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Category Archives: Europe
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen”
I was recently surprised and intrigued to read that the estate of George Orwell has approved a feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four, which reimagines the story from the perspective of Winston Smith’s lover Julia. In the iconic dystopian novel, Smith … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Airstrip-one, Big Brother, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
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It’s only in my dreams that I am so sinister
(Friday, June 11, 1920) It’s only in my dreams that I am so sinister. Recently I had another dream about you, it was a big dream, but I hardly remember a thing. I was in Vienna, I don’t recall anything … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Austria, Franz Kafka, letters, Milena Jesenski, Prague, Vienna
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Love, Desire, Death
In the fascinating video below, Peter Schade, the Head of the Framing department at Britain’s National Gallery, shows the process of creating six huge matching frames for the Titian: Love Desire Death exhibition. Matthias Wivel, Curator of 16th-century Italian paintings, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Film, History, Museums
Tagged National Gallery, Painting, Titian
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The Driver Is Red
The moving animated documentary below is about how Israeli Mossad agent Zvi Aharoni tracked down and captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina 15 years after WWII ended. It is a powerful piece of art and history. The rare … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Film, History, South America
Tagged Animation, Argentina, Israel, World War II
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The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents
English author and naturalist Edward Topsell (1572-1625) first published his book The History of Four-footed Beasts in 1607, followed by The History of Serpents in 1608. Topsell borrowed extensively from Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner’s Historia animalium (“History of Animals”), a five-volume set … Continue reading
Just One More Thing
The photo above perfectly captured MRW I saw an image on a blog of a Peter Falk statue in Budapest, Hungary. Now, I’ve only been to Budapest one time, and only spent five days in the Hungarian capital, but somehow … Continue reading
I will go out again and listen to the dark voices
I was familiar with the Czech writer Karel Čapek who coined of the term ‘robot’, but was surprised to stumble upon this very short story about cats that he wrote in the 1930s.
Happy To Chat
I recently ran across this project in Krakow, Poland known locally as Gaduławka, or happy to chat. It is an upgraded bench that encourages people to talk to each other. This simple nudge in the form of an inviting sign … Continue reading
Music by Miles
I recently ran across this wonderful video below featuring images by the late Saul Leiter accompanied by the sublime music of Miles Davis. It reminded me of an exhibition of Leiter’s photographs and painting that I happened to see the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Film, Museums, Music, Photography, Tourism
Tagged Miles Davis, NYC, Saul Leiter, Vienna
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Travel Between The Pages 