Back in 2009, I wrote a four part article on the Venus of Urbino, trying to answer the question: “Who
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Introduction Today I want to write about “existentialism”. Existentialism is a mutli-faceted term. In this post, I refer to a
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As a tribute to Japan, which is in the middle of a huge disaster, today I present butoh dance. Butoh
Continue reading1001 Ways to Die – (3) Heinrich von Kleist, Writer
2011 will mark the 200th anniversary of the death of the great German writer Heinrich von Kleist. Kleist was born
Continue reading1001 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
Continue reading1001 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
Continue readingSchluss – 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
Continue readingAbyss – 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
Continue readingBeheading 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
Continue readingCy 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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