Best Five Poems About Fathers Nov 19, 2009
"The Little Boy Found" by William Blake. While this poem is about God, a heavenly - rather than earthly - father, the message is still a beautiful one to one's father. (Suite101.com)
Boston Classical Orchestra celebrates 30 years Oct 29, 2009
Frazin s starting point was his own setting of William Blake s The Tyger (given a rhapsodic reading by mezzo-soprano Krista Rivers and pianist Linda Osborn-Blaschke at a pre-concert talk), expanded into an arching string of nocturnes, foreboding to frightening to gently mysterious: rustling strings, keening fragments of melody. Harmonies are tonal, but used more as a coloristic resource than a structural scaffold. (Boston Globe)
The BNP's constituency can't be dismissed Oct 26, 2009
William Blake on October 26, 2009 at 06:55 AM. "Hitler....As a man with a vision of uniting Europe and also a practising vegetarian who loved nature " - Herr Dryar, Stuttgart Vielen Dank, Herr Dryar. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
What you have described is the Orc-Urizen cycle, a pattern identified by the great Romantic poet and visionary artist William Blake after the French revolution. Blake saw every radical impulse toward freedom eventually ossifying and turning back on itself in a new oppression and tyranny. (Salon)
Life in the slow lane Oct 21, 2009
Inspired by biblical texts, the poetry of Omar Khayyam, and the works of William Blake, 'Miss Helen' set out to "bring colour into her life" by creating a home from her imagination, combining magnificent cement statues with stained glass creations. Today, the Owl House is a national monument and her artwork, viewed with derision, embarrassment and suspicion while she was alive, has become Nieu- Bethesda's most prized possession. (iAfrica.com)
'Wild Things' book simple, yet profound Oct 21, 2009
Over a long career, Sendak's work has reflected the influences of many artists and writers William Blake, Marc Chagall, Winslow Homer, to name a few. In "Where the Wild Things Are," his use of crosshatching to shade and create volume is reminiscent of a style seen in 19th-century illustrations and political cartoons, Maguire says. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Facing our monsters: How Maurice Sendak tamed the 'Wild Things' Oct 16, 2009
"Over a long career, Sendak's work has reflected the influences of many artists and writers William Blake, Marc Chagall, Winslow Homer, to name a few.In "Where the Wild Things Are," his use of crosshatching to shade and create volume is reminiscent of a style seen in 19-century illustrations and political cartoons, Maguire says.Sendak's illustration of a wild thing emerging from a cave is nearly identical in composition to a scene from the original "King Kong," a movie he saw as a child. The... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Historic bell removed Oct 9, 2009
William Blake and Co. in Boston cast the bell in 1871. Historians don't know when the bell was acquired by the university, but they can guess that it has been at Penn State since 1892 because of century-old graffiti, Bezilla said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
In Nomine Patris et Felis Oct 7, 2009
This defiant, resolutely far-out poetic and moral principle in a way makes Christopher Smart the first Beat or hippie poetdecades before William Blake. Like Blake, Smart inverts or breaks expectations in a spirit of ardent truth-seeking. (Slate)
Wildly wise Sendak respected kids' experiences Sep 13, 2009
He imitates Rembrandt, William Blake (1757-1827), Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) or John Tenniel (1820-1914), probably the most famous illustrator of "Alice in Wonderland.". Even Sendak's most distinctive visual inventions, his monsters, bring to mind the Japanese saying that, compared with a dog, a demon is easy to draw because nobody has ever seen one. (San Francisco Chronicle)
He's hellbent on purgatory Sep 11, 2009
FOR a show titled "A New Heaven Is Begun," there's a helluva lot of hell at the Morgan, where a roomful of William Blake's work opens today ... "William Blake's World: A New Heaven Is Begun" runs through Jan. 3 at the Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Ave., at 36th Street ... FOR a show titled "A New Heaven Is Begun," there's a helluva lot of hell at the Morgan, where a roomful of William Blake's work opens today. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
48 hours in Torbay, Britain Aug 29, 2009
The art collection includes work by English artist William Blake and paintings illustrating the Torbay area, including "The Exiles' Departure" by Cornish-born painter Thomas Luny. It depicts Napoleon's 1815 transfer in St Mary's Bay near Brixham to the ship that took him into exile on the island of St Helena. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Hyman Bloom, 96; painted works of grisly Expressionism Aug 28, 2009
Mr. Bloom could draw figures with the musculature of Michelangelo and the spirituality of William Blake. He abandoned the former as his figures started to dissolve into other sorts of creatures. (Boston Globe)
Yale Surrenders Aug 18, 2009
(These same Dantean stanzas have also been depicted by William Blake, Sandro Botticelli, Salvador Dal, and Auguste Rodin, so there's a lot of artistic censorship in our future if this sort of thing is allowed to set a precedent. . (Slate)
A little self-reflection to help get you on the high road Aug 10, 2009
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Woozy from a deca00003BC6de out on the town? You're not alone Aug 8, 2009
he English poet William Blake wrote: ''The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
‘Séraphine’ offers a slowly drawn portrait of art and madness Jul 31, 2009
raphine Louis as a misfit mystic on a par with William Blake and Vincent Van Gogh, but based on what we see in those prewar paintings, the analogy doesn t quite hold. The film jumps ahead, though, to 1927 and Uhde s return to Senlis. (Boston Globe)
Staying calm amidst the storm Jul 29, 2009
Thomson s Five Songs from William Blake are charming and uncluttered pieces that underline Blake s poetry with music at once plainspoken and urbane. Thomas Hampson was the regal soloist, here and in three orchestrated Barber songs that he delivered with abundant charisma, burnished tone, and at times an intense urgency of expression. (Boston Globe)
Chase Gallery set to open in its new surroundings Jul 29, 2009
Imagine To the Eyes of the Man of Imagination, wrote the poet, artist, and visionary William Blake, Nature is Imagination itself. The spark of coming-to-be is an energetic and mysterious one, whether you re talking about a small, green sprout or a glimmer of an idea. (Boston Globe)
‘Age of Wonder’ looks at how science inspired Romantic poets Jul 26, 2009
Though Holmes s scholarship was rigorous and prodigiously researched, his voice at times virtually recreated the inspired instability of the most visionary of Romantic poets (William Blake excepted). Literary Romanticism is Holmes s specialty, with books on Shelley, Keats and two of their French contemporaries. (Boston Globe)
French snub British queen, shrug off uproar May 29, 2009
He was waiting to enter an exhibition of the works of William Blake, the British romantic poet and painter. "English culture, in any case," he said, smiling. (MSNBC -- International)
Musicians Sir Hubert Parry and Jose... May 17, 2009
But he is best known today for his religious song, Jerusalem, with words by William Blake. Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry contracted the Spanish influenza in 1918 and died at Knight's Croft, Sussex. (Suite101.com)
Laughs in 'Springer' run surprisingly deep May 6, 2009
" It sounds like a punch line, or at best a one-joke show. But it is, in fact, not only an opera but a clever - and sometimes more than clever - piece of art. By turns hilarious and thought-provoking, obscene and moral, it both amuses and instructs. But mostly amuses.You may have heard more about the controversy surrounding Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee's work than about the work itself. From its first appearance in London to the first full performance here Friday night, "Jerry Springer: The... (Boston Globe)
Life's Song Set to Poetry Apr 20, 2009
A few of those talented American poets include Phyllis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Anne Bradstreet, May Swenson, William Blake, Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman and Gwendolyn Brooks. Each of these poets has written poems that capture the essence of historic times and experiences in America s past. (Suite101.com)
Help! I’m trapped in long, obligatory read! Apr 2, 2009
William Blake for instance: Tyger tyger burning bright, In the forest of the night, what immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry. Or Sidney Lanier s Marshes of Glynn (where I spent many summers nearby): As the marsh-hen secretly builds on the watery sod, Behold I will build me a nest on the greatness of God;I will fly in the greatness of God as the marsh-hen flies, In the freedom that fills all the space twixt the marsh and the skies. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Ancestry hunters' bonanza as London records go online Mar 27, 2009
The archives from the London Historical Records feature details of about 165 million of the British capital's citizens over the centuries, including head of state Oliver Cromwell and poet William Blake. Around 250,000 records are currently available, with all 77 million uploaded by 2011. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
M-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s Briti... Mar 22, 2009
M - Milton: A Poem by William Blake. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, William Blake (1757-1827) is now considered an important poet of Romanticism. (Suite101.com)
Poetry and Prayer Mar 14, 2009
Metaphor and Imagination, Acts of Surrender to the Holy Muse. Poetry calls upon the power of metaphor and feeling while prayer calls upon the power of God and holy spirit. (Suite101.com)
Van Morrison's Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl Feb 25, 2009
"And I will stroll the merry way and jump the hedges first/ And I will drink the clear clean water for to quench my thirst/ And I will never grow so old again." Morrison had read no William Blake when he delivered these lines (the poetical-mystical immersions of his middle period were still to come), which perhaps accounts for their authentically Blakeian atmosphere: Astral Weeks was this displaced 23-year-old Irishman's. It begins with a request to be born again and ends in a guitar-and-flute... (Slate)
British Imperialism and Music Feb 17, 2009
Although written in 1804, William Blake s Jerusalem characterized the self-perception of Britain. It was set to music in 1916 and is still part of a venerable repertoire that recalls the days when God favored England to bring civilization to Rudyard Kipling s half devil, half child. (Suite101.com)
