,000 donation from MembersFirst Credit Union of N.H. located in Manchester, NH toward its Second Century Campaign designed to fund its capital campaign. The fund will be used for much needed theatre improvements and safety upgrades.
“The Palace Theatre is grateful for the generosity of MembersFirst Credit Union, a consistent, long-time supporter of the Palace Theatre. MembersFirst Credit Union’s commitment assists the Palace Theatre Trust in maintaining a community-oriented center for the exploration and presentation of theatre, music, and dance,” stated Peter Ramsey, Palace Theatre President.
In a dedication ceremony held on April 4, a plaque commemorating MembersFirst Credit Union’s donation was attached to the left alcove of the theatre.
Built in 1914, the Palace Theatre is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Palace Theatre is a nonprofit performing arts center that hosts its own professional company, youth and teen program and presenting acts. It is committed to achieving its mission through preserving the historic facilities of the theatre, responding creatively to the cultural and entertainment needs of the community and governing in a fiscally responsible and strategic manner.
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http://www.mikesoltys.com/2011/07/11/tool-of-the-week-npr-live-concerts/ | 2017-12-16T13:05:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948588072.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20171216123525-20171216145525-00610.warc.gz | 0.965039 | 171 | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__149552120 | en | I love listening to music while I work, and free music is awesome. NPR has a series of full live concerts that you can listen to online or download for free from their series All Songs Considered podcast
These are great, because you can just push play and have an hour or two of great music to work to. You can also download the MP3's from their podcast (link).
My favorites include:
They also have the complete lineup of festivals like SXSW and the Newport Folk Festival for download, so you can re-live the experience there. I find googling an artist with NPR to see what they have for that artist. For example, if i wanted to find a couple Bon Iver concerts they have, I'd just google "NPR Bon Iver"
Happy Listening! let me know which ones you enjoy | artistic |
http://michellechermaine.blogspot.com/2009/09/square-foot-2009-fairy-willow.html | 2020-03-29T05:42:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370493818.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20200329045008-20200329075008-00224.warc.gz | 0.975844 | 188 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__153508887 | en | 12" x 12" Acrylic on Canvas
Entry #2 for Square Foot 2009 at the AWOL Gallery. Since I was informed that a lot of artists take the annual Square Foot Show as an opportunity to try something different from their usual style, I decided to enter some pieces that are a little more "relaxed" and abstract.I almost always find myself instinctively painting the image of a graceful willow whenever I feel like painting trees. Often found growing near water and long associated with magic and the underworld in many legends such as that of the Greek goddess Hecate of witchcraft, the tree is veiled with the mysteries of stories long told. Once they were believed to be able to uproot themselves and follow travellers. Some cultures believed they housed kind forest spirits who offered guidance. On a scientific note, the willow also has medicinal properties and were used by the ancient Greeks and Native Americans for common ailments and fevers. | artistic |
https://panashe-essence.com/products/10pcs-legend-of-zelda-makeup-brush-set | 2022-01-23T17:37:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304309.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220123172206-20220123202206-00410.warc.gz | 0.940686 | 226 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__258945727 | en | 10pcs Legend of Zelda Makeup Brush Set
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Purchased a set of LoZ. And Pokemon (eevolutions) brush sets as a gift for my fiancee and they are so detailed and nice that she can't bring herself to actually use them, instead she decided to have me make a display stand for them! And as a bonus gift we were sent a set of fantasy weapon brushes (half D&D half LOTR) which just so happen to be another of her favorite things. The quality is outstanding, each brush came individually wrapped and each set was in a cute felt bag , the order was prompt really we could not be happier with the purchase. Absolutely 5 stars. | artistic |
http://inn3d.com/choosing-the-right-interior-design-style-for-you/ | 2023-09-28T05:25:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510358.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928031105-20230928061105-00125.warc.gz | 0.892587 | 535 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__278324915 | en | Finding the perfect interior design style can be a delightful journey of discovery. Amidst the plethora of styles out there, there's one (or a blend of a few) that resonates with your personal tastes and lifestyle. This guide offers a roadmap to understanding and selecting a style that you'll cherish and feel at home with.
Self-Assessment: Start with You
Begin with introspection. What colors, textures, or objects resonate with you? Think about places you've visited, homes you've admired, or moments in nature you cherish. Your style should resonate with your personality, creating a space that feels authentic to you.
Understand the Basics
Get acquainted with different styles. From minimalist and bohemian to mid-century modern and coastal, understanding the key elements of each will help you gravitate towards what appeals to you.
Evaluate Your Space
The architectural elements of your home can hint at a particular style. For instance, exposed beams might lend themselves to a rustic or industrial style, while large windows overlooking greenery might complement a Scandinavian design.
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Your living space must be practical. If you have young children or pets, a luxurious, delicate, and high-maintenance decor might not be the best choice. Functionality should guide your style decisions.
Be Mindful of Your Budget
While you might adore the opulent features of the Art Deco style, your budget might not align. It's crucial to choose a style that doesn't break the bank. Remember, with creativity and the right resources, any style can be achieved on a budget.
Platforms like Pinterest, Instagram, and interior design magazines are treasure troves of inspiration. Create mood boards, save images, and note what elements you're drawn to.
Consult an Expert
If you're struggling to pin down a style, consider consulting an interior designer. Their expertise can guide you, ensuring that your chosen style aligns with your space and functional needs.
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Don't feel confined to one style. Sometimes, the most captivating interiors are those that blend elements from various styles. It's your space; make it unique to you.
Trust Your Instincts
Lastly, always trust your gut feeling. If you're torn between styles, take a step back and reflect on which one makes you feel more 'at home'. That emotional connection is often the best indicator. | artistic |
https://danielglass.com/lessons-consultations/private-drum-lessons/ | 2023-10-01T12:54:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510888.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001105617-20231001135617-00627.warc.gz | 0.933699 | 326 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__240541749 | en | Lessons via Skype!
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http://gallienkrueger.mivamerchant.net/artist-spotlight/artist-spotlight-bryan-beller/ | 2019-04-22T03:01:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578533774.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20190422015736-20190422041736-00369.warc.gz | 0.933465 | 889 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__85271917 | en | Bryan Beller has maintained a frenetic, multi-faceted career as a bassist, composer, writer and clinician for nearly twenty years. On his own, Beller released his debut rock/jazz fusion solo album View in late 2003 to widespread acclaim, earning the monthly feature in Bass Player Magazine (“…it’s a thrill to witness an artist like Beller find his voice with such a self-assured debut…”). His second album Thanks In Advance (2008), a definitive compositional statement about breaking through anger and finding gratitude, garnered even more critical praise (“…a bona fide entry for bass album of the year” – Chris Jisi, Bass Player Magazine). Beller’s first live album Wednesday Night Live – a raw, powerful, intimate document of his 2010 touring lineup playing the world-famous Baked Potato in Los Angeles – was released in 2011 on both CD and DVD. His first instructional DVD, Mastering Tone And Versatility, was released by Alfred Publishing in early 2012.
As a sideman, he’s earned a reputation as a uniquely talented yet supremely tasteful hired gun bassist for adventurous rock guitarists and singer/songwriters alike. He was Steve Vai’s choice on bass for the live CD/DVD Sound Theories – a collaboration with Holland’s renowned Metropol Orchestra – and toured worldwide with Vai throughout 2007, resulting in the 2009 live CD/DVD Where The Wild Things Are. His new band The Aristocrats (with guitar phenom Guthrie Govan and drummer Marco Minnemann) is one of the hottest new acts in rock/fusion today, with worldwide touring planned for 2012. Showing his range, Beller’s also in the live “band” Dethklok, a tongue-in-cheek extreme metal band borne of the hit Cartoon Network “Adult Swim” show Metalocalypse; work with Dethklok includes a track on The Dethalbum II and three nationwide tours (one co-headlining with Mastodon). He’s also been a musical partner of freak/genius guitarist/composer Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa) for fifteen years, eleven albums, countless tours, and millions of notes. Other sideman experience includes tours with Wayne Kramer (MC5) and Dweezil Zappa, as well as more intimate duo performances with Keneally and, more recently, his wife, Nashville-based R&B/soul singer/songwriter Kira Small, with whom he’s played house concerts and listening room venues in 33 states in just 18 months.
Beller’s work as a freelance writer includes cover stories on bass luminaries such as Justin Chancellor (Tool), Christian McBride, and Chris Wolstenholme (Muse), as well as a landmark cover feature on the state of heavy metal bass involving ten different interviews. In 2010, Beller interviewed former Governor of Arkansas and 2008 Republican Presidential candidate (and part-time bassist) Mike Huckabee for Bass Player Magazine. He has also interviewed a veritable who’s who of the modern bass world: Jonas Hellborg, Victor Wooten, John Patitucci, Lee Sklar, Neil Stubenhaus, Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts), Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails), Bill Laswell, Jimmy Haslip, Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band), Matt Garrison, Adam Nitti, Oteil Burbridge, Dave LaRue, Miroslav Vitous, Billy Sheehan, Emmy award winning television scorer W.G. “Snuffy” Walden (The West Wing), and myriad others.
As a pure player, a master class clinician (sponsored by Mike Lull Custom Basses, Gallien-Krueger amplification and D’addario Strings), a contributing editor for Bass Player Magazine, and a former Vice-President of SWR Sound Corporation, Beller brings a global perspective to the world of bass, and sits at the intersection of many of its current pathways. After thirteen years in Los Angeles, he now lives in Nashville with his wife Kira (and their cat Lucian), and continues to travel often. | artistic |
http://www.museum-fuer-lackkunst.de/en/chinese_lacquer_art | 2017-03-28T19:35:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189884.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00231-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.95882 | 340 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__224466042 | en | The sap of the lacquer tree has been used as a material for preservation and as an aesthetic design medium in China since pre-Christian times. Archeological findings from the fifth and fourth millennia BC prove that knowledge about the protective and at the same time decorative features of the sap existed and indicate that the craft of lacquering was wide-spread and practiced in specialized workshops as far back as the Chinese Neolithic period.
The museum’s collection of Chinese lacquer art displays a representative selection of the multi-faceted range of Chinese techniques for decorating lacquer. Besides examples of lacquer painting, which is the oldest and simplest method, visitors can see exhibits that were decorated using the complex method of carved lacquer. The ornamental or representational décors on these characteristic works from the 14th to the 19th centuries were artistically cut into a structure consisting of many layers of lacquer, one on top of the other – an extremely costly and time-consuming method. Other works of the Chinese collection were created using filling and engraving techniques as well as a technique that involves inlays of mother of pearl in the lacquer.
Particularly the art of mother of pearl inlays in lacquer was further developed on the Korean peninsula and perfected over time. The objects from the museum’s collection that are richly decorated with mother of pearl bear witness to the unmistakable aesthetic and the sophisticated techniques of Korean lacquer art.
Over the centuries, the craft of lacquering has found its expression in differing varieties and variants in China and Korea and enjoys a high degree of appreciation all over the world.
Impressions from the collection | artistic |
https://cardboardcafe.com.au/products/from-the-vault-annihilation | 2024-02-26T14:22:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474660.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226130305-20240226160305-00476.warc.gz | 0.895796 | 102 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__62070830 | en | |From the Vault: Annihilation Sealed
The set contains 15 board sweepers, all of which are printed using the Magic 2015 style card frame. Each card has been printed using a foil process unique to the From the Vault series. Six of the cards feature new art. The set also includes an exclusive spindown life counter and a collector's guide.
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http://zipposdirect.co.uk/ | 2019-12-11T07:48:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540530452.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20191211074417-20191211102417-00328.warc.gz | 0.936749 | 148 | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__9338901 | en | The Zippo range is constantly evolving showcasing designs from American Hardcore artists, traditional designs, movie legends, animals, music and the elegance of brass and chrome.
Every Zippo is guaranteed by the famous Zippo guarantee. Any genuine Zippo returned to the Zippo factory will be repaired by Zippo free of charge regardless of the age or condition of the Zippo. The finish of the Zippo, however, is not guaranteed.
Please select your Zippo purchase, payment via paypal or you may contact us by phone or email to discuss your Zippo purchasing.
We aim to have your Zippo on its way to you within 48 hours (subject to stock levels). | artistic |
https://wildandmild.eu/accessories/ | 2024-02-21T02:31:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473360.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221002544-20240221032544-00529.warc.gz | 0.874229 | 437 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__31591995 | en | Unleash Your Creativity
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More Than Just Accessories At Wild&Mild, we believe that beauty accessories are the cornerstone of personal expression. Our carefully curated collection not only enhances your beauty routine but also invites you to experiment, innovate, and redefine what beauty means to you. Embrace the full spectrum of your creativity with tools and accessories designed to inspire. With Wild&Mild, every detail is an opportunity for beauty. | artistic |
http://www.imageads.com/ | 2017-04-30T06:56:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917124371.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031204-00534-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.941446 | 450 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__17501785 | en | Ginger Gehres - Visual Bard
Telling stories with art lets you see with your soul. Take a look and see what my offerings say to you...
In the days of Olde, before a written language was established, a Bard was one who was charged with the essential task of passing on the stories, history and traditions of their peoples through creative forms of storytelling and music.
Honoring the traditions of my European ancestors, I've picked up the torch and am continuing the role with a little bit of a contemporary twist. I capture a piece of our world, as I see it, and let the observer interpret it in their own fashion. My works often demand closer inspection in order to understand where the narrative begins.
- "Master Scratchboard Artist" awarded in ISSA (International Society of Scratchboard Artists), March 2015.
- "Associate Member" of AWA (American Women Artists) since 2014.
- "Signature Scratchboard Artist" awarded in ISSA (International Society of Scratchboard Artists), March 2013.
- Commercial graphic artist with experience in newspaper, ad agency, television, GUI (general user interface) and web design.
- One of a multi-generational family of artists and artisans .
- Fine art studies under both National and Internationally acclaimed artists.
- Hands-on and classroom training in advertising promotion, cross-platform computer graphics, typography, web design and interior design.
- Mediums of choice: Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, acrylic, oil and scratchboard art.
- Multiple award winner and gallery placements.
- Published artist, art historian, teacher and story teller.
- Art is my physical, mental and spiritual therapy.
Life has a way of throwing all of us some curve balls. I'm no different. Challenges are what lets us know we are alive. Some days, we are more aware of that fact than others. Let's travel this road together!
-Ginger Gehres, MSA
If you like the work, please let me know. If you did not buy it, make it or ask for permission to use it, please don't copy from this site. | artistic |
https://failfast.com/2016/08/ | 2023-06-03T13:49:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649293.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603133129-20230603163129-00013.warc.gz | 0.975907 | 344 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__269344272 | en | In celebration of libraries, and the interlibrary loan:
“We were nobodies, two young Lit students chatting away in a rickety old house in a small town at the edge of the world, a place where nothing of any significance had ever happened and presumably never would, we had barely started out on our lives and knew nothing about anything, but what we read was not nothing, it concerned matters of the utmost significance and was written by the greatest thinkers and writers in Western culture, and that was basically a miracle, all you had to do was fill in a library lending slip and you had access to what Plato, Sappho, or Aristophanes had written in the incomprehensibly distant mists of time, or Homer, Sophocles, Ovid, Lucullus, Lucretius or Dante, Vasari, da Vinci, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Cervantes or Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Lukics, Arendt, or those who wrote in the modern day, Foucault, Barthes, Levi-Strauss, Deleuze, Serres. Not to mention the millions of novels, plays, and collections of poetry which were available. All one lending slip and a few days away. We didn’t read any of these to be able to summarize the contents, as we did with the literature on the syllabus, but because they could give us something.
“What was this ‘something’? For my part, it was something being opened up.”
—Karl Ove Knausgård, My Struggle, Book 5, p. 310. | artistic |
https://susanniami.com/neighborhoods/laguna-beach | 2024-04-22T18:29:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818337.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422175900-20240422205900-00030.warc.gz | 0.944955 | 766 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__141497440 | en | WELCOME TO LAGUNA BEACH
Nestled on the coast of Southern California, Laguna Beach is a picturesque and luxurious community known around the world for its stunning ocean views and high-end amenities. The residential homes in this area are some of the most desirable in the region, with many sprawling estates located in private, gated communities that offer residents a sense of tranquility and exclusivity. Families, professionals, celebrities, and artists alike are drawn to this idyllic town, where the sun-kissed beaches and lush greenery provide the perfect backdrop for a relaxed and refined lifestyle.
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Shopping in Laguna Beach is a world-class experience, with high-end boutiques and designer stores lining the streets. The town is particularly well-known for its art galleries, which showcase a wide range of works from local and international artists. The Laguna Art Museum is a must-visit destination for art lovers, featuring exhibitions and events that celebrate the rich artistic history of the town.
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Residents of Laguna Beach can take advantage of the town's year-round sunshine by spending time outdoors. The beaches in Laguna are some of the most beautiful in the world, with crystal-clear waters and soft sandy shores. The town is also home to numerous parks and nature preserves, where residents can hike, bike, and explore the natural beauty of the region.
For those interested in the arts, Laguna Beach offers a wealth of cultural activities, from live music and theater to film festivals and art walks. The town is also home to several historic landmarks, including the iconic Laguna Beach Lifeguard Tower, which has become a symbol of the town's coastal charm.
Laguna Beach is served by the Laguna Beach Unified School District, which is consistently ranked among the top districts in California. The district offers a range of public schools, including Laguna Beach High School, which is known for its rigorous academic programs and strong athletic teams. Private schools in the area include St. Catherine of Siena Parish School and Anneliese Schools, both of which offer exceptional educational opportunities for students. | artistic |
http://www.jbowenspottery.com/buy-sell-pieces/ | 2024-02-28T02:35:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474690.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228012542-20240228042542-00719.warc.gz | 0.969718 | 224 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__14097011 | en | Buy / Sell Pieces
INFORMATION AND POTTERY WANTED
I am constantly looking for:
1) Unpublished reference materials on J.B. Owens and the successor companies,
2) Unusual pieces of Owens Pottery,
3) Pieces that look like they might have been made by Owens but their origin cannot be determined.
I am also looking for Owens shapes made by other companies to determine the fate of the original J.B. Owens pottery molds. For example Brush Pottery purchased the older J.B. Owens Pottery factory. However, the late Mrs. Clare Barnett (daughter of George Brush) indicate only a handful of Owens molds were left in the building when her father purchased the building. Most molds were likely purchased by Owens when he bought the personnel property of the factory in 1909. The fate of the rest is unknown. Given the value of the molds, it is likely they were sold to another company.
If you are interested in Buying, Selling, or Trading J.B. Owens Pottery, please visit my contact page. | artistic |
https://facetsofinfinity.wordpress.com/ | 2019-05-26T06:16:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258849.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526045109-20190526071109-00422.warc.gz | 0.983133 | 4,296 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__10969451 | en | SPOILER ALERT! This post assumes you have seen the movie Frozen and are familiar with the characters and story. If you have not yet seen the movie, you shouldn’t be wasting your time reading blogs anyway.
NOTE: I will not do many movie reviews on this blog. Only movies that touch on the themes of this blog (and that I saw and liked) will get mentioned. Frozen falls into that category. Gravity also falls into that category and will likely get a review when it comes out on DVD (as I want to see it again to have it fresh in my mind).
Frozen will probably end up being my favorite movie of 2013 despite stiff competition. While Gravity matches Frozen in heart (and has one of the most amazing movie endings ever) and Despicable Me 2 is probably the funniest movie I’ve seen in quite a while, Frozen is a happy medium of the two. It blends deep emotion with lighthearted humor to make a very captivating (and fun) story. As I alluded in my promo post, Frozen is not a romance. It is also not about “girl power” as one critic put it. It is, however, a love story. It is the story of two sisters coming of age and “testing the ice”. It is a story of two emotional journeys.
And so, without further delay, here is my (heavily abridged) review/critique of Disney’s Frozen.
Frozen opens showing two girls with no emotional problems. They are happy. They are safe. They love each other and feel loved by each other. That and they’re darn cute. Anna wakes Elsa up in the middle of the night, intruding on her space, and Elsa doesn’t get mad. She, in turn, pushes Anna away (off the bed) and Anna isn’t crushed. Why? Because they have bonded. They trust in each other’s love and care for each other. They believe they belong and are valued.
It’s also important to note that Elsa is already showing signs of introversion and Anna is showing strong signs of extroversion. The thought of playing alone, even though it’s the middle of the night, has seemingly not even crossed Anna’s mind. This is important as these personality types are clearly natural bents not a result of the coming events.
Then the inciting moment happens. Elsa strikes Anna with her powers accidentally and the mood changes. The girls’ parents rush in and immediately react. Unfortunately, for everyone other than the audience (cause there’d have been no story), they react out of fear. They blame Elsa. They label part of who Elsa is as bad. As Elsa trusts her parents, she believes them. Part of her is bad. Part of her is unwanted.
They rush off to the troll, Pabbie, who begins with a very key question. At this point in the movie, I was already enjoying it as Tangled 2.0. But with this question, it began to dawn on me just how deep this movie was headed. The question Pabbie asks is “Born with the powers or cursed?” This is actually a pretty important distinction. A curse is something you fight to eliminate. It is foreign and not a part of your original self. Being born with something is a part of your design. You were intended that way…for a reason. If the king had answered “Cursed”, my interest in the story wouldn’t have risen. There are a lot of movies where people get cursed and go on a quest to lift the curse. But the prospect that this movie would be about dealing with the powers, not eliminating them really piqued my curiosity.
Pabbie then warns Elsa that her powers must be controlled. This is good advice. If the powers master Elsa, she will struggle. But if she can take charge of them, then they can be a force for good. This is also true of emotions. People who are controlled by their emotions struggle unceasingly, while people who are in control of their emotions can do amazing things.
Sadly, the king then steps in and redefines “control” as “suppress”. And that was the moment I decided this movie might just kick the pants off of Tangled. Because, now this story wasn’t going to be just “a rather fun story” (as Flynn Rider puts it). This story was going to be my story.
When I was as old as Elsa was in the scene where she visits the trolls, I also had a “power that I was born with”. I was off the charts good at school, learning, games, puzzles, etc. I was testing post high school level on my evaluation tests in virtually every subject, and I was nearly unbeatable at any game that involved strategy/reasoning/problem solving. I was homeschooled and so I was often learning in group situations with my brothers. It became a problem in the eyes of my parents that I was answering all the questions and everything so at one point they asked me to think up the answer silently and then keep it to myself and let the other boys answer.
This had two effects on the course of my life. One, I stopped saying what I was thinking. Instead of blurting out what came to mind, I was building a disconnect between my thoughts and my mouth. A filter is good. A disconnect is not. To this day, I struggle getting my thoughts into words. This is a large reason I write. I can give myself enough time for the words to make the jump. When I communicate orally, I open my mouth to speak and my mind is a dozen thoughts ahead and possibly already off topic. That and nothing in my head starts generating an answer until the question finishes. There is very rarely something that I’m “waiting to say”. I can’t hold more than a sentence or so in my mind at a time.
The other effect this had on my life was that I began to fear my smarts. What if I ended up smarter than my brothers? Especially my older brother, Craig? That would hurt him. Craig was my childhood hero. I wanted him to succeed so bad, I was paranoid about outshining him. Any activity Craig picked up and devoted himself to (ie. ham radios), I steered clear of so he could “be the best” in that area. I prayed many times as a child and even as a teenager that God would “make me dumber”. I also prayed for Craig nightly that he would succeed. I wrote PFC (pray for Craig) on the inside of my retainer case. If any success I had discouraged him, I would have counted it a failure. In short, I had a power I was born with and I had been taught (or taught myself) to fear. So when Elsa is isolated to shield her powers from her sibling, I was sitting up in my seat, glued to the screen. (Craig, by the way, is currently succeeding plenty with his life.)
Emotional suppression is a very hard thing to live with. Just as Elsa did, I believed that suppressing my talents was for the “greater good”. My family will be better off if… People will like me if… I’ll fit in better if… These people become the “glue” of their families. They are the sacrifice to keep the family functioning. They are worried about becoming a source of trouble and so they become very little of anything at all. This is true in Elsa’s case. Never does she protest her parents’ instructions. Each new rule they make (confinement, the gloves), she accepts as necessity. The safety and well-being of those around her becomes her responsibility. She mustn’t hurt anyone ever again. She mustn’t hurt Anna. It is out of love that Elsa closes the door and locks her powers (and her emotions) away.
Then the parents die. This cements their wishes in Elsa’s mind. And the parents’ fear is passed from one generation to the next. I want to note here that the parents are not bad parents. Compare them to Mother Gothel from Tangled. These parents care for their kids. They are doing what they think is best. And same goes for my own life. My parents have loved me since the day I was born and never once intended for me to become isolated. They gave me the absolute best they knew.
Three years pass and it’s the coronation day. Elsa is a reclusive hermit bent on honoring her parents’ wishes and keeping their rules. She fears people finding out. She believes people will reject her if they knew what she really was. Anna on the other hand has a restless, empty heart that she longs for someone to fill. Her love tank is on empty and she knows it. She also knows that young men are rumored to fill said love tanks, and this has become her mission. This is no “fairy tale princess flight of fancy”. This is a hunger at the core of her being to belong to someone. To be loved by someone. Her emotional attachment count is at zero. Prince Hans could have been an ugly, lazy alcoholic who made fun of her and she still would have fallen for him.
And here we have the first of several contrasts. When Hans and Anna show up in the banquet hall to ask Elsa’s permission to marry, we see two girls with serious hurts reacting to them in to very common yet different ways. Elsa’s isolation has shielded her from intimacy. Intimacy, in her book, is too dangerous. If you read my previous posts, she is the righteous rule follower. Anna on the other hand dives head first into intimacy. The faster the better. She is drinking till the well runs dry as fast as she can go. She is the reckless rebel.
We then have a telling repeat of the girls’ opening scene. Anna intrudes on Elsa’s space (by snatching off her glove) and Elsa recoils. Elsa pushes Anna away and she is crushed. Neither action was done in anger or even in frustration. Neither sister has any intent of hurting the other. And yet this time the reactions are way different. No longer do they have the bond of emotional attachment supporting their trust in each other’s love for them. The trust has turned to doubt and now these actions are signs: answers to the question “Does my sister love me?”
Elsa’s powers are then revealed and all her work at being the glue of her family is dashed. Her family is now well and truly broken apart and it’s her fault. She realizes that all the sacrifices she made for Anna have amounted to nothing. She is a failure. And she is no longer safe. She flees to protect herself. This is very common in emotionally suppressed people. When their emotions are laid bare, they flee until they’re safe again. They know no other course. Reason goes out the window. Anna’s pleading with her sister to wait, to stop, to come back, fell on deaf ears.
Anna also immediately assumes it’s her fault. She has had a decade or more to conclude why her sister would reject her. But to her credit she still clings to the hope that her sister still loves her. She rides off in search of Elsa and the arc of the story begins. I want to pause here and just say: Anna is not an airhead. She is driven by what she wants and stops at nothing to get it. WHAT she wants changes as her arc progresses, but she is not just blundering around aimlessly. She is also the only character to learn something by listening to another’s advice. She has a brain and it is processing from beginning to end. I would argue that though she has a lot to learn, she starts and ends the movie more emotionally stable than does Elsa.
Elsa arrives on the mountain and sings her big song “Let It Go” (which I’m pretty sure everyone who has been around me in the last month is sick of). What happens here is that she throws off the rules of her childhood. The righteous rule follower allows herself to rebel, to experience freedom. No more will she suppress who she really is. She’s going to let it go. Good or bad, she’s going to be real. And there is a moment here that I missed the significance of the first time I watched it. She builds a bridge and then crosses it. This is a direct contrast to the moment she freezes Anna. She is trusting her powers again. She is trusting herself. Next, she builds a fortress to protect herself. Within these walls, she is free. Outside, the world doesn’t matter. To her, it may as well not even exist. She is free. And, she is alone.
In my state of isolation, when I was alone, I often felt freedom. It is freeing to be away from the people you fear you will hurt. It allows you to relax. But it is far from a good solution. She is still alone. She has not cured the root of her problem: her lack of emotional attachment. She has only broken out of the mindset she was in that was keeping her from healing. But hey, there’s still popcorn to be eaten.
Anna meets Kristoff (woohoo! big summer blowout! ya?). Another critique I’ve heard against the movie is that Kristoff’s character arc is completely flat. Well, it is. He’s a foil. (That’s why it’s not a romance.) Anna describes Hans to Kristoff and it is clear that Hans has become Anna’s anchor: the well from which her thirst for belonging will be quenched. She has hope. This is something that Elsa does not have yet. Anna also has purpose. She doesn’t necessarily know what she needs, but she’s determined to find it.
Anna and Kristoff meet Olaf, another foil. He is pure comic relief until later, …so I will ignore him until that time.
Anna and Kristoff arrive at Elsa’s palace. I love this scene as it allows Anna to see Elsa without her mask. She gets the answer to her question of “Why did my sister shut me out?” And her response is “Heck yes, I forgive you. Let’s be sisters again.” She says all the right things. She is not condemnatory. She is vulnerable. She is loving. But Elsa triggers (recalling the childhood accident) and pulls back yet again. This is a darn good illustration of an emotional trigger. You can have love and relationship staring you in the face and yet, you can’t see it. Again, when one is emotionally triggered, reason is gone. As Anna pushes in more, Elsa only gets worse. Until she snaps and once again hurts her sister and pushes her away.
They go to visit the trolls. Anna is doubting her ability to bring her sister back. Words didn’t work. The trolls actually have some good advice this time. In the song “Fixer Upper”, there is a line that goes, “People make bad choices when they’re mad or scared or stressed, but throw a little love their way and you’ll bring out their best.” You can tell Anna is processing this and thinking of her sister. This advice tells her two things. One, Elsa’s fresh rejection is not because of her. And Elsa can yet be saved. Anna is learning some rules for love rather than just solely feeling her way along.
But Anna now has a more immediate problem. She is freezing solid. She needs some love of her own. And here we come to the ending which consists of four characters “saving the day” through love. And it’s interesting that it goes in order from most mature to least mature. Kristoff goes first and races Anna to her love (even though by now it’s clear he wishes that were him). He is willing (as Olaf puts it) to love Anna so much to give her what SHE wants most and let her go. Olaf then risks melting to warm Anna up and encourage her. These two acts fill Anna’s love tank. She gets a taste of genuine emotional attachment. When she arrives on the lake, she in turn chooses to give love to her sister even at the cost of the thing she has wanted most the entire movie: romantic love. Kristoff, the proven source of what she has been longing for for so long, is literally running towards her. Instead, she makes the ultimate sacrifice and takes the sword for her sister. This pierces Elsa’s shell. Elsa had previously let her sister see her as she really was with her hurts and her pain and her fear. Yet Anna responds to this reality with love. And this touches Elsa very deeply. She can feel this love. And she in turn loves Anna, thawing her and making her new (her hair doesn’t even have the mark of the original freezing).
And then we have the resolution of the various arcs. Anna and Kristoff get together. WOOHOO! I thought it was fine they didn’t have a guy for Elsa. I briefly hoped that Elsa and Kristoff would get together (since he was stable enough for her and he really likes ice). But to come from where she was to stable enough for a relationship would have been unrealistic. She is healing, but she has a long way to go. I also like that the ending scene is Anna and Elsa, not Anna and Kristoff once again affirming that this story is not about romance. It is a story of children overcoming obstacles and becoming adults. Of people learning to value themselves and to give and receive love. Of one sibling setting out to reach the heart of her sister and bring her home. The movie ends how it began with two sisters skating in the snow which they both love and which neither fears.
So what did I not like? The resolution of Prince Hans’ arc irks me every time. He has the same emotional wound that the sisters do, yet there is no effort made to show him love. He has responded to his hurt and powerlessness by becoming an abuser (not that uncommon). But if we could see beneath the surface, we would see a wound as deep as Elsa’s or Anna’s and we would have much more pity for him. Yes he still needs to be punished. He is still responsible for his actions. But I don’t see him as the villain in this movie.
The true villain is fear itself. Fear drove the parents to isolate Elsa. Fear drove the sisters to question each other’s love. Fear drove Elsa out away from the people that loved her. Fear drove Hans to try to marry into the throne. Fear drove Anna to fall for him. And on and on it goes. Hans should have had at least a scene of glimpsing beneath his shell if not a shot at redeeming himself.
Finally, what did I like best? Two things which in a way are related. First, the accurate portrayal of two big problems kids face today: emotional isolation and emotional rejection. There are a lot of Elsas in this world (I was one of them). There are also a lot of Annas. Most of them grew up in seemingly normal homes (though many regretfully did not). But emotional attachment was obstructed as they matured (perhaps out of fear, misunderstanding, false beliefs, past experiences, etc.). I think a lot of people are going to see themselves and their hurts in either of the sisters.
Secondly, I loved the message of the story’s resolution: people need emotional attachment, and that attachment does not have to be a romantic relationship. It does not have to be cool. It does not have to be with this person or that person. It doesn’t have to be with your parents. (It doesn’t have to be with your siblings either.) It needs to be with someone who sees you as you really are and loves you anyway. The entire story of Frozen is driven by Anna’s seemingly nonsensical notion that Elsa is still worthy of love and that the bond that they once shared can be reforged. | artistic |
http://cooleydanceco.com/bios.html | 2017-01-24T07:03:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284352.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00253-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.984087 | 1,098 | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-04__0__30599076 | en | Kim Cooley is a Williamsport native and has been married to her husband Ted for 36 years. She has two sons, Chris and Justin, who are also involved with the studio. She started dancing at the age of five with Mary Louise Williams. Throughout high school, Kim was involved in gymnastics and color guard. After graduating from Williamsport High School and studying business at Williamsport Area Community College (now Penn College), she continued to dance and work for the Williamsport National Bank and then as the office manager for Clarkson Chemical Company.
She has been dancing a total of 41 years and has been teaching dance in the Williamsport area for 29 years. She has experience teaching dance, ages two through adult, including tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, lyrical, modern, preschool, and ballroom. Kim has also shared her love of dance with physically and mentally challenged individuals. She choreographed dances for school shows and has done the choreography for school musicals at Bishop Neumann High School, now St. John Neumann Regional Academy. Kim has performed in The Gary Chrisman live show over the years. Kim's background includes experience as an aerobic instructor and participating in competitive aerobics. She has attended numerous dance seminars including: Music Works Unlimited, Robert Christopher, Urban Jam, Jeff Shade's Jazz seminars and Face of the Future. She teaches dance classes at the studio and is also our office manager. Kim loves teaching children and adults dance and has been devoted to dance for most of her life. When Kim is not teaching dance and running the studio office, she enjoys working in her garden, playing with her dogs, playing golf, watching football and baseball, and most of all, caring for her family.
Lauren Cooley, originally from Ridgway, PA, has been dancing since the age of 5. She was a student of April School of Dance for 12 years, where she was exposed to various types of dance including tap, ballet and jazz. Throughout high school, Lauren was also involved in band and musicals, such as “Bye Bye Birdie” and “A Chorus Line”. In 2005, she graduated from Lycoming College with a BA in Photography and Commercial Design. While at Lycoming, she was an active member in the Dance Club. Lauren is proud that she was one of the members who helped form the Dance Club into the popular organization that it is today. She taught tap and took classes in Ballet, Lyrical, Hip-hop, Pointe, and Jazz. After graduating, she was lucky enough to marry into a family that is just as crazy about dance as she is! Her husband Chris has been producing dance shows and working backstage since he was 9, and will continue to do so for the Cooley Dance Company. Lauren has been teaching and choreographing in the area post graduation. She choreographed for the Williamsport Area High School's musical production of "Kiss Me Kate" in 2009 which was a nominee for best choreography of a Large Scale Musical at the first annual "Ray of Light Awards". In 2010, she choreographed for the Williamsport Community Theater League's production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie". She also worked with the Williamsport Area High School and choreographed "Grease". In 2012, Lauren worked with Montoursville Area High School's production of "Godspell", which won "best Choreography". In 2013, she choreographed "Anything Goes" for WAHS. Now entering her 23rd year dancing, she is thrilled to have her own studio!
In 2009, she began her 4-year certification under Dance Masters of America. Dance Masters is an international organization of dance educators who have been certified by test to teach. The training school program includes training and teaching philosophies in a variety of subjects, as well as keeping up with current trends in the dance industry. She also enjoys attending MusicWorks Seminars. Outside of dance, Lauren loves portrait photography, cooking, gardening, and traveling. She is employed as a photographer. She enjoys spending time with her family and trying to catch her Jack Russell, Emma.
Lynn Zitta Miss Lauren's sister, also hails from Ridgway, PA and has been dancing since the age of 4. At April School of Dance she studied 14 years of ballet and tap, 6 years of lyrical, 5 years of pointe, 3 years of jazz and 2 years of stretch, turns, jumps. In her senior year she taught an intermediate ballet and beginner pointe class and was a member of the Dynamic Dance Competition Company. Lynn has had the opportunity to perform in both the Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC. Throughout high school she choreographed for numerous school musicals and community theatre productions as well. At Lycoming College, Lynn served as ballet teacher for 6 semesters in the Dance Club and was Co-Captain for 2 years.
Lynn graduated from Lycoming College in 2011 with a degree in Creative Writing and will be graduating with an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts in July 2013. She is employed full-time as a copywriter. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her husband Adam, writing poetry and crafting. Lynn is thrilled to be able to teach alongside her sister and has plans to start a competition dance group at the studio in the future. | artistic |
http://phoenix-movers50593.blog2learn.com/15892302/the-best-ways-to-move-valuable-art-work | 2019-01-16T14:32:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583657510.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190116134421-20190116160421-00346.warc.gz | 0.95552 | 750 | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__203201385 | en | You're moving and you have actually got a few valuable, valuable products. Or maybe you have a great deal of them. There's a good opportunity that some of these possessions are art pieces. Whether it's an investment or genuinely special art work to you, you'll wish to take additional care during your relocation.
Full-service moving companies need to understand the procedure with art work, and this is most likely an added service that they will use. But whether they are looking after it or you would rather have the task in your very own trusted hands, you'll need to know exactly what should be done. If you are utilizing a moving company, ensure you speak with them prior to the move to comprehend their methods so they are up to par with your expectations.
Tissue paper or plain newsprint is strongly suggested to cover and protect the surface of your piece. For optimal defense during the relocation itself, you might want to utilize hardboard, however at the minimum, get corrugated cardboard.
Follow this procedure for securing your art work:
Slide a piece of cardboard beneath the painting. Make certain to keep your hands and fingers off of the work and deal with the cardboard from here on out.
If you have the tissue paper or paper (again, recommended), location it over the face of the painting. You might want to tape the paper down on the corners, but ensure it is no place near the painting itself.
Cover the face of the piece with another sheet of cardboard.
Put another sheet or two of cardboard on each side of the painting to produce a more powerful structure and to prevent bending of the art work.
Wrap tape around the cardboard pieces to protect check these guys out them together.
Place this device in between 2 pieces of corrugated cardboard (or hardwood) and tape all sides together.
Your piece of art ought to now be prepared to go.
If you have framed pieces of artwork, you'll need strong boxes. You'll likewise require tape, bubble wrap and packaging peanuts, and you should consider corner protectors.
Here's ways to load it:
If you are utilizing corner protectors, place them on each corner of the piece.
Wrap the frame with bubble wrap and ensure all the corners are covered and tape it securely.
If you're using hardboard, place the wrapped work in between 2 pieces of board and tape them together.
Put packing peanuts in the bottom of your box to produce a total layer of defense.
Place your piece on this initial layer and fill the box with more peanuts. Ensure the corners are covered. The tighter the fit in the peanuts, the much better.
Seal package shut by taping all edges of package.
Your framed work is all set to move.
If a moving business or a carrier is moving your art work, guarantee the art for its complete worth. If utilizing a carrier, it's finest to shy away from delivering it by ground, as there is more chance for possible damage.
Whether it's a financial investment or genuinely unique art work to you, you'll desire to take additional care throughout your relocation.
Full-service moving business need to understand the treatment with art work, and this is most likely an included service that they will use. If you are utilizing a moving business, make sure you talk to them prior to the relocation to comprehend their approaches so they are up to par with your expectations.
For optimal defense throughout the relocation itself, you might desire to utilize hardboard, however at the minimum, get corrugated cardboard.
If a moving company or a shipper is moving your artwork, insure the art for its full value. | artistic |
http://www.jillwilsonart.com/the-desert-series/ | 2018-02-17T19:38:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891807660.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20180217185905-20180217205905-00596.warc.gz | 0.941455 | 110 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__143515450 | en | This collection of ongoing works shows a highly coloured mix reflecting my impressions emanating from the country surrounding Alice Springs and beyond. I use photographs, drawings and memory as the basis of my studio produced work.
I am inspired by Coober Pedy and the beautiful colours of the opals mined there, the Ochre pits and the spectacular Rainbow Valley. Here sandstone weathered by water and wind over thousands of years has formed into the most incredible shapes. The depth and range of the colours of these unique shapes is a driving force behind my work. | artistic |
https://www.yamamotoyama.com/pages/history-of-tea | 2020-06-04T23:07:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590348492295.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20200604223445-20200605013445-00294.warc.gz | 0.968192 | 1,254 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__23094553 | en | The Birthplace of Tea
Primeval tea trees cover remote regions of China's Yunnan Province, where tea is thought to have originated. Some trees are nearly 2000-years-old. In 729, at the beginning of Japan's Nara period, Emperor Shomu entertained a group of Buddhist monks with tea, indicating that by this point tea had already made its way into the imperial court, perhaps through diplomatic missions to China. Tea of this era was exclusively matcha, made from pulverizing steamed and dried tea leaves into a fine powder and mixed with hot water.
Taking Root in Japanese Culture
Tea first became widely known during the early years of the Kamakura era (1185-1333), when it was promoted by Zen monks for its medicinal virtues. But it was not until the Higashiyama phase of the Muromachi era (1336-1573) that it assumed definite cultural connotations.
Higashiyama culture is associated with the reception room style of architecture typified by the Silver Pavilion. The tea ceremony of the period shows the influence of this style of architecture, and is known as shoin daisu cha, serving tea on a stand in a reception room. It was a highly aristocratic affair that favored the use of splendid utensils and sumptuous ornamentation in Chinese style. Nobles and the cream of the warrior class would gather on these occasions to enjoy the aesthetic merits of the paintings displayed and the tea utensils themselves.
The Aesthetics of Tea “Wabi”
The shoin daisu cha style of tea ritual treasured Sinicized splendor to the exclusion of everything else. It was a Zen priest by the name of Shuko Murata who is said to be the founder of wabi-cha, a style of Japanese tea ceremony that emphasizes simplicity.
Until that time the focus had been on Chinese tea utensils. Murata replaced the Chinese utensils with locally made crafts. In addition he popularized building a small tea room exclusively for the enjoyment of tea simply for its taste. It became especially fashionable among the townspeople of Sakai, one of the most important seaports in Japan. The city's free and independent spirit proved fertile soil for this new style.
Tea Ceremony was further refined by the great Sen no Rikyu, tea master to the renowned Samurai rulers Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Sen no Rikyu raised Murata’s Wabi concept to the level of a highly philosophical aesthetic, which can be summed up in the phase “Chazen Ichimi”: tea and Zen are one.
Kahei Yamamoto II and the Spread of Sencha
The age of Hideyoshi came to a close, and control of the country fell into the hands of Tokugawa Ieyasu. At the same time a new method of drinking tea involving sencha or "infused tea" arose alongside the traditional tea ceremony. Sencha is tea made from whole tea leaves as opposed to the matcha powder form.
One theory holds that sencha was transmitted to Japan via the Zen Buddhism of Ming-Dynasty China. A Confucian scholar at the beginning of the Edo period (1603-1867) called Ishikawa Jozan is said to have systematized the etiquette used. Another century passed and new life was breathed into the drinking of sencha by a former Zen monk turned tea peddler, Baisao.
It was around this time that Yamamotoyama became involved in the history of sencha. In 1738, Soen Nagatani introduced a new way of tea manufacturing with a technique called aosei sencha, meaning “steamed green tea process”. This process yields a yellow-green fresh color with a balanced sweetness and a mild astringency. It is most similar to the taste of green tea today.
The tea available at this time and consumed by the common people was minimally processed. It yielded a tea brown in color with a slight amount of astringency and sweetness. After spending almost 15 years perfecting his manufacturing technique, Nagatani set out for Edo (modern day Tokyo) to sell his new idea. As this was a truly unique way of drinking tea, nobody seemed to be interested in his new creation, nobody except Kahei Yamamoto II.
Yamamoto II had a small tea business at that time. He was so impressed with Nagatani’s new invention that he started to sell this new “steamed green tea” at his shop. He named it tenkaichi, meaning “the best on earth.” The tea went on to become the shop’s best seller.
Once sencha gained widespread popularity, the formal display associated with tea drinking gave way to an even more simplified method of drinking tea: put the leaves in a teapot, add hot water then consume the resulting brew. Without the ceremonial constrains, this simple ritual could be performed multiple times on a daily basis. The Japanese tea we enjoy today is the living manifestation of that tradition.
Tea, Witness to Eternity
Tea has been loved by the Japanese for over 1200 years. At first the exclusive drink of nobility, it later spread to the samurai, then the merchants and finally to the common people. Over the centuries the way it was consumed underwent numerous changes. It served variously as a medicinal brew, a status symbol, and lastly as an everyday beverage. Today it is enjoyed all over the world by people from all walks of life at any time of the day.
Drink a cup of tea - look back over the turbulent course of history on which it has been carried down to the present day - and it is no exaggeration to say that you can feel the spirit of Japan living on unbroken in every sip. Tea has seen Japan’s mighty rise and fall. It is a repository of the memory of all the innumerable tales acted out by humankind on Japanese soil. It is, perhaps, nothing less than a witness to eternity. | artistic |
http://www.presidio.edu/tanya-weliky/ | 2017-11-21T06:07:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806317.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20171121055145-20171121075145-00164.warc.gz | 0.947213 | 350 | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__104611316 | en | Director of Marketing Communications
Tanya has over two decades of marketing communications experience developing and managing 360-degree marketing initiatives: email, print, online advertising, public relations, corporate strategy, and interactive solutions for a variety of industries.
Tanya was most recently Marketing Director at ArtistWorks, an online education company that allows students to study music from top caliber and Grammy-winning artists through their patented Video Exchange® platform. In her two years there, the membership of the site more than doubled. While At ArtistWorks, she also volunteered as a brand advisor and Copywriter for Save the Bay through the Taproot Foundation.
Prior to that, as an Independent Marketing Communications Consultant, she worked with high profile clients including Bizinsure.com, KesslerSF, Rauxa, Euro RSCG/Brann Worldwide, Shutterstock, Fleischman Hillard, and Pottery Barn. Before moving to the west coast, she worked in communications for New York startups as well as for Fortune 100 companies such as IBM and Morgan Stanley.
Tanya is also a fine artist, a prolific stock photographer with Getty/Istock and holds a BA in English and Fine Art from Bowdoin College. Email her if you are interested in writing a post for our blog, submitting content to our newsletter, or forming an ongoing content share relationship with Presidio Graduate School.
Presidio Graduate School educates and inspires a new generation of skilled, visionary and enterprising leaders to transform business and public policy and create a more just, prosperous and sustainable world. Through innovative MBA and MPA and research programs, PGS activates students and professionals across a range of disciplines, industries and sectors to bridge the gap between commerce and the common good. | artistic |
https://notizie.dimanoinmano.it/en/2019/11/18/the-game-table-this-stranger/ | 2023-06-06T17:23:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652959.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606150510-20230606180510-00388.warc.gz | 0.951416 | 699 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__108105425 | en | Vestiges of past eras, testimonies of uses and customs now obsolete … Antique objects arouse great interest today more than ever.
Antiques are a fascinating and mysterious world, all to be investigated and discovered.
In this regard, we have decided to dedicate a series of insights to the topic to highlight peculiarities and curiosities that we will publish on Monday.
The first appointment with Classic Monday is dedicated to an interesting piece of furniture that has fallen into disuse.
It is a piece of furniture that no longer appears in modern homes, except with a merely decorative function:
the game table.
Born in the Middle Ages, the gaming table has undergone several evolutions until its almost definitive disappearance in the twentieth century.
Before the reign of Louis XV any table could be used for the purpose: it was enough to place a velvet or linen cloth on it and voila, the table was ready to welcome endless games of cards or checkers.
It was only in the eighteenth century, the golden age of French furniture, that the table acquired a specific function according to its use.
It is said that Marie Antoinette, the then Queen of France, had a real addiction to gambling, and she was certainly not the only one… Much of the nobility French considered the game as one of the main forms of entertainment.
So it was that the greatest craftsmen of the time designed highly specialized tables, designed specifically for the most popular games: chess, checkers, the beloved tric-trac and so on.
These were very refined pieces, often very elaborate; The most interesting were modular, equipped with drawers and secret compartments.
The real protagonist of this period was the semicircular game table.
Open it could accommodate up to seven players, at the end of the games, the table was folded and placed against the wall where, minimally bulky, it assumed a decorative function.
Louis XVI-style furniture is considered among the most beautiful ever made; Simple and refined, characterized by classic and elegant lines.
They stand in stark contrast to the asymmetry and abundance of decorative elements of Rococo and Louis XV.
A key element is the resumption of the themes of classical Greek and Roman culture, which translates into linear shapes, geometric composure, symmetrical and evocative decorations of the ancient world.
Characteristic of this period are the lounge, play, tea and coffee tables, contained in the volumes and with thin legs with a square section, which have tapered cone or pyramid feet.
Following the French Revolution there will be a further stiffening and simplification of the furnishings.
The Directory style will be established (of which the game table in the image above is a splendid example).
With a rather rigid elegance, it maintains the classic forms of the Louis XVI period, but emptied of inlays, elaborate bronzes.
Mahogany with its austere but imperial color slowly becomes the most widespread and requested wood (which will become one of the characteristic features of the Empire era) without many frills.
It will be in the Empire era that the furniture will return to be enriched with all those symbols also sculptural related to the Roman Empire and the figure of Napoleon.
After the fall of the Napoleonic Empire there will be a further development of this type of furniture that will respond to the need to furnish the houses of the new bourgeois class. | artistic |
https://emboldenedexpressions.com/collaborative-commissions | 2019-08-19T17:31:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027314852.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20190819160107-20190819182107-00282.warc.gz | 0.939412 | 184 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__84408535 | en | Have an idea or vision you'd like to work with a professional artist to manifest?
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https://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/beowulf-and-epic-poetry/?replytocom=222 | 2019-08-25T09:05:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027323246.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825084751-20190825110751-00171.warc.gz | 0.959412 | 686 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__47745081 | en | Beowulf is an epic poem that focuses on a hero’s quest. Written sometime between 600 and 1000 CE, the poem tells the story of a man named Beowulf who takes up the challenge to kill Grendel, a demonic force attacking Hrothgar’s mead hall. What ensues is a story of courage eventually overcome by forces beyond the hero’s control.
Beowulf fights three major battles:
- Grendelis the first, who is terrorizing Heorot.
- Grendel’s Mother is second. She seeks revenge after Grendel’s death.
- The third is the Dragon that eventually takes Beowulf’s life.
One question is how might we classify Beowulf? Heroic characters typically fall into one of three major categories:
- Heroes (sometimes called Pure Heroes) undergo the heroic quest and are purified by it. Their flaws are removed and they become somehow perfect. They are often, then, uncompromising in their principles and moral code. Thus, they survive and bring the treasure they sought back to their own society for the purposes of making people’s lives better by enacting the proper moral code. Heroes succeed and often become god-like, even if only figuratively.
- Tragic Heroes undertake a quest, but cannot overcome their flaws. Instead of being purified by their quest, they are destroyed by it because of their willingness to compromise themselves and their principles. Often, their societies are left in ruins as a result, too.
These two serve as models of action. In other words, the idea is that they become role models to either imitate or avoid.
- A more modern version is called the Antihero, and is actually the figure we’re more familiar with. Antiheroes manage to succeed, at least partially, despite the fact that they are not purified in their quest. Thus, they are often morally ambiguous, sometimes willing to compromise certain principles for the sake of practicality or revenge.
The Antihero becomes a much more ambigous characters. Often, he achieves the results he or society wants, but he might do so in troubling ways.
Beowulf himself is often regarded as a Pure Hero. But, do you think that he embodies other traits? Look for scenes from Youtube or Google Video from the 2007 film version, particularly the battle with Grendel’s mother. You’ll find a very different portrayal of Beowulf than that which is in the poem. Where might the film producers have found the idea to turn Beowulf into an Antihero?
Discussion questions to be completed this week (10/6 – 10/10):
- What stages of the Hero’s Quest are followed in Beowulf? Keep in mind that the progression won’t be perfectly linear. Which do you think get more emphasis and why?
- If Beowulf is some form of Hero, then who/what constitutes the Villain (or pure evil)? Clearly, Grendel and his Mother qualify, but how and why? And is the Dragon a villain, or just an excuse for more blood and guts?
- Who might qualify as a Beowulf’s Shadow character? Why?
- Who would qualify as the Wise Mentor? Why? | artistic |
https://initiallyme.com/product/cuff-bracelet/ | 2022-08-18T14:58:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00655.warc.gz | 0.946864 | 114 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__209469388 | en | This hand-stamped cuff bracelet fits wrists from about 6″ to 7″ and is slightly adjustable. It is available in copper, sterling silver, rose gold-filled, and gold-filled.
Please message me for a custom quote with the cherished names that you would like on it. (This one pictured is $75 in the rose gold-filled with 4 names.)
*Please note that each bracelet is handmade and is not perfect, which lends to the quirky, handmade feel of the piece.
I look forward to creating something special just for you. | artistic |
https://theapparelshack.com/services/screen-printing/ | 2024-03-01T18:50:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475422.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301161412-20240301191412-00466.warc.gz | 0.959466 | 105 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__28562951 | en | Screen Printing is the traditional process for decorating apparel. For over 25 years, we’ve helped companies and organizations like yours create their perfect t-shirts. We have the capability of printing up to 12 colors per location. The process is simple. If you already have a design, send it to us and we’ll take it from there. Or if you need our help, we have a team of graphic designers ready to take your ideas and bring them to life. Visit our gallery to see our work. | artistic |
https://www.mintedevents.com/single-post/2017/11/03/rustic-waterfront-wedding | 2024-04-19T08:21:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817382.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419074959-20240419104959-00209.warc.gz | 0.975964 | 334 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__204852097 | en | Rustic Waterfront Wedding
This was the first Buffalo wedding I created a few years back. The bride requested a rustic chic theme and was on a fairly low budget. We began searching for the event venue and when we started to realize that classic wedding venues would be out of the question for her budget, I had to think outside the event hall. That's when I found the Marcy Casino at Delaware Park. Delaware Park is the prized Buffalo park where the beautiful Japanese and rose garden are located. The "Casino" as they call it is a beautiful event venue that was just the right size for her wedding, and sat overlooking a serene lake. And the very sweet cherry on top was that it costs a fraction of your average even hall. Now it was time for the fun part- wedding planning. To deliver on the bride and grooms style and budget, I picked up vintage and thrift store frames in gold, collected mason jars and lace and burlap ribbon to create a effortless wedding centerpiece that, when accompanied by the pale fresh flower palette resulted in exactly what the bride and groom dreamed of. Sometimes as an event planner, I have to get really hands on and create decor. And that's ok because it really gave the wedding that rustic homemade feel but with chic elements like the ethereal rose garden where the bride sat for part of the wedding ceremony. The second half of the ceremony took place right by the water. It was absolutely beautiful. The newlyweds were ecstatic with the whole wedding, and that's my job as a wedding planner, to simply make you happy and relieve you of all the stress of event planning. | artistic |
http://clyvedonpress.com/index.php?page=book2 | 2023-05-31T10:51:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646457.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531090221-20230531120221-00044.warc.gz | 0.952936 | 215 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__265508521 | en | AN ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS, PROSE AND PLAYS
Robert Calvert left a huge legacy of written work: poetry, song lyrics, plays, short stories. His appeal has not diminished with the passing of time and the relevance of his work, with particular emphasis on his concerns on the advancements of modern science, ring ever louder and with ever more truth. Much of his written work is now long out-of-print and fetching significant premiums when copies become available.
The Clyvedon Press is honoured to be publishing a new anthology of Robert Calvert’s poems, prose and plays. Compiled with the full authorisation and involvement of Robert’s estate, the anthology will comprise three casebound volumes and one CD, all housed in a slip case, totalling over 1500 pages. The anthology will include a substantial find of previously unknown and unpublished material that was re-discovered in 2016.
This flyer has more information, including a provisional list of contents. | artistic |
http://famouspeople.com/famous_biographies/Beethoven.htm | 2022-05-19T11:44:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662527626.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519105247-20220519135247-00312.warc.gz | 0.981184 | 2,669 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__56027337 | en | Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer of classical music, who lived predominantly in Vienna, Austria. Beethoven is widely regarded as one of history's supreme composers who produced notable works even after he completely lost his hearing. He was one of the greatest figures in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in music. His reputation has inspired — and in many cases intimidated — composers, musicians, and audiences who were to come after him. Among his most widely-recognized works are his Fifth, Sixth and Ninth symphonies (the latter containing the "Ode to Joy"); Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor"); a Violin Concerto; the Pathétique, Moonlight and Appassionata piano sonatas; and the Für Elise bagatelle.
Life and work
Beethoven was born at 515 Bongasse, Bonn, Germany, to Johann van Beethoven (1740–1792), of Flemish origins; and Magdalena Keverich van Beethoven (1744–1787) of Slavic ancestry. Until relatively recently, many reference works showed 16 December as Beethoven's "date of birth", since he was baptized on 17 December and children at that time were generally baptized the day after their birth. However, modern scholarship does not make such assumptions. Beethoven's first music teacher was his father, a musician in the Electoral court at Bonn and an alcoholic who beat him and unsuccessfully attempted to exhibit him as a child prodigy like Mozart. However, others soon noticed Beethoven's talent. He was given instruction and employment by Christian Gottlob Neefe, as well as financial sponsorship by the Prince-Elector. Beethoven's mother died when he was 17, and for several years he was responsible for raising his two younger brothers. Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792, where he intended to study with Joseph Haydn, but the old man had little time for teaching and he passed Beethoven onto Johann Albrechtsberger. He quickly established a reputation as a piano virtuoso, and more slowly, as a composer. He settled into the career pattern he would follow for the remainder of his life: rather than working for the church or a noble court (as most composers before him had done), he was a freelancer, supporting himself with public performances, sales of his works and stipends from members of the aristocracy who recognized his ability.
Beethoven's career as a composer is usually divided into Early, Middle, and Late periods. In the Early period, he is seen as emulating his great predecessors Haydn and Mozart, at the same time exploring new directions and gradually expanding the scope and ambition of his work. Some important pieces from the Early period are the first and second symphonies, the first six string quartets, the first two piano concertos, and the first twenty piano sonatas, including the famous Pathétique and Moonlight. The Middle period began shortly after Beethoven's personal crisis centering around deafness. The period is noted for large-scale works expressing heroism and struggle; these include many of the most famous works of classical music. Middle period works include six symphonies (Nos. 3–8), the last three piano concertos and his only violin concerto, five string quartets (Nos. 7–11), the next seven piano sonatas including the Waldstein, and Appassionata, and Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio. Beethoven's Late period began around 1816 and lasted until Beethoven died in 1827. The Late works are greatly admired for and characterized by their intellectual depth, intense and highly personal expression, and experimentation with forms (for example, the Quartet in C Sharp Minor has seven movements, while most famously his Ninth Symphony adds choral forces to the orchestra in the last movement). This period includes the Missa Solemnis, the last five string quartets and the last five piano sonatas. Considering the depth and extent of Beethoven's artistic explorations, as well as the composer's success in making himself comprehensible to the widest possible audience, the Austrian-born British musician and writer Hans Keller pronounced Beethoven "humanity's greatest mind altogether". Beethoven's personal life was troubled. Around age 28, he started to become deaf, which led him to contemplate suicide (see the 1802 Heiligenstadt Testament). He was attracted to unattainable (married or aristocratic) women, whom he idealized; he never married. Some scholars believe his period of low productivity from about 1812 to 1816 was caused by depression resulting from Beethoven's realization that he would never marry. Beethoven quarrelled, often bitterly, with his relatives and others (including a painful and public custody battle over his nephew Karl); he frequently treated other people badly. He moved often and had strange personal habits, such as wearing filthy clothing even as he washed compulsively. He often had financial troubles. Many listeners perceive an echo of Beethoven's life in his music, which often depicts struggle followed by triumph. This description is often applied to Beethoven's creation of masterpieces in the face of his severe personal difficulties. Beethoven was often in poor health, especially after his mid-20s, when he began to suffer from serious stomach pains. In 1826 his health took a drastic turn for the worse. His death the following year was attributed to liver disease, but modern research on a lock of Beethoven's hair taken at the time of his death, and a few pieces of his skull shows that lead poisoning could well have contributed to his ill-health and ultimately to his death (the levels of lead were more than 100 times higher than levels found in most people today). The source of the lead poisoning may have been fish from the heavily polluted Danube River and lead compounds used to sweeten wines. It is unlikely that lead poisoning was the cause of his deafness, which several researchers think was caused by an autoimmune disorder such as systemic lupus erythematosus. The hair analysis did not detect mercury, which is consistent with the view that Beethoven did not have syphilis (syphilis was treated with mercury compounds at the time). The absence of drug metabolites suggests Beethoven avoided opiate painkillers. Beethoven continued working on his music until he died in March 1827. His last musical sketches belong to the composition of a string quintet in C Major.
Musical style and innovations
Beethoven is viewed as one of the most important transitional figures between the Classical and Romantic eras of musical history. As far as musical form is concerned, he built on the principles of sonata form and motivic development that he had inherited from Haydn and Mozart, but greatly extended them, writing longer and more ambitious movements. But Beethoven also radically redefined the symphony, transforming it from the rigidly structured four-ordered-movements form of Haydn's era to a fairly open ended form that could sustain as many movements as necessary, and of whatever form as necessary to give the work cohesion. The work of Beethoven's Middle period is celebrated for its frequent heroic expression, and the works of his Late period for their intellectual depth. See also History of sonata form and Romantic music.
Personal beliefs and their musical influence
Beethoven was much taken by the ideals of the Enlightenment and by the growing Romanticism in Europe. He initially dedicated his third symphony, the Eroica (Italian for "heroic"), to Napoleon in the belief that the general would sustain the democratic and republican ideals of the French Revolution, but in 1804 tore out the title page upon which he had written a dedication to Napoleon, as Napoleon's imperial ambitions became clear, renamed the symphony as the "Sinfonia Eroica, composta per festeggiare il Sovvenire di un grand Uomo", or in English, "composed to celebrate the memory of a great man". The fourth movement of his Ninth Symphony features an elaborate choral setting of Schiller's ode An die Freude ("To Joy"), an optimistic hymn championing the brotherhood of humanity. Scholars disagree on Beethoven's religious beliefs and the role they played in his work.
Beethoven the Romantic?
continuing controversy surrounding Beethoven is whether he was a Romantic or a Classical composer. As documented elsewhere, since the meanings of the word "Romantic" and the definition of the period "Romanticism" both vary by discipline, Beethoven's inclusion as a member of that movement or period must be looked at in context. If we consider the Romantic movement as an aesthetic epoch in literature and the arts generally, Beethoven sits squarely in the first half along with literary Romantics such as the German poets Goethe and Schiller (whose texts both he and the much more straightforwardly Romantic Franz Schubert drew on for songs) and the English poet Percy Shelley. He was also called a Romantic by contemporaries such as Spohr and E.T.A. Hoffman. He is often considered the composer of the first Song Cycle and was influenced by Romantic folk idioms, for example in his use of the work of Robert Burns. He set dozens of such poems (and arranged folk melodies) for voice, piano, and violin. If on the other hand we consider the context of musicology, where Romantic music is dated later; the matter is one of considerably greater debate. For some experts, Beethoven is not a Romantic, and his being one is a myth; for others he stands as a transitional figure, or an immediate precursor to Romanticism, the "inventor" of the Romantic period; for others he is the prototypical, or even archetypal, Romantic composer, complete with myth of heroic genius and individuality. The marker buoy of Romanticism has been pushed back and forth several times by scholarship, and it remains a subject of intense debate, in no small part because Beethoven is seen as a seminal figure. To those for whom the Enlightenment represents the basis of Modernity, he must therefore be unequivocally a Classicist, while for those who see the Romantic sensibility as a key to later aesthetics (including the aesthetics of our own time), he must be a Romantic. Between these two extremes there are, of course, innumerable gradations.
Listening to Beethoven's music yields another possible scholarly analysis: there is definitely an evolution in style from Beethoven's earliest compositions to his later works. The young Beethoven can be seen toiling to conform to the aesthetic models of his contemporaries: he wants to write music that is acceptable in the society of his days. Later, there is much more iconoclasm in his approach, like adding a chorus to a symphony, where a symphony had until then only been a purely instrumental genre. This means that the question changes from whether Beethoven was a classicist or a romantic, to: where is the pivotal moment that Beethoven tilted from dominant classicism to dominant romanticism?. Most scholars seem to concur: the presentation of the 5th and 6th symphonies in a single concert in 1808 is probably closest to that pivotal point. In the 5th symphony, he let a short pounding motto theme run through all movements of the composition (unheard of until then). Then the 6th symphony was the first example of a symphony composed as "program music" (what in Romanticism became standard practice), and it broke up the traditional arrangement of a symphony in four movements. Yet, after that, Beethoven still wrote his very "Classical" 8th symphony and some innocent-sounding chamber music for the English market. However, by the end of the first decade of the 19th century, Beethoven the romantic was without a doubt primary. In contrast, Carl Dahlhaus argues that the evolution of Beethoven's style actually takes him past Romanticism to a place where he was separate from the music of his contemporaries. Dahlhaus points out that our understanding of Beethoven as a Romantic composer derives largely from Beethoven's early middle period, which contains the Symphony No. 3 and Symphony No. 5. Beethoven's impact on other Romantic composers, however, is taken largely from works between Ops. 74 and 97, of the second half of the so-called middle period. Dahlhaus argues that the tradition of Romantic music is essentially a tradition of Schubertian music, and that Beethoven's influence on Schubert is largely taken from Ops. 74 to 97. By the time Beethoven reaches the late period, he is such an individual as to be best understood as no longer belonging to the same genre as his Romantic contemporaries.
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http://www.stjames.qld.edu.au/community-news/Pages/Music-Festival.aspx | 2018-08-16T03:51:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221210413.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20180816034902-20180816054902-00624.warc.gz | 0.95517 | 237 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__110830140 | en | Once again Villanova and St James will host the 2018 Queensland Catholic Music Festival featuring a significant number of school bands and choirs from all over the state. All vocal groups and choirs will perform in the St James Hall and Church. The festival commences on the afternoon of Thursday 16 August and concludes on Sunday 19 August.
The “Double J Band” will perform at 9.10am in Goold Hall - Villanova College on Thursday 16 August. We wish our musicians all the very best and thank Mrs Cathy Gleeson for her great tuition and leadership. Many thanks also to the parents who have given up their time to transport students out to St Joseph’s, Corinda for weekly rehearsals.
The St James School Choir will perform in the St James Hall on Thursday 16 August at 1.30pm. Our choir members have been rehearsing for several weeks under the leadership of our music teacher - Mr Adrian Van Praag. Good luck to all students.
If you have not already done so, please volunteer to assist with the St James BBQ stall that runs throughout the festival.
Please note also that we have two days off next week; | artistic |
https://robinsonplans.com/team/erica-eftodie/ | 2024-02-29T15:15:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474843.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229134901-20240229164901-00222.warc.gz | 0.946685 | 120 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__166737315 | en | Erica, fueled by her passion for interior design and organization, joined the Robinson Residential Design team in July 2021 as our Administrative Assistant. Beyond her administrative responsibilities, she actively applies her expertise gained from a diploma in Interior Design Technology to contribute to various residential projects. With an eye for color and a knack for creating 3D models in SketchUp, Erica finds great satisfaction in her dual role at Robinson. What she values most is the opportunity to seamlessly integrate her skills in office administration with her love for interior design. Collaborating with intelligent and creative individuals, Erica enjoys the daily experience of acquiring new knowledge. | artistic |
http://www.circusmafia.com/circus-shows/fire-shows/ | 2018-01-19T23:02:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084888302.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20180119224212-20180120004212-00110.warc.gz | 0.777714 | 148 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__403708 | en | Sky Fire Arts- Tesla Coil Lightning Dancing
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https://htgtattoo.com/tattoo-scheduling | 2023-12-02T14:50:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100427.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202140407-20231202170407-00312.warc.gz | 0.971251 | 207 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__170006137 | en | How to Schedule an Appointment
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http://www.langhampreschool.co.uk/blog/4593197932 | 2018-06-19T12:06:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267862929.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20180619115101-20180619135101-00453.warc.gz | 0.968488 | 432 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__230917441 | en | By langhampreschool, Jun 17 2018 05:49PM
On Monday afternoon many of our September leavers visited Mrs Arter at Langham Primary School with their parents as part of their transition into Reception Year. Children will be joined by Nicola next Monday afternoon when they have a further visit to Reception Class.
This week we have shared the stories ‘My Dad is Awesome’ by Nick Butterworth and ‘My Dad is My Hero’ by Dawn Richards and Jane Massey. Children have been very busy making beautiful cards for Fathers Day this Sunday.
This week children have been extremely busy (and messy) exploring in the mud kitchen. There have been lots of mud pies and ‘chocolate cake’ and some children have been noticing change as they mix to combine compost, water, sand and grass.
There has been plenty of opportunity for the children to water the garden and discuss the need for the flowers to have a ‘drink’ with the warm weather continuing. Children have been pouring and measuring when filling and emptying containers in the water tray which support both mathematical language of capacity and hand-eye co-ordination.
The easel continues to be popular with some fabulous pieces of art being produced and mark making taking place.
Following children’s interests, we have made Gingerbread men from salt dough and enjoyed re-telling the traditional tale of the Gingerbread man. We will be painting these and discussing feelings and emotions when drawing faces on our Gingerbread men.
Thank you to parents who have sent in metal tins for our music shed. The new music shed is looking great and children have been exploring sounds by tapping, shaking and banging various metal items.
Next Monday morning we will be joined by Clair Vicary who will be working with the pre-school as a Bank Practitioner, providing cover for permanent staff when required. We would like to say a warm welcome and hope that Clair will enjoy her time with us.
Polite reminder - can children please remember to bring in sunhats, sun-cream and a named water bottle. | artistic |
https://blackgayweddings.com/the-flower-guy-bron/ | 2021-05-17T03:59:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991557.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20210517023244-20210517053244-00053.warc.gz | 0.982851 | 328 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__111001225 | en | Award-winning floral and event designer Bron Hansboro has devoted his career to navigating clients through the creative process and transforming their visions into exquisite events since 2014. Fondly referred to as “The Flower Guy,” he is the lead creative and floral designer at The Flower Guy Bron. A master of the art of floristry, Bron provides bespoke design and styling experiences for events of all types. A wanderer of the world and a modern-day Renaissance man, he has a passion for art, wine, and great company, as well as his favorite medium to create in; flowers.
Bron deeply values his interactions with clients and peers alike and understands the power of making connections through design. His work with flowers is organic and modern. He describes his process as listening to the flowers as they whisper to him. Bron is dedicated to providing seamless and stress-free design services and loves seeing the looks on his clients’ faces when they see their concepts and ideas come to life.
Bron has received the WeddingWire’s “Couples Choice” designation for four consecutive years and is a Special Events “2019 Young Event Pros to Watch” designee. His work has been featured in publications such as InStyle, Essence, WeddingPlannerMag, and WeddingChicks.
His knowledge of the industry and his award-winning work in florals makes him a top choice for any event. As a member of the community, his work to promote inclusivity within and outside of the LGBTQIA+ community makes him invaluable as a member of our Vendor Services Advisory Team. | artistic |
http://npmworcester.org/ | 2018-02-19T08:10:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812556.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20180219072328-20180219092328-00649.warc.gz | 0.956279 | 322 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__68602701 | en | Dennis Ferrante was the Director of Music at Christ the King parish, Worcester MA for 30 years. The cornerstone of the parishes music ministry has been a philosophy of capturing the expressive meaning of 'Catholic' as presented in the parish repertoire and the many musical groups which Dennis led. The Festival Choir, Folk Ensemble and Youth Choir each contribute a level of imagination, and tradition that encourages active and full assembly participation in song and worship.
Dennis was also Music Director at St Anne's Shrewsbury, St John's in Worcester and while a student there, the organist at Assumption College.
Dennis got his start in music education and liturgy at the Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he studied in under James Welch, the founder of the Welch Chorale and director of the Chorale at the Power Memorial Academy. Dennis then studied under James E. Topper, Music Director of St Augustine of Hippo in Union City, NJ before settling in the Worcester area in 1968.
Dennis passed from this life on January 20, 2018. Wake is at Christ the King church on Thursday, January 25 4-8 pm, funeral Mass is Friday, January 26 at 11 am.
Your chapter executive have decided to donate and collect donations in support of the national mission of the National association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) in memory of Dennis C. Ferrante's life and ministry. All gifts collected here will be made to the One NPM Fund or the Mark C. Kulyk Fund for Music Ministry (special projects). | artistic |
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