1001 Ways to Die – (2) Jacqueline Du Pre, Cellist

Today I continue with the second part of the series, dedicated to the British cellist Jacqueline du Pre. She was

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1001 Ways to Die – (1) Fritz Wunderlich, Tenor

Today I embark on a sequence of posts, under the title “1001 ways to die”. The inspiration for this came

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Schluss – An End: A song by Hans Werner Henze, to a poem by Michalis Katsaros

Today’s post is about a song, written by the contemporary German composer Hans Werner Henze, to words of a poem

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Abyss – The Loss of the Face

“If you stare long enough into the abyss, the abyss will stare back at you” Friedrich Nietzsche …the face is

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Beheading of St John the Baptist – Ο αποκεφαλισμος του Βαπτιστη Ιωαννη

The itinerant John the Baptist has baptized Christ. In the Gospels, John announces the coming of Jesus and is therefore

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Cy Twombly: The Rose

Cy Twombly is today one of my favorite living painters. He is an American, living in Europe and USA, and I must

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Wings of desire – Der Himmel uber Berlin – A film by Wim Wenders (1987)

From the sea of Paros to the sky over Berlin! Today I want to reminisce on the wonderful film “Wings

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Panathinaeos Paintings IIb: Three Female Nudes for a quite Sunday evening – Updated June 2013

Today I present to you three of the  female nudes I painted over the last few years. The choice of

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Maria Callas Memory: 16th September 1977

Maria Callas left this world on the 16th September 1977. On this occasion, I want to share with you a

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La Dolce Vita – Fellini's Masterpiece

“The film first impinged on the world at large in February 1960 when foreign journalists reported back to their readers,

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