Her strings sing of moonlight the melancholic songs of solitude that echo through the twilight mist and the stars come out to hear her violin as it caresses the darkening sky with the resonance of the tears she cries as her heart pours out through her bow the silvery moon weeps at such despair as the solitary girl plays her tune the moon and stars listen to music taking flight until the birthing of the sun brings a new day but she will sing her violin another night
Odyssey 2010 Conceptual Art Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as 42 panel screens Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Arts of China Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
At 3 metres high and 50 metres long, Odyssey stretches across four walls of a room. Cai drew inspiration from the classical Chinese paintings of idealized landscapes as a central theme. Made with gunpowder in a complex technique evolved over a number of years the imaginary landscape aims to create a reflection of the artist’s unseen world, relating to nature, the ancestors and the universe.
Cai Guo-Qiang
Cai Guo-Qiang Installation Art, Conceptual Art, Earth Art, Performance Art, Postmodernism Born: 8 December 1957, Quanzhou, Fujian, China Nationality: Chinese
Cai is an artist; born in China he currently lives and works in New York City and New Jersey. Cai forged his way into international art stardom as one of the first Chinese artists to expose contemporary dialogues in Chinese art to the world. With the ground-breaking mediums of gunpowder and fireworks and spectacle into the art-marking process, his work is well-known for its ability to leverage fear and tension toward a common consideration of the beauty in destruction. His unique artistic language, in which art becomes a reckless action, has given him the role as one of our most innovative modern artists
Joseph Haydn Classical Born: 31 March 1732, Rohrau, Austria Nationality: Austrian Died: 31 May 1809, Vienna, Austria
Haydn was a composer of the Classical era and instrumental in the development of chamber music. He spent much of his career as a court musician for the remote estate of the Esterházy family. This isolated him from other composers and music trends. However, Haydn’s music was circulated widely and he was the most celebrated composer in Europe
Cast out by the clothes I wear Shallow judgements of who I am Because I wear jeans and not a dress So many empty words to break my heart Said in silence behind my back.
Why should I care what they say When a lipstick smile is all I need It is not me who can’t accept the truth Yet I feel alone in a dark place Suffocated by prejudice
You can’t understand my pain The daggers of shame that pierced my heart Falsehoods and frustration making it worse Living behind barriers built of denial With no room to breathe
I tried to change reality Believing love belonged elsewhere Not daring to be myself I could not change my desire, My love of her.
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