tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post4723562804111980107..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: Sunday Mornings: Coffee, Reflections and MusicA Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-58428429674928926862011-06-08T16:41:32.747+01:002011-06-08T16:41:32.747+01:00You are so sweet to visit !
and i love your Rumi ...You are so sweet to visit !<br /><br />and i love your Rumi quote and the fab dancer in aqua.<br /><br />alas, i drifted from my blog alot.<br /><br />as for art- i agree that Kahlo,like many other greats, are able to capture the beauty or pain of the day in a way that honors the ordinary, the real, the simple authenticity of living !For it is the " messy vitality of life" which gives us its richesse!<br /><br />have a happy day<br /><br />ps did u hear about the syrian female blogger who is missing? Huff Postmatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272662214191754666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-65146102725372001492011-06-07T22:21:45.997+01:002011-06-07T22:21:45.997+01:00Many thanks for your wonderful comments.
Greeting...Many thanks for your wonderful comments.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-3383588920998244102011-06-07T15:11:09.687+01:002011-06-07T15:11:09.687+01:00Yes, I agree. The true "greats" didn'...Yes, I agree. The true "greats" didn't think of greatness when they created - they just did it. <br /><br />In my motivational quote box I have this quote, which says exactly what your post is saying:<br /><br />"I have never thought of writing for reputation and honour. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason I compose." Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 -1827<br /><br />I, too, prefer a work that is full of life and, more importantly, the heart and soul of the artist. <br /><br /><a href="http://judycroome.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Judy, South Africa</a>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-88259999928800962132011-06-07T10:31:38.248+01:002011-06-07T10:31:38.248+01:00Inspiration (for writing) out of the mundane has c...Inspiration (for writing) out of the mundane has coincidentally been on my mind lately as well. Really enjoyed this post and am going to seek out the writers/filmakers you mentioned. Shamefully I'm not familiar with them already.Maxine Beneba Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11182307325679199430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-42018047084273174962011-06-07T07:01:11.198+01:002011-06-07T07:01:11.198+01:00You bring out many interesting points pertaining t...You bring out many interesting points pertaining to art (and literature). I have often wondered what qualifies as art/literature? Is any film / drawing / painting art? Is any piece of writing literature? Or it must possess some specific characteristics for it to be called art? I agree with you that transcendence was most likely not really top of the mind for the artists when they went about creating their art. And true art is grounded in the local and the quotidian.SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439071211238467709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-42017195958042205332011-06-05T20:17:17.237+01:002011-06-05T20:17:17.237+01:00Achieving transcendence through the mundane and tr...Achieving transcendence through the mundane and trivial is, in my mind, the mark of a great work of art. It is possible, after all, to brush stroke everything into oblivion. In so doing, I suspect power is lost. This is a principle I have to remind myself of every single time I write. It is harder to write about the trivial and make it sing. Cortazar in Rayuela did exactly that though. And what a masterpiece that was.Judith Mercadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739476600999112092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-67753781359843150592011-06-05T17:12:19.803+01:002011-06-05T17:12:19.803+01:00I'd just add that if they happen to experience...I'd just add that if they happen to experience an event of great magnitude, that event will permeate through their work too. The quotidian, the immediate, the place they inhabit will reflect in their camera eye.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-48806849259574633942011-06-05T13:11:17.777+01:002011-06-05T13:11:17.777+01:00Hola Cuban, it has been a while :)
In a way maybe...Hola Cuban, it has been a while :)<br /><br />In a way maybe we are also like the artists, we blog for ourselves, and we live and blog. There were movies lately that I watched that really touched me and one of them was Warm Springs or something like that, about Roosevelt learning to walk again and after he was struck by polio. Artist brought stories to life and life to stories.Aishahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064149242908143273noreply@blogger.com