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Whispers and Chants: Aladdin
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Sunday, 22 February 2009. The tale of Aladdin is a fairy tale set in a middle eastern context. Today I went to view a performance of it designed for children and they all seemed to be enjoying it. In fact, none of them mentioned the popular Disney version. High praise indeed! No, it would not have helped to sing about our favourite things. If the inspectors knew that this wonderful, inspiring performance had been going on they would have closed the theatre down promptly. . View my complete profile.
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Whispers and Chants: Cleaner Washes Mug in Toilet
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009. Cleaner Washes Mug in Toilet. If I were to describe my workplace in terms of 'upstairs downstairs' then the 'downstairs' would definitely contain the score of cleaners who come from all over Cairo each morning to brush, scrub, make tea, wash windows. I rather admire these women, their good humour abounds and when they do have a tantrum they do it in spectacular style as only an Egyptian housewife can. From lack of education? 28 February 2009 at 09:36. Nice blog, man.
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Whispers and Chants: 40-ish, matey, balding?
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Sunday, 1 March 2009. 40-ish, matey, balding? Whoever invented the job interview has a lot to answer for. It's like a byte sized photo shot, in ten or fifteen minutes you are expected to look good, appear intelligent, work out what the other person is thinking, work out what they want you to be thinking, think it, and say it without looking like an idiot! Can I really go 'parallell' to something? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire.
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Whispers and Chants: Walls
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Friday, 27 February 2009. Today I have literally been watching paint dry. Devoid of all of the usual preoccupations as painters were in the house (TV, internet, space, stereo, food) I found myself living on my bed. It became extraordinarily frustrating that I couldn't leave and yet I couldn't stay. The end result looks fantastic, however. No pain, no gain! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ramblings of an escaped, intergalactical, lunatic convict stranded somewhere on Earth. View my complete profile.
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Whispers and Chants: March 2009
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Saturday, 7 March 2009. A Life Cut Short. I just couldn't let any more time go by without writing an entry about Franz Schubert's final chamber work; the magnificent, glorious String Quintet in C Major. The quintet was written in 1828, just two months before his death. Contemporaneous with the wonderful last six piano sonatas and a number of songs, it is the 'Mt Everest' of his late works. Indeed, many consider it the high point of chamber music. Full stop. And I am in complete agreement. The portamento ...
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Whispers and Chants: Absurdism
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Friday, 6 March 2009. I have been researching 20th C. '-isms' for an article. . Perhaps most striking is 'absurdism.' . Rationality, God and the search for meaning are thrown out. The result? A vacuum that still seems to be affecting western culture today. See what you think. Absurdism had its roots int he notion that humans exist in a meaningless and ultimately irrational universe. It contended that the search for meaning is essentially ridiculous. To the challenge of "Why? Ramblings of an escaped, inte...
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Townhouse’s Model Citizens Exhibit | oum pushkina
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Mein Kampf in Cairo. April 7, 2009 · 11:08 am. Townhouse’s Model Citizens Exhibit. Changes have been made according to these people’s wishes. The idea itself–to propose an alternative vision for the future of the neighborhood other than what the government would choose–has allowed all of its viewers to appreciate the intricate details of their surroundings as well as challenged us to imagine this neighborhood in a way that we like to see it look. A medical clinic, a KFC and metal detectors? Much apprecia...
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Whispers and Chants: February 2009
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Friday, 27 February 2009. Today I have literally been watching paint dry. Devoid of all of the usual preoccupations as painters were in the house (TV, internet, space, stereo, food) I found myself living on my bed. It became extraordinarily frustrating that I couldn't leave and yet I couldn't stay. The end result looks fantastic, however. No pain, no gain! Tuesday, 24 February 2009. Cleaner Washes Mug in Toilet. From lack of education? She almost certainly wouldn't have running water in her area). Wh...
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Whispers and Chants: A Life Cut Short
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Saturday, 7 March 2009. A Life Cut Short. I just couldn't let any more time go by without writing an entry about Franz Schubert's final chamber work; the magnificent, glorious String Quintet in C Major. The quintet was written in 1828, just two months before his death. Contemporaneous with the wonderful last six piano sonatas and a number of songs, it is the 'Mt Everest' of his late works. Indeed, many consider it the high point of chamber music. Full stop. And I am in complete agreement. The portamento ...
