Friday, May 18, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Eclipse
"Eclipse is about a young woman who breaks up with an older lover and then has an affair with a confident young stockbroker whose materialistic nature eventually undermines their relationship.[2] The film is considered the last part of a trilogy which was preceded by L'Avventura (1960) and La Notte (1961)...."
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The Genius Of The Crowd
Charles Bukowski
human being to supply any given army on any given day
and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace
those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love
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My Birth Place, Dezful
By Ezzat Goushegir
Dezful, is my birth place
Dezful,
you taught me how to love
How to hate
how to be angry
how to be tender
how to respect our earth, our environment,
trees, flowers, birds, animals, sun, air, water...
Dezful, you taught me how to smell, touch, breathe,
how to follow my instinct, my curiosity, my desires
in the dare-devil hot days...
You taught me how to build birds' nests,
feed the sparrows by a piece of bread left on the table,
view the universe from behind the brick windows...
find complexities, like the labyrinthine corridors of "Shawadoon"s,
observe communications between people sitting on "Sakoo"s or "Khajeh neshin"s
watching naked children playing with pebbles in the narrow allies
You taught me how to respect people's privacy
when walking through dark "Daalaan"s...
You taught me to be recklessly free when sleeping on the rooftop,
being close to the untouchable sky, the moon, the stars..
You taught me to be fragrant like your "Faash''es, like your "Zool"s...
You taught me to be brave and audacious like your summer sun
to be wild, like your spring thunderstorms
And be shy and timid like my long dress covering my pink bra
when the wind roars under its dancing waves...
Why Am I Opposed to War
Why Am I Opposed to War in Vietnma
Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. against the "triple evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism.".
Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. against the "triple evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism.".
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Monday Night with Ponchielli, Puccini, Mozart and a Woman with a huge hat!
ON Monday night I was invited to see
three scenes of three different operas at Civic Orchestra of Chicago, conducted
by Sir Andrew Davis, in memory of Florence Boone, a devoted Lyric Opera of Chicago supporter since 1960 who passed away on APRIL
2012, at the age of ninety three.
The first musical piece was “Dance of the Hours” from act 3 of Amilcare Ponchielli’s La Gioconda (The joyful girl).
The second
piece was Act 4 of LaBoheme by Puccini. And the third
piece was Act 2 from the Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Mozart.
My friend preferred to sit on the balcony, I
preferred the center orchestra. The tickets were already purchased and I had to respect my host. A woman next to me
asked: What perfume do you wear? I told her. She was drowned into the scent of
my perfume and the radiance of orchestra Hall…then she said: Your pink scarf
matches beautifully with your black dress! I felt delightful!
A woman with a round black hat sitting
on front seat with peculiar fake aristocratic gesture, blocking my view from seeing
the singers, reminded me of Charlie Chaplin’s movies. Distressed by the hat, I busied
myself with the book, following the librettos. I wanted so badly to see Mimi
and Rodolfo’s face, the sweat on their foreheads, the sparkle in their eyes when
they sing the words of love, but I swallowed my longing for those moments…
Well only one, but it’s huge as the
ocean,
As deep and infinite as the sea…
(She puts her arms around Rodolfo’s
neck.)
You’re my entire life,
You’re my love!
Rodolfo: Ah Mimi, my beautiful Mimi!
Mimi: Do you still find me
beautiful?
Rodolfo: As lovely as the dawn.
Mimi: You’re wrong in the
comparison.
You should say: Lovely as the sunset
As Mimi, Tracy Cantin, soprano, had
a "presence" on the stage.
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