I do appreciate opera...and that being said, all I can see are those "to die for" floor to ceiling wooden blinds covering what has to be some amazing windows!
What a stunning voice and dramatic presence - thank you for that.
You brought that scene of Verdi’s dying ‘alive ‘ in the way you described it, you feel things deeply and help us to feel and imagine them too. A gift from you to us.
I looked up Brancusi's symbol of James Joyce and found this (from the Morgan Library website): start of quote:
Brancusi later explained the cryptic image to the painter Jacques Hérold, noting,“Joyce is like that: he departs from one point, and you’ll never meet him again.”
Speaking of spirals and the beautiful piece from La Traviata, the ability to experience that music is made possible by a tiny spiral, the cochlea, the hearing organ imbedded in your head which is so amazing and intricate and beautifully designed. I am an audiologist by profession, by accident really, and for many years now, but I have always been an artist, and when you mentioned the spiral, well, the association of that and music is just so intertwined I had to mention it. Once again thank you for making my evening so interesting and enjoyable.
My parents were opera singers, having met in a New York vocal studio, when my mom was sixteen and my dad,twenty-nine. I always have trouble singing the little blessings at school, in which I teach, with minor chest stuff…Singing opera, through consumption is a vocal oxymoron…lol
Thank you for all of this, Patti. I have loved opera since I was in elementary school. The Lyric Opera in Chicago would perform matinees for school children and I was enthralled.
Patti, it is always worth it to commit the time to listen to one of your posts. Your gentle and friendly hospitality is restorative in some way. I also very much appreciate the respect that you pay these great artists. The excerpt from La Traviata was not something I would seek out myself but am grateful to have seen. I also want to dip into that book about Joyce. The "portrait" of him blew my mind. I, too, am a fan, as you say, of the spiral and the divine proportion. I wonder if you know this poem, The Chambered Nautilus, by Oliver Wendall Holmes: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44379/the-chambered-nautilus. It seems to sort of echo your prayer/wish for Verdi and he for his heroine.
Richard Ellmann, such a biographer. And I had to laugh when I was watching and you lifted Poor Things as I was debating whether I could manage to squeeze in seeing the film this week, and there you were with it, nudging me to go :-)) Fibonacci, the spiral, James Joyce. It’s all tying up. Don’t you find the prompts in your life come in very related form? There’s no chaos out there! Thanks as always for the cultural chats x
Thank you for singing to us and looking so well, parchment suits you! What a post full of treats but l loved the talk of spirals. My maths was terrible as a child but spirals always inspired me, they are in so many places. Found on pots etc from archaeological digs, l used to doodle them everywhere and now own earrings and pendants that are spirals. Many of them are taken from tribal jewellery from many countries, it’s so fascinating.
The ‘spiral’ book makes me think of the art of Hilma af Klint!
I was listening to r.e.m singing E- bow the Letter .. Michael and you make me cry when you sing this. So Verdi does as well ~ it's a plot!!!
I do appreciate opera...and that being said, all I can see are those "to die for" floor to ceiling wooden blinds covering what has to be some amazing windows!
Beautiful memories. Thank you, Patti. I love spirals too. xxx
What a stunning voice and dramatic presence - thank you for that.
You brought that scene of Verdi’s dying ‘alive ‘ in the way you described it, you feel things deeply and help us to feel and imagine them too. A gift from you to us.
I looked up Brancusi's symbol of James Joyce and found this (from the Morgan Library website): start of quote:
Brancusi later explained the cryptic image to the painter Jacques Hérold, noting,“Joyce is like that: he departs from one point, and you’ll never meet him again.”
https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/online/ulysses/brancusis-symbol-joyce
Fascinating, Patti. Thanks for once again enriching my day. Laura
Speaking of spirals and the beautiful piece from La Traviata, the ability to experience that music is made possible by a tiny spiral, the cochlea, the hearing organ imbedded in your head which is so amazing and intricate and beautifully designed. I am an audiologist by profession, by accident really, and for many years now, but I have always been an artist, and when you mentioned the spiral, well, the association of that and music is just so intertwined I had to mention it. Once again thank you for making my evening so interesting and enjoyable.
My parents were opera singers, having met in a New York vocal studio, when my mom was sixteen and my dad,twenty-nine. I always have trouble singing the little blessings at school, in which I teach, with minor chest stuff…Singing opera, through consumption is a vocal oxymoron…lol
You can always take your time pressing the red button..I could listen to you for hours.
Thank you for this wonderful post
Thank you for all of this, Patti. I have loved opera since I was in elementary school. The Lyric Opera in Chicago would perform matinees for school children and I was enthralled.
Patti, it is always worth it to commit the time to listen to one of your posts. Your gentle and friendly hospitality is restorative in some way. I also very much appreciate the respect that you pay these great artists. The excerpt from La Traviata was not something I would seek out myself but am grateful to have seen. I also want to dip into that book about Joyce. The "portrait" of him blew my mind. I, too, am a fan, as you say, of the spiral and the divine proportion. I wonder if you know this poem, The Chambered Nautilus, by Oliver Wendall Holmes: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44379/the-chambered-nautilus. It seems to sort of echo your prayer/wish for Verdi and he for his heroine.
Thank you Patti! please show us more of your books. It´s amazing and inspiring!!
Singing Verdi to us💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
The hotel can now boast not only Verdi, but Patti Smith stayed in there.
Richard Ellmann, such a biographer. And I had to laugh when I was watching and you lifted Poor Things as I was debating whether I could manage to squeeze in seeing the film this week, and there you were with it, nudging me to go :-)) Fibonacci, the spiral, James Joyce. It’s all tying up. Don’t you find the prompts in your life come in very related form? There’s no chaos out there! Thanks as always for the cultural chats x
Thank you for singing to us and looking so well, parchment suits you! What a post full of treats but l loved the talk of spirals. My maths was terrible as a child but spirals always inspired me, they are in so many places. Found on pots etc from archaeological digs, l used to doodle them everywhere and now own earrings and pendants that are spirals. Many of them are taken from tribal jewellery from many countries, it’s so fascinating.
Love from London 🙏
Loved seeing you tonight and Ermonela Jaho was incredible! Grazie mille caruccia!