Thursday, May 29, 2014

The Inner Ear

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
- Ovid
http://www.coolnsmart.com/writing_quotes/

The Inner Ear

To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it. 
- Kurt Vonnegut

Source : http://www.coolnsmart.com/art_quotes/

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

The Inner Ear

“If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad.” 
-George Gordon, Lord Byron
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/44407.George_Gordon_Byron

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Albrecht Dürer

"This year marks 500 years since the creation of Albrecht Dürer's 'Melencolia I' one of his three 'Master Prints,' widely considered the pinnacle of classical printmaking. Dürer, a Renaissance man, incorporated his world view and his deep interest in science, especially mathematics , into his prints. Among the prints, 'Melencolia I' holds a special place, influencing many generations of artists, philosophers, scientists, mathematicians and students of science."
http://www.livescience.com/45557-durer-engraving-shaped-science-and-math.html

Friday, May 9, 2014

The Inner Ear

...education and the arts help spread “wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue.” And that fostering these qualities is “necessary for the preservation of ... rights and liberties.”
-John Adams
http://artery.wbur.org/2014/04/10/art-harvard-massachusetts-constitution

Thursday, May 8, 2014

William Poulson

American GI Lt William Roberston greets Russian soldier Lt Alexander Sylvashko, as the historic meeting of the two armies near Torgau on the Elbe. (Photo by William Poulson/Keystone/Getty Images). 25th April 1945
http://avaxnews.net/educative/1945_In_Photos_2.html

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Boris Pasternak

CIA Declassifies Agency Role 

in Publishing Doctor Zhivago

  "The Central Intelligence Agency on Friday, April 11th posted to its public website nearly 100 declassified documents that detail the CIA’s role in publishing the first Russian-language edition of Doctor Zhivago after the book had been banned in the Soviet Union.  The 1958 publication of Boris Pasternak’s iconic novel in Russian gave people within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe the opportunity to read the book for the first time...

  "In a memo dated April 24, 1958 a senior CIA officer wrote: “We have the opportunity to make Soviet citizens wonder what is wrong with their government when a fine literary work by the man acknowledged to be the greatest living Russian writer is not even available in his own country [and] in his own language for his people to read.”

  "After working secretly to publish the Russian-language edition in the Netherlands, the CIA moved quickly to ensure that copies of Doctor Zhivago were available for distribution to Soviet visitors at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair.  By the end of the Fair, 355 copies of Doctor Zhivago had been surreptitiously handed out, and eventually thousands more were distributed throughout the Communist bloc."

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2014-press-releases-statements/cia-declassifies-agency-role-in-publishing-doctor-zhivago.html