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Category Archives: Arts-a-Poppin’
MARK TWAIN NEVER GOT TO THE LOUVRE (but I did)
A trip to the magnificent Louvre museum with Mark Twain. Well actually Mark Twain himself never got there, but he wrote about not getting there in “The Innocents Abroad”, and that satirical anecdote about what happens to unwary, blustery … Continue reading
EXITING ETERNITY’S GATE
Ed and I had just seen Julian Schnabel’s movie about Vincent Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate”, and were exiting one of the more tucked away screening rooms at the Landmark 57 multiplex, which required walking down a long, narrow, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged At Eternity's Gate, cinematography, corridor, death of Van Gogh, Ed Elder, exit, German, Landmark 57, light, Loving Vincent, movie, photography, sci fi, Van Gogh
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SENSUAL RODIN
We start with a famous thought. We end with a famous kiss. Rodin’s Thinker greats you in the courtyard of the Rodin House in Paris. And so he will be the introduction to this post of some of Rodin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged classical music, Impromptu, Kiss, Paris, Pavane, photography, Ravel, Rodin, Schubert, sensual, sensual classics, sensuality, statues, Thinker
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JON BUNGE’S SHAPES AND SHADOWS
The other weekend artist Jon Bunge opened his studio up to the public as part of the Gowanus Open Studios 2018. I’ve known Jon for many years. His work was always abstract. The black and white pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged art, branches, collage, colored paper, gowanus, Jon Bunge, open, photography, sculpture, shadow, studio, willow
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VERSAILLES – Reflections in the Hall of Mirrors
Paris provided a wealth of imagery and perspectives for me to share – it’ll probably take me a year to process it all in blog post sized bits (here the first one two three four five posts). Why, alone the long … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged art, gold, Hall of Mirrors, mirrors, photography, reflections, statues, Versailles
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TELL TALE OMENS
What is this about? Have I decided to add cartoonist to my jack-of-the-arts-box? No. I am quite aware that my drawing skills are more on the feeble side. These sketches are for practical reasons, which however are … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia
Tagged cartoon, Edgar Allan Poe, graphic art, music theater, musicabre, o, sketch, The Tell-Tale Heart
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Sensual Statues of the Musée D’Orsay
Tensions of the world making you anxious? Here is much soothing, sculptural sensuality but also some less comforting, chiseled objectification Continuing my fascination with sensual statuary in Paris, the greatest concentration of such aesthetically, artistically, and, let’s admit it, amorously … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Brahms, Chopin, classics, Degas, female, male, marble, Musee D'Orsay, museum, nature, Nocturne, objectification, Paris, Sappho, Science, sensual, statue, Symphony #3
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Sensual Statues in the Streets of Paris
Nude statues are all over Paris. I don’t know if statistically there are more nude statues there than in other European cultural capitals, or if the nude statues of Paris are particularly more sensual than elsewhere, or if it is … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged angel, Arts and Metiers, Bacchus, bastille, Beethoven, church, classical music, Fountain of Medici, jardin, Like a Prayer, Louvre, Luxembourg, Madonna, nudes, Opera, Paris, pieta, Romance, sculpture, Seine, sensual, sensual classics, Tuileries
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MONA LISA & ME
Yep that’s me. And that’s the Mona Lisa. And this is a little tale of how I spent some time with her. It starts with a trip to Paris. And a whole day set aside for the Louvre, the immense … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged I M Pei, Leonardo Da Vinci, Louis XIV, Louvre, Michelangelo, Mona Lisa, Painting, palace, Paris, Pyramid, Versailles, Wedding at Cana
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FALLING INTO JACKSON POLLOCK
This Sunday I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and found myself in front of their monumental Jackson Pollock “Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)”. And once again I had that hallucinogenic experience I often have in front of Jackson Pollock’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged acid trip, African American, art, Autumn Rhythm, Dream, drip painting, Ed Elder, hypnosis, Jackson Pollock, Jon Bunge, LSD, Met, Metropolitan, museum, photography, portrait
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FACES. REFLECTIONS. REFRACTIONS.
Some more expected and unexpected impressions at the Brooklyn Museum First, encounters with some singular faces. It’s hot and humid out, but she is eternally the embodiment of frigid winter.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged Americas, brooklyn, busts, Ed Elder, faces, glass, idols, museum, Painting, portrait, reflection, refraction, statue, transformation
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BEFORE THE SUNSET – with the Sun Song Quiz
The lady saw me walk onto the middle of the street with my phone out, and said to Ed “he’s taking a picture of the sunset” in that universal “that’s so sweet” tone of voice. Except it wasn’t quite the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On
Tagged A-Ha, Another Day of Sun, Blondie, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Ed Elder, Elton John, Fiddler on the Roof, Fish People, George Michael, Hair, In the Sun, Invisible Sun, Kate Bush, La La Land, Let the Sunshine In, Moonlight, Sun King, Sunrise Sunset, sunset, The Beatles, The Flesh Failures, The Police, The Sun Always Shines On TV
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NATARAJA – The Dancing King
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged ABBA, dance, Dancing King, Dancing Queen, George and the Dragon, India, Nataraja, photography, sculpture, Shiva
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Museum Impressions
Yesterday at the Brooklyn Museum with an unwitting special focus on the feminine
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged brooklyn, Female form, feminine, feminism, mirrors, museum, nudes, photography, reflections
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These Roses are Ready for their Close-Up, Mr. DeMille!
Another year… another June… This year the rose garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden had received a “hard cut”, as we heard a passerby explain. Which made it still lovely but less lush than in years past. So I’ll focus … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged A Rose by any Name, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Beth Ditto, Bette Midler, Blondie, botanic garden, brooklyn, Debbie Harry, Ethel Merman, For the Boys, Imelda Staunton, James Horner, June, Kate Winslet, Linda Lavin, Makin' Whoopee, Patti LuPone, Rosalind Russell, Rose, Roses, The Rose, Titanic, Tyne Daly
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ARTS-A-POPPIN’
There’s a new category here at Notes from a Composer: Arts-a-Poppin’. (This category, like all the others, can be accessed on the right side of every site page, just below the tweet stream.) After posting a double bill of selections … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News
Tagged Arts-a-Poppin', Brazil, Hellzapoppin, memorial, New York, Notes from a Composer, Painting, photography, sculpture, Visual Arts
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