From Antonin Dvorak’s opera “Rusalka”

…Moon, high and deep in the sky Your light sees far, You travel around the wide world, and see into people’s homes. Moon, stand still a while and tell me where is my dear. Tell him, silvery moon, that I am embracing him. For at least momentarily let him recall of dreaming of me. Illuminate […]

via Song to the moon… — per mare…

“What Happened? How did we get here?” John Kelly looks at that question

“What Happened? How did we get here?” John Kelly looks at the first questions we ask when we encounter the irrational in art and in real life — and at how we might answer them and move forward.

via Shakespeare, Trump: On Being Irrational — Discover

“Für Elise” Valentina Lisitsa Seoul Philharmonic Valentina Lisitsa

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In 1938 aspiring author Frances Turnbull sent a copy of one of her stories to Francisc Scott Fitzgerald

In 1938 aspiring author Frances Turnbull sent a copy of one of her stories to Francisc Scott Fitzgerald. In the feedback he offers her there’s one great piece of advice: “You’ve got to sell your heart, your strongest reactions, not the little minor things that only touch you lightly, the little experiences that you might tell […]

via You’ve got to sell your heart — Cristian Mihai