Day: June 9, 2024

CBS Building, New York, New York by Eero Saarinen

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CBS Building, New York, New York by Eero Saarinen

CBS Building, New York, New York
1961-64
Architecture

The ‘CBS Building’ was the last major project taken on by Saarinen before he died in 1961. His senior designers Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo, whose firm succeeded Saarinen’s practice, completed the project. Saarinen’s only true skyscraper, the building is 38 storeys and is the headquarters of the CBS Corporation, however, it is not the broadcast centre for any of its media.

Eero Saarinen 1910-1961

Eero Saarinen
The International Style, Modern Architecture
Born: 20 August 1910, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Nationality: Finnish-American
Died: 1 September 1961, Michigan, USA

Eero Saarinen was an architect and industrial designer known for creating an array of designs for buildings and monuments, including the passenger terminal at Dulles International Airport. He was the son of the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen

Golden Gown

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A Garret Poet
Lilydog
23 March 2009-25 April 2024

Golden Gown
Form: Free Verse

A carpet of gold and red adorns the forest floor
You always loved the autumn leaves
Kicking your way through
Making your own path
Without dismay in the autumn sunshine
But the leaves are falling
Leaving the forest trees bare
As is nature’s perfect design

I wish it could be forever autumn
So I could spend forever watching your delight
But as with the seasons the day came
When the world turned cold
But that is how it has to be
Until the spring in her full array
Welcomes life as it is reborn
And born it will be as is nature’s way
Once more the vibrant leaves will adorn the trees
With the promise of your return

©JezzieG2024

Eloi by Klaus Badelt

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Klaus Badelt 1967-

Eloi
2002
Film and TV

Klaus Badelt
Dance/Electronic, Film and TV
Born: 12 June 1967, Frankfurt, Germany
Nationality: German

Badelt is a composer, producer, and arranger of film scores best known for his collaborative work with Hans Zimmer. He has worked on scores for blockbuster films including ‘Gladiator,’ ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,’ and ‘The Widowmaker.’ Badelt has also worked on French and Chinese movies and films by Werner Herzog

Not What Was Meant by Bertolt Brecht

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Bertolt Brecht 1898-1956

Not What Was Meant

When the Academy of Arts demanded freedom
Of artistic expression from narrow-minded bureaucrats
There was a howl and a clamour in its immediate vicinity
But roaring above everything
Came a deafening thunder of applause
From beyond the Sector boundary.
Freedom! it roared. Freedom for the artists!
Freedom all round! Freedom for all!
Freedom for the exploiters! Freedom for the warmongers!
Freedom for the Ruhr cartels! Freedom for Hitler’s generals!
Softly, my dear fellows…
The Judas kiss for the artists follows
Hard on the Judas kiss for the workers.
The arsonist with his bottle of petrol
Sneaks up grinning to
The Academy of Arts.
But it was not to embrace him, just
To knock the bottle out of his dirty hand that
We asked for elbow room.
Even the narrowest minds
In which peace is harboured
Are more welcome to the arts than the art lover

Who is also a lover of the art of war

Bertolt Brecht
Born: 10 February 1898, Augsburg, Germany
Nationality: German
Died: 14 August 1956, East Berlin, East Germany

Brecht was a theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. He had his first successes as a playwright in Munich during the Weimar Republic and moved to Berlin in 1924. During his time in Berlin, he wrote “The Threepenny Opera” with Kurt Weill and began a life-long collaboration with the composer Hanns Eisler

I Got You Babe by Cher with Sonny Bono

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Cher

I Got You Babe
Album: Look at Us
Date: 1965
Genre: Pop
Artist: Cher with Sonny Bono

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

Sunset (Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge)

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Inspired by and written for the Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge, my thanks to Gerry and Sue

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Sunset

Form: Dansa

The evening sky is ablaze
Inviting the moon to rise on high
With her stars filling the sky
Bidding good night to the Sun King’s rays
The evening sky is ablaze

The lunar queen of the night
May kiss her king in the purple twilight
As they romance in nature’s ways
The evening sky is ablaze

And what of us, you and me
Is it the embers of the day I see
As into your eyes I gaze
The evening sky is ablaze

©JezzieG2024