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The Little Dancer by Edgar Degas, Musee D'Orsay, Paris. Photograph by Bruin, coutesy of Flickr and Wiki Commons95

The Little Dancer and Ballet in Art - An impression of light, music and movement

She was just 14 when Degas immortalised her in Bronze. Now she stands posed for all time, her slight and boyish form, poised and ready to dance. And here we are, standing before her on a sunny June day in Paris, wondering who she was, and what her life became...

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Harmonious Friend

My friend is a self tuning instrument, playing unfamiliar melodies. Don't B flat. Misunderstood tune synthesizes to a mystery. Te quiero. We speak only in pirate tongue. Acquiesce squire to veritas....

4 comments    inspiration friend muse
Salvador Dali 1904 - 198974

Salvador Dali -- Paintings & Biography

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali y Domenech was born on May 11, 1904 in Catalonia, Spain nine months after his older brother, also named Salvador, died of gastroenteritis. At the age of 5, Dali's lawyer...

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Zeus--the god Who Couldn't Keep it in His Pants

Zeus was, above all, what could be called 'the Godfather of the gods' being ruler of the sacred peak called 'Mount Olympus' and the Pantheon of gods who lived there--even though Zeus was never elected to the...

3 comments    fun god humour
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ZEENAT AMAN KHAN-AAP JAISA KOI BOLLYWWOOD MEIN AYE..TOH BAAT BAN JAYE !!!

ZEENAT AMAN or 'Babusha' as she was fondly referred to as by her mother and loved ones was born on Nov 19,1951( she shares her birthdate with Indira Gandhi & Sushmita Sen) to Amanullah Khan a revolutionary...

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Aristotle vs. Plato on the Dangers of Poetry

Poetry's Emotional Effect: Detrimental as Plato Claims or Beneficial as Aristotle Concludes? Speaking well about Homer; it's a divine power that moves you, as a "Magnetic" stone moves iron rings. (That's...

6 comments    poetry literature philosophy
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Honoring The Greek Pantheon

The mythology of the Greeks is not only a rich literary body, but the basis for an ancient spiritual belief system. These stories and tales of conflicted Gods and Goddesses and their interactions with Man have vividly survived over the ages, as has the connected religious practices.

1 comment    history gods statues
"the restored railway station now is home to some of the world's most treasured art"80

Riding the Metro in Paris

"the restored railway station now is home to some of the world's most treasured art" I was finishing up the school year and would be moving on to a new assignment in the fall. I was talking with my...

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Free Legal (Good) Music Downloads

Here is where I will put all my free (good) downloadable music recommendations, the whole list of anything I've ever recommended of music that is 1) free 2) good and 3) downloadable. The newest...

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Piano Cover

A good piano cover is a joy to the ears and one need look no further than the internet to find piano covers that will really impress, from the One Republic version of an Apologize piano cover, to a Fall For...

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