I came across this quote by Ricky Gervais in a New York Times profile of him <link>: In early December, Gervais called me from the home he shares in Hampstead, London, with his longtime girlfriend, Jane Fallon, a novelist and former television producer, and their cat, Ollie. Gervais was drinking a glass of Champagne, and [...]
Archive for the ‘Music of the Spheres’ Category
Sage Words from Ricky Gervais
Posted in Music of the Spheres, tagged Happy 6 o'clockmas, Ricky Gervais on May 23, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Super Moon Shot
Posted in Music of the Spheres, tagged Supermoon on May 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Photo is courtesy of http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/
Aurora Borealis Comes in View
Posted in Music of the Spheres, tagged Aurora Borealis, beauty on April 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Architecture Matters
Posted in Music of the Spheres, tagged Architecture, culture, Sydney Opera House on March 25, 2012 | 3 Comments »
How do you feel when you see this? And how do you feel when you see this? Architecture matters to all human beings, in subtle and profound ways. May beauty always prevail, but we know the odds are always against it.
What Makes a Movie “Epic”?
Posted in Music of the Spheres, tagged Coppola, Disney, John Carter, Julie Andrews, major key, minor key, Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail, Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, UFC on March 20, 2012 | 4 Comments »
The folks at Disney studios right now are suffering from one of the worst movie flops in history: Walt Disney has said it expects to lose $200m on its movie John Carter, making it one of the biggest flops in cinema history. It is estimated that John Carter cost $250m to make and it is [...]
Beauty…but will it last?
Posted in Music of the Spheres, tagged Ayn Rand, mahogany, oak, Periclean Athens, Republican Rome, the Dark Ages, the Enlightenment, the Renaissance, walnut on January 22, 2012 | 3 Comments »
We are not passive inhabitants of this world: we make civilization. But like all things in the incarnate realm, civilization has its peaks (Periclean Athens / Republican Rome / the Renaissance / the Enlightenment), and its valleys (the Dark Ages / the Obama administration). I saw the following picture and first was uplifted, but then [...]
Blue Velvet and the Libyan Sibyl
Posted in Music of the Spheres, tagged Blue Velvet, David Lynch, Isabella Rossellini, Libyan Sibyl, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I noticed an image of the Blue Velvet movie poster and realized it reminded me of one of Michelangelo’s Sibyls on the Sistine ceiling, and also his preparatory drawing.
Downey Jr.’s Irony Man
Posted in Genius In Action Awards, Music of the Spheres, tagged Air America, Chaplin, Home for the Holidays, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Less than Zero, Natural Born Killers, Restoration, Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes, Tropic Thunder, Tuff Turf, Weird Science, Zodiac on October 8, 2011 | 4 Comments »
A recent LA Times discussion with Robert Downey, Jr. walked down memory lane with him and recorded his thoughts on his many roles, including those in Weird Science, Tuff Turf, Less than Zero, Air America, Chaplin, Natural Born Killers, Home for the Holidays, Zodiac, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Tropic Thunder, Sherlock Holmes, and Due [...]
Andy Whitfield, RIP
Posted in Music of the Spheres, tagged Andy Whitfield, Blood and Sand, cancer, Spartacus, STARZ on September 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Andy Whitfield, who played Spartacus on the hugely entertaining “Spartacus, Blood and Sand” has died of cancer at the age of 39. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Whitfield, who played the title role in the hit cable series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” has died at age 39, according to representatives and family. Whitfield died Sunday in [...]
Beauty: Lake in the Himalayas (Tibet)
Posted in Music of the Spheres, tagged Cirque de Soleil, Guy Laliberte, Kirtimukha, Tibet on September 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The photo was taken by space tourist Guy Laliberte (founder of Cirque de Soleil). Such extreme beauty exists on this planet, in the midst of the profound horror of life devouring itself. What a place.
