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The Planets – Mercury, The Winged Messenger
Of the pieces written for The Planets, Opus No. 32, Mercury is the lightest and filled with fluid movement. Mercury, The Winged Messenger by Michael Romani Close to the sun in its molten ball swirling Unable to escape the … Continue reading
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Tagged Holst, Icarus, Mercury, Pandora's Box, Scherzando, The Planets Opus 32, Winged Messenger
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The Planets – Venus, The Bringer of Peace
There are Seven Pieces for Orchestra in Holst’s The Planets, Opus 32. Each of these is based on what astrology alleges is the influence on a person from these planets. Venus is seen as a bringer of peace. Below, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of Synthesis, Holst, Orchestral, Sublime, The Planets, Theosophy, Venus Bringer of Peace
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The Planets – Mars, Bringer of War
My hope is a quick succession of short poems based on Holst’s The Planets, Opus 32. This idea came to me by way of an artistic installation on Second Life in the Linden Endowment of the Arts. The exhibit is … Continue reading
Thought of the Day: Dogma Versus Curiosity
History may be read as the story of the magnificent rearguard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. -Robert Lynd, writer (20 Apr 1879-1949) To read the source of this quote and gain a fuller understanding of … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, Dogma, History, Robert Lynd, The Most Curios Animal
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First Principles: The Importance of the Right to Bear Arms
“The ultimate authority … resides in the people alone. … [T]he advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any…”. … Continue reading
First Principles – On Pride
“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will … Continue reading
Thought of the Day: Beauty Is In Discovery
There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form in a molecule. Attempts to place different disciplines in different camps are revealed as artificial … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Discovery, Knowledge, Literate, Mathematics, Music, Unity
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Garden Into Gateway
It is the 19th day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo. New day, new challenge. This one is to write a poem of any kind with any perspective pertinent to a ‘creation’ story. Many who know me would assume that I would ease over … Continue reading
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Tagged Calligraphy, Caravan, Creation, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Rumi, Stranger, The Divine, Womb
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Wakcup Call
The eighteenth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo brings a challenge that only Lewis Carroll’s mother would like. To quote: “to write a poem that incorporates neologisms. What’s that? Well, it’s a made-up word! Your neologisms could be portmanteaus (basically, a word … Continue reading
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Tagged Jabberwocky, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Neoligisms, Portmanteaus, Sinatra
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Night Falls Hard (The Wave Waltz)
As is my usual custom at the short form poetry class I attempt to write at least two sometimes three poems in the form being taught. In this case, my second poem is dedicated to the Veteran that I assisted … Continue reading
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Tagged Combat, Courage, Night, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, The Wave Waltzz, Veterans
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