Monthly Archives: March 2012

T.S Eliot: Timeless Influence on a Modern Generation

Posted on March 30, 2012 by brushedwithmystery

I happened to overhear a conversation between two of my drama students- they were supposed to present T.S. Eliot’s work  in English that day, and they thought his poems were both boring and unintelligible. I interjected, and suggested that they … Continue reading →

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Forty-Part Motet: The Beauty of the Human Voice

Posted on March 25, 2012 by brushedwithmystery

It is a strange blend of sacred and secular; a chapel in the middle of an art gallery.  As you enter, depending on the section of the motet, you will hear the Godly blend of soprano, alto, baritone, tenor and … Continue reading →

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World War One Photo: Bullecourt

Posted on March 20, 2012 by brushedwithmystery

The picture looks like ground zero. Soldiers and men, slowly emerge from the debris.  The back of the photo reads “near Bullecourt,” France. A village prone to devastation, it was destroyed in the sixteenth century, and then in 1917.  The … Continue reading →

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The Chapel of the Bones: Remembering Death

Posted on March 18, 2012 by brushedwithmystery

With one glance at a photo, you would imagine that the space was created by a morbid tyrant aristocrat in centuries past; a vaulted space, lined ceiling to floor in skeletons that are used as adornment. A man and an … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 17, 2012 by brushedwithmystery

Originally posted on theravenousepicurean:
She was his Helen of Troy; their tumultuous relationship would span almost twenty years.  The characters in what would be an interesting play are Irish poet William Butler Yeats and politicial activist Maude Gonne. They met…

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