“To learn a language besides one’s native idiom, to penetrate its syntax, is to open for oneself a second window on the landscape of being.” Steiner, G. (1971)
6/28/2011
MISCELLANEOUS-Summer
Any interesting videos, articles, resources, etc? Feel free to post them in this space.
I like the lighthouses, and I'd like to live in one for 4-6 years. It must be very beautiful and wonderful to see the sunrise and the twilight everyday in every season. I think I'd take a picture of these moments everyday for one year. But in winter ti's quite possible that I see clouds, rain and big waves, however I like this kind of weather too.
Thanks for the link to that wonderful website, the photos are amazing!I love the portraits/literature section, as it has helped me put a face to some authors I really like. I'm going to explore the rest of the sections now...
I'd like to share with you some of my photos. I've created a new web where I'll upload photos of my travels. There aren't so many photos yet, but I'll fill it up step by step. The first choice is "Santorini", a greek treasure for getting lost in. I hope you like.
Thanks for the link! I think it's a great idea in order to share your travel experiences with others. I normally take a small notebook with me when I travel where I write down what I do, where I go, and even what I eat! Having a website or blog where to upload your stuff is an option I had never thought about...
I don´t know if answering to poems with songs is a bit childish. But is fun, so I´ll go on doing it. It makes me think that my background comes more from popular music than from literature. Perhaps cinema would be in the middle. Anyway, I like rivers, as the Negro, so here you got two of them:
In the first one you have to focus on the lyrics and music, but forget about the images. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LdUme7QZLY&ob=av2n
The second one is really easy to listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq4B_zHqPM
Although there is another wonderful river, I don´t wanna send always the same things.
I like the Mississippi River because for many it is a symbol of freedom. I like rivers because, like feelings, their course is powerful, unstoppable. They always find the way, or the way out. In many cases, to get to the other side of a river we need to cross a bridge. I like the English expression: “We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it”. It’s like saying "let’s not worry till we have to worry". Here’s another river story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_21p14TAXM
I´m astonished. I´ve only listened to four or five songs played by Johnny Cash, but I like all of them. Going back to rivers, this song was written by the fabulous Credence Clearwater Revival, one of my favourite bands. I don´t think I´m betraying them uploading Tina Turner´s version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XRNQ2C2x0&NR=1 Manolo 5º
There is a book about miracles called A Short History Of Nearly Everything, written by Bill Bryson. It shows a different and less beautiful perspective than Walt Whitman´s one. But both make us realize that we are extremely lucky and that we have to enjoy every simple detail of our lifes.
I like the way Bill Bryson deconstructs everything in the video. And I totally agree with the fact that many times, in order to see the big picture we should stop and look at small details. This has brought to mind the picture books by Istvan Banyai: http://www.hemmy.net/2008/05/02/zoom-picture-book-by-istvan-banyai/
“A harmonica is easy to carry. Take it out of your hip pocket, knock it against your palm to shake out the dirt and pocket fuzz and bits of tobacco. Now it´s ready. You can do anything with a harmonica: thin reedy single tone, or chords, or melody with rhythm chords. You can mold the music with curved hands, making it wail and cry like bagpipes, making it full and round like an organ, making it as sharp and bitter as the reed pipes of the hills. And you can play and put it back in your pocket. It is always with you, always in your pocket.” The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
I like the lighthouses, and I'd like to live in one for 4-6 years. It must be very beautiful and wonderful to see the sunrise and the twilight everyday in every season. I think I'd take a picture of these moments everyday for one year. But in winter ti's quite possible that I see clouds, rain and big waves, however I like this kind of weather too.
ReplyDeleteHere's a site with interesting travel videos:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tripfilms.com/
I´m travelling by book to Oklahoma, first half of the twentieth century. I imagine the characters like these people:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.richardavedon.com/
(the whole web is extraordinary, but what I´m talking about is in
Archive/Portraits/Portfolio: In the American West)
Manolo 5º
Thanks for the link to that wonderful website, the photos are amazing!I love the portraits/literature section, as it has helped me put a face to some authors I really like. I'm going to explore the rest of the sections now...
ReplyDeleteI'd like to share with you some of my photos. I've created a new web where I'll upload photos of my travels. There aren't so many photos yet, but I'll fill it up step by step.
ReplyDeleteThe first choice is "Santorini", a greek treasure for getting lost in. I hope you like.
http://fotosparacompartir.jimdo.com/fotos/playa/
Thanks for the link! I think it's a great idea in order to share your travel experiences with others. I normally take a small notebook with me when I travel where I write down what I do, where I go, and even what I eat! Having a website or blog where to upload your stuff is an option I had never thought about...
ReplyDeleteBack Yard. Shine on ...
ReplyDeleteIn a friend of mine´s village, a Pink Floyd is a person who likes old-fashioned music. I do am a Pink Floyd.
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd). Shine On You Crazy Diamond (acoustic version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPL3O7NmgpI
Lyrics
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pinkfloyd/shineonyoucrazydiamondiv.html
Manolo 5º
Old music and films all year round, but specially on hot summer afternoons.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc_ZNWBx7-M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSeGFCl5fWY
Changing the subject, I found this National Geographic site with beautiful pictures and also some good videos and fun travel quizzes:
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/road-trips/us-photo-gallery/
I don´t know if answering to poems with songs is a bit childish. But is fun, so I´ll go on doing it. It makes me think that my background comes more from popular music than from literature. Perhaps cinema would be in the middle.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I like rivers, as the Negro, so here you got two of them:
In the first one you have to focus on the lyrics and music, but forget about the images.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LdUme7QZLY&ob=av2n
The second one is really easy to listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq4B_zHqPM
Although there is another wonderful river, I don´t wanna send always the same things.
Manolo 5º
I like the Mississippi River because for many it is a symbol of freedom. I like rivers because, like feelings, their course is powerful, unstoppable. They always find the way, or the way out. In many cases, to get to the other side of a river we need to cross a bridge. I like the English expression: “We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it”. It’s like saying "let’s not worry till we have to worry".
ReplyDeleteHere’s another river story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_21p14TAXM
I´m astonished. I´ve only listened to four or five songs played by Johnny Cash, but I like all of them.
ReplyDeleteGoing back to rivers, this song was written by the fabulous Credence Clearwater Revival, one of my favourite bands. I don´t think I´m betraying them uploading Tina Turner´s version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XRNQ2C2x0&NR=1
Manolo 5º
There is a book about miracles called A Short History Of Nearly Everything, written by Bill Bryson. It shows a different and less beautiful perspective than Walt Whitman´s one. But both make us realize that we are extremely lucky and that we have to enjoy every simple detail of our lifes.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTiIIcxHFbo
Manolo 5º
I like the way Bill Bryson deconstructs everything in the video. And I totally agree with the fact that many times, in order to see the big picture we should stop and look at small details. This has brought to mind the picture books by Istvan Banyai:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hemmy.net/2008/05/02/zoom-picture-book-by-istvan-banyai/
“A harmonica is easy to carry. Take it out of your hip pocket, knock it against your palm to shake out the dirt and pocket fuzz and bits of tobacco. Now it´s ready. You can do anything with a harmonica: thin reedy single tone, or chords, or melody with rhythm chords. You can mold the music with curved hands, making it wail and cry like bagpipes, making it full and round like an organ, making it as sharp and bitter as the reed pipes of the hills. And you can play and put it back in your pocket. It is always with you, always in your pocket.”
ReplyDeleteThe Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9t64SuXumU
http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/This-Hard-Land-lyrics-Bruce-Springsteen/957D35C633722984482568710015B214
Manolo 5º