tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post9061308878452887045..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.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-63067052356981688832012-06-02T22:26:55.278+01:002012-06-02T22:26:55.278+01:00Many thanks for your kind words.
Greetings from L...Many thanks for your kind words.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-52492466887701273782012-06-02T10:12:23.454+01:002012-06-02T10:12:23.454+01:00We had alfresco salad with friends last night - an...We had alfresco salad with friends last night - and very nice it was too! But today is grey and miserable...Rachel Cotterillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969719330048416996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-33864612500358489382012-05-30T18:00:35.477+01:002012-05-30T18:00:35.477+01:00what a brilliant vision, cuban!
i love this post.
...what a brilliant vision, cuban!<br />i love this post.<br /><br />and i agree with you that 'the scream" had been born out of horror.<br /><br />i really like the last poetic lines of your post. <br />truly gorgeous!<br /><br />hope you have a great remainder of the week.Betty Manousoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08549686306725800208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-57480474269840257482012-05-30T09:20:47.116+01:002012-05-30T09:20:47.116+01:00Ditto, Cuban! Even I thought that the Scream had b...Ditto, Cuban! Even I thought that the Scream had been born out of horror. I agree with Jai.. the painting gives a feeling of horror.SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439071211238467709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-56232938326064370022012-05-29T16:35:30.904+01:002012-05-29T16:35:30.904+01:00I totally understand that moment of being stupefie...I totally understand that moment of being stupefied by nature. But I'm not sure if the painting gets that across. Like you I've always thought it was about horror, not amazement. It gives the feeling or horror alright.<br /><br />But it's so interesting to find out that the poem was the inspiration behind the painting.<br /><br />JaiJai Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858987106548357551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-43724863645622712082012-05-29T15:40:14.266+01:002012-05-29T15:40:14.266+01:00Those are really interesting points. I think I lik...Those are really interesting points. I think I like your interpretation better than my own, which is terror at what the world has become.Fly Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191335990973494972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-4054432930809803502012-05-29T09:23:01.202+01:002012-05-29T09:23:01.202+01:00Actually, reading your piece again, I see that the...Actually, reading your piece again, I see that the error was mine, a mis-read. My apologies. A great post at all events.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-2084055690190255052012-05-28T13:33:32.099+01:002012-05-28T13:33:32.099+01:00Many, many thanks for your comments. Yes, you'...Many, many thanks for your comments. Yes, you're right, Dave that The Scream came from nature. I wasn't aware of that fact until I read the poem that appears on the frame of one of the pastel versions. It's extraordinary where inspiration comes from and where it leads people to. Thanks a lot for your feedback.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-61501020438931509922012-05-28T11:11:47.414+01:002012-05-28T11:11:47.414+01:00You are right about the special moment, but it is ...You are right about the special moment, but it is not Munch screaming. He has just passed the slaughterhouse and it is nature that is screaming. He in fact is covering his ears so as not to hear the screams. It was indeed a special moment in which Munch was at one with nature, one might say, for they were both at odds with man. This is not to gainsay anything you have said regarding the sunset and so forth (I'm sure Munch would have agreed with it), merely to add an extra dimension to it. The link with Beethoven's Moonlight is interesting - a fav. piece of music of mine with a fav. painting (or in this version, Pastel drawing) of mine. Thanks for.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-30352010299512579582012-05-27T20:41:26.696+01:002012-05-27T20:41:26.696+01:00That blood-red sky filled him with terror because ...That blood-red sky filled him with terror because he sensed that nature was impersonal, all powerful, and in that vision he himself was nothing.<br /><br />Your vision is quite beautiful.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-58824547606816219842012-05-27T14:25:57.900+01:002012-05-27T14:25:57.900+01:00hola Cubano,
i'd recently visited London (Che...hola Cubano,<br /><br />i'd recently visited London (Chelsea) for a few days and a poster entitled REVOLUCION that shows a dancer jumping out of the frame made me think not a little of paying your blog a visit. life, of course, got in the way and it took me until now to stop by.<br /><br />this is as it should be, my favorite visits have always been on your Sunday Java Jives . . . <br /><br />today is no exception. as always you provide much fodder for thought, though i fully expected you to link the SCREAM with the going bid, . . . , but that would be too obvious.<br /><br /> instead your insight into that special moment, well, yes, i too have experienced that special AHA! syndrome but i'm embarrassed to say that it was not nature that elicited my personal scream.<br /><br /> t'was a coin in the palm of my hand one special dawn after a long colorful (very) night that startled me into a series of screams when the coin crowed like a rooster unexpectedly . . . <br /><br />in retrospect, i believe someone spiked the tab with rat poison, but i digress . . . <br /><br />its always a surety, Cubano, Sunday Mornings: Coffee, Reflections and Music => 10Q and kudos.bARE-eYED sUNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.com