Day: February 21, 2024

Fontana Mix by John Cage

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John Cage 1912-1992

Fontana Mix
1958
Avant-Garde

John Cage
Avant-garde
Born: 5 September 1912, California, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 12 August 1992, New York, USA

Cage was a composer and music theorist. He was a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments. Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-WW2 Avant-Garde. Considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century, Cage was instrumental in the development of modern dance

Sacred Tryst

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Sacred Tryst
Form: Cross Sonnet 1

Dreams recall her glory flight
A goddess to light up the night
To heal the pain of battles lost
Tonight his life is not the cost

As wearily he rubs his eyes
Within her light, she grasps his sighs
The goddess kneels where he is lain
Her gentle touch absorbs his pain

And while his eyes close into his sleep
Her tears onto his wounds thus weep
As the early rays of the dawn
Into the new day, he’s reborn

A goddess and knight in their tryst
Upon his soul her sacred kiss

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Bearhug by Michael Ondaatje

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Michael Ondaatje 1943-

Bearhug

Griffin calls to come and kiss him goodnight
I yell ok. Finish something I’m doing,
then something else, walk slowly round
the corner to my son’s room.
He is standing arms outstretched
waiting for a bearhug. Grinning.

Why do I give my emotion an animal’s name,
give it that dark squeeze of death?
This is the hug which collects
all his small bones and his warm neck against me.
The thin tough body under the pyjamas
locks to me like a magnet of blood.

How long was he standing there
like that, before I came?

Michael Ondaatje
Born: 12 September 1943, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality: Sri Lankan-Canadian

Ondaatje is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, and filmmaker. His literary career began in 1967 with his poetry collection ‘The Dainty Monsters’ and the critically acclaimed ‘The Collected Works of Billy the Kid’ (1970)

A Different Kind of Love Song by Cher

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Cher

A Different Kind of Love Song
Album: Living Proof
Date: 2001
Genre: Soft Rock
Artist: Cher

Cher is a singer, actress, and television personality. Referred to by the media as the ‘Goddess of Pop’ she has been described as embodying female autonomy in the male-dominated music industry. With her distinctive contralto voice, Cher has adopted a variety of styles and appearances

Child by Bruce Conner

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Child by Bruce Conner

Child
1959-60
Assemblage
Wax, nylon, cloth, metal, twine, and high chair
MoMA New York, USA

‘Child’ presents a grotesque figure of a human form. Its head is thrown back as if howling in agony while the black wax that created the figure gives the appearance of a burn’s victim. Connor’s message is his disgust for capital punishment

Bruce Conner 1933-2008

Bruce Conner
Neo-Dada, Conceptual Art, Video Art, Photomontage, Assemblage
Born: 18 November 1933, Kansas, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 7 July 2008, California, USA

Conner was an artist. He was known for his works in assemblage, film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage, and photography

A Year in the Life – Day 91

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Day 91
Prompt: What colour represents you

Hi Nigel’

‘Hiya! I suspect this isn’t necessarily my favourite colour’

Probably not, as personal choice and what reflects us are often different

‘I don’t think one colour reflects a person either’

I don’t suppose you are limited to one.

‘I think green would feature very highly, in the sense I am proactive with nature and its preservation’

Indeed that would have a strong influence on your personality

‘Yes, I can see that, but I am more than the green activist’

Of course, you are. Like everyone else you are multi-faceted

‘Then I think red will also be part of me as I have a passionate nature’

Passionate as in love, or as in temper, when you lose it

‘Both I would think’

Lust and anger release the same endorphins so are closely related

‘Makes you wonder if the body knows the difference’

Physically probably not, the mind will be in control of that

‘And that is probably why we are more likely to lose our temper with those we care about’

That could well be true. People we don’t care about are rarely allowed close enough to push the anger buttons so I guess it is also inevitable

‘Yes, I think so, and definitely makes red one of my colours’

So that’s red and green, are there any more in the rainbow of your persona?

‘’Haha! I’m my own little rainbow, am I?’

Aren’t we all, mate

‘I think I will add blue to my rainbow’

Why blue?

‘I find blue calming and relaxing’

I’d agree with that

‘And purple too’

You find purple relaxing?

‘No, but if you ass calming blue to the hot-headed red, it helps I think’

Thinking space before reacting in a bad temper – yes, I get that.

‘So my rainbow consists of green, red, blue, and purple. Yes, I like that’

Does that imply you like yourself?

‘Someone has to, don’t they?’

Haha! I think you are doing yourself and injustice, mate. See you tomorrow, Nige

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