“The Convert Wants Wounds, Not Scars”, Melody S Gee
Yesterday’s Poem-A-Day from the Academy of American Poets was “The Convert Wants Wounds, Not Scars” About the Poem, Melody S Gee comments: “This is part of The Convert, a series…
Author: Séamus Sweeney
The eyes have it: Erika Miklósa performing the Queen of the Night Aria (“Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”) from “The Magic Flute”
The Hungarian coloratura soprano Erika Miklósa is here in a concert performance of the “Queen of the Night” aria from The Magic Flute – a concert performance it may be,…
1 September 1917: An Orangeman praises Fr Willie Doyle — from the “Remembering Fr Willie Doyle SJ” blog
I while back I marked the feast day of St Vincent de Paul with Fr Willie Doyle, an Irish Jesuit chaplain in World War I killed in the Battle of…
“Writing that is noticing” — more wisdom from Ursula Le Guin via THIN|SILENCE
After yesterday’s wisdom from Ursula Le Guin, here again via THIN|SILENCE is more on the “climax technology” of pen and paper A good pen or pencil and a well-made notebook…
Lukas Stanley’s online $1000 treasure hunt: Hint video #1
A while back I posted about Lukas Stanley’s online treasure hunt…. for those who need reminding you can, from your armchair or bed or wherever you physically are online, and…
“She walks in beauty like the night” – Byron performed by Tenebrae, Future of Forestry, Promyk, Bolo, Salt House, Nicolas Flagello and (sorta) Suede
Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty” is a poem I first became aware via Suede’s borrowing of the first line – “she walks in beauty, like the night” – for their…
“fully absorbed in the work, and yet open to the surrounding world,, as we are not when working at a computer screen” Ursula Le Guin on handwriting
Via the THINSILENCE blog I came across this gem-like passage on handwriting from Ursula K Le Guin Remembering writing outdoors at Hedgebrook and elsewhere, I think about the human pace…
The 11 Most Annoying Types of Pianists
I LOLed hugely at this. Especially the “show-off”, the “overpassionate” and “too many facial expressions”
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