Orpheus evolves in Brisbane | The Australian

Something to be explored:

WHEN hundreds of people gather at Brisbane's South Bank on Friday afternoon for an outdoor opera called iOrpheus, they'll be witnessing more than one marriage.

There's the wedding, of course, of the mythological hero Orpheus and his bride Eurydice, before the gods deliver the lovers a terrible blow. In the telling, too, iOrpheus combines antique and modern musical ideas: Monteverdi's 400-year-old opera L'Orfeo, and the six-year-old digital music player, the iPod. Both revolutionised the experience of music, but it's unlikely they have been brought together before in such an elaborate project.

iOrpheus potentially involves a cast of hundreds: jazz and opera singers, percussion ensembles from the Queensland Conservatorium, didgeridoos and trombones, sound installation artists, DJs and keyboard players, and as many people with iPods and mobile phones as can be accommodated.

Orpheus evolves in Brisbane | The Australian

Larry Buttrose's book launch

Wednesday 6.30 pm 29 August 2007 by Ita Buttrose
Ariel Bookshop 42 Oxford St Paddington NSW

The New Verse News: BEHIND THE LINES

'politically progressive poetry on current events' The New Verse News: BEHIND THE LINES

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Blog of 'poetry, politics & culture in the digital age' by Todd Swift E Y E W E A R

Frida Kahlo's last secret finally revealed | World | The Observer

The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Photograph: Mario Guzman/EPA

The artist's confessions to her doctor were locked up for 50 years. Now the details of her misery at not being able to bear children have been exposed

She was always one of the most painfully personal of artists, producing a series of autobiographical canvases that dealt with everything from the consequences of the terrible injuries she suffered in a tram crash to her abortion. But finally the one part of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's life that has remained secret - at the orders of her former husband, fellow painter Diego Rivera - has been revealed in a new book published in Mexico...

The ObserverFrida Kahlo's last secret finally revealed | World | The Observer

Peaceful Simplicity: How to Live a Life of Contentment | zen habits

A good statement:
“Whatever the tasks, do them slowly
with ease,
in mindfulness,
so not do any tasks with the goal
of getting them over with.
Resolve to each job in a relaxed way,
with all your attention.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Master

quoted on:
Peaceful Simplicity: How to Live a Life of Contentment | zen habits

Personal Reflections: Australian Poetry - a few meanderings

Personal Reflections: Australian Poetry - a few meanderings - some interesting posts (despite the title).

Love is the New Hate

Love is the New Hate
the blog of Sean Whelan

Salt Magazine

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