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Forty-Part Motet: The Beauty of the Human Voice
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
Posted in Art, historical, media
Tagged 40 Part Motet, Art Gallery of Ontario, Motet, Rideau Chapel, Thomas Tallis
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World War One Photo: Bullecourt
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
The Chapel of the Bones: Remembering Death
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
Posted in historical, history and literature
Tagged Capela dos Ossos, Chapel of the bones, church, history, monks, Portugal, religion
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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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Billy Idol & the Coral Castle- Testaments to Young Love
Many thirty- somethings will remember Billy Idol’s “Sweet Sixteen.” A mild acoustic-tamed Billy Idol sings about the loss of a love with his typical sexy sneer. Few of us realize there is a real story behind the Video. The beginning … Continue reading
Posted in 1900-1914, historical
Tagged Billy Idol, Coral Castle, Edward Leedskalnin, Sweet Sixteen
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Brushed With Mystery 