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31.12.08

She had rings on her fingers, bracelets on her arm...


She had rings on her fingers
Bracelets on her arm


Vanessa Paradis & Jeanne Moreau in "Le Tourbillon De La Vie"
French actress Jeanne Moreau was singing le Tourbillon de la vie in François Truffaut's film 'Jules et Jim'
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Lyrics written by Cyrus Bassiak
Chacun pour soi est reparti.
Dans l'tourbillon de la vie


Lyrics:

She had rings on her fingers,bracelets on her arm
And she sang in a voice, that soon wove its charm

Bewitched was I, by her pale opal eyes
And her pale oval face, seemed to hypnotize

We met, we knew, we lost each other from view
We met, we restarted,then once again parted

Each blown their way,by the whirwind of life
I saw her again one evening,now ages ago

She smiled once more,to the sound of banjos
I got drunk as I listened,moved more and more

Alcohol makes one forget, what happened before
I woke to her kisses,on my burning brow

We met, we knew, we lost each other from view
We met, we restarted, then once again parted

Each blown their way, by the whirwind of life
I saw her again, and she fell into my arms

When one has met,why lose each other from view?
When one has started again,why separate?

So we were blown together, in the whirlwind of life
In each other’ s arms, we continued to turn


Photos:

http://www.astronomy.ie/images/saturn_family1.jpg
http://www.astronoross.info/Images/galaxie_tourbillon.jpg

Posted by: Poly Hatjimanolaki

28.12.08

The Journal Poesia e Spiritualita joins Urania's Gardens


First issue of "Poesia e Spiritualita" with Polyxene's Kasda work ANTHROPOS appearing on the cover
The Journal Poesia e Spiritualità joins Urania’ s Gardens http://rivistapoesiaespiritualita.blogspot.com/

This journal, which is issued every six months, was founded in 2007 by the Italian poet and writer Donatella Bisutti, along with a considerable group of poets, philosophers, psychoanalysts, anthropologists, writers and artists, with the purpose of exploring, in a broad sense, new spiritual values of life and to fill a gap in this materialistic age. It is a multidisciplinary approach with an aim to propose poetry as a privileged instrument of knowledge, keeping in sight the historical review founded by Henry Michaux, Hermès, in XXc France
Even though, Poesia e Spiritualità, is highly scientific, it addresses itself not only to professional readers but to all those who are interested in cultural subjects and are looking for the development of their own personal spiritual life.The first two issues of the journal were presented at a Round Table in the annual meeting of Torino e Spiritualità, last September in Turin, represented, besides the Editor, by famous poets like Franco Loi, who are among the regular contributors of Poesia e Spiritualita.
The journal has also been presented in December 08, in Paris at the Maison de l’Italie, with the participation of poets Bernard Noël and Guy Goffette, Its coming presentations are scheduled, for next February, at the Columbia University in NewYork, at the Lisbon University and the Isitituto Italiano di Cultura next April, to be followed by a presentation at the Parliament House Library of Roma, the Bulgarian Embassy and the Istituti Italiani di Cultura in Stockholm and other places of our world.The journal has appealed to many important cultural representatives from all over the world such as Unesco member Pietro Laureano, poet Adonis, the founder of Agroecology Pierre Rabhi, the historians Franco Cardini, Michel Roquebert and Francesco Zambon, the psychiatrist Eugenio Borgna, the writer Avraham Burg, the theologian Leonardo Boff.and has established links with many Countries through their Cultural Associations, Foundations and Reviews as:TorinoSpiritualità, ItalyAssociation Culturelle Les Fioretti, Saorge, FranceRivista Amastra-N-Gallat, Galizia, SpainMaison des Ecrivains, Rabat, MaroccoDipartimento Educazione Castello di Rivoli, Torino, ItalyFondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura, Settore Istruzione, Fiera del libro, TorinoArtooth, Independent Artists Network, GreeceEvery issue contains a Dossier on a particular subject to be explored by essayists , poets and artists. On the occasion of the World Year of Astronomy, the Journal Poesia e Spiritualità has planned to join the project Urania’ Gardens, proposed by its contributor writer and artist Polyxene Kasda and by writer and physicist Poly Hatjimanolaki and to dedicate its next issue to astronomy with contributions from the Italian area with special regard to the Italian famous scientist Galileo Galilei, a large choice of whose private correspondence has just been published in Italy.

Happy New Year


When the island of Delos was erring under the sea it was called Asteria
Happy New Year
Posted by: Polyxene Kasda

26.12.08

Les jardins d' Uranie, K- Droz France



Cadran solaire Clando


Urania’s Gardens

Terra Incognita Leyzour




K-Droz, our association of artists, organized a meeting on December 20 with the following agenda :

- to present the International Year of Astronomy 2009 and the Urania’s Gardens initiative,
- to awaken the interest of the audience (15 members present) and to encourage them to produce ideas – on the spot or later - that could be included in the Urania’s Gardens project.

Bir - touilon

1/ Presentation
The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is part of the U.N. The UNESCO has been designated to be the lead agency of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.

See website:
http://portal.unesco.org/fr/ev.phpURL_ID=41550&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Under the theme “The Universe, yours to discover”, the Year aims at stimulating worldwide interest in astronomy and science. By encouraging the spirit of discovery and sharing of fundamental knowledge about the Universe and our place in its midst, it will provide an ongoing platform for international cooperation beyond all barriers including age, race, gender, status, time, place, and space.

tele - scoop
The group Urania’s Gardens is based in Athens, and was set up to produce objects or artistic events based on astronomy.

See blog: http://uraniasgardens.blogspot.com/
A reminder: do not mistake astronomy for astrology

2/ Astronomical objects
The following links give an idea of certain aspects of astronomy:

Object
Site
Astrolabe
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe
Sundial
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/blateyron/sundials/fr/index.html
Jaïpur, India
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Jantar%20Mantar_at_Jaipur.jpg
Dark matter
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mati%C3%A8re_noire
Eclipses
http://homepage.oma.be/eclips/Photo7b_fr.html
Comets
http://www.astro.ulg.ac.be/~demoulin/cometes.htm
Eros 433
http://www.nineplanets.org/eros.html
Titan, satellite of Saturn
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x48kyp_rencontre-avec-titan_tech
Europa, satellite of Saturn
http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/expositions/vie-extraterrestre/dossier-cnes-exobiologie/la-vie-dans-le-systeme-solaire/vie-autour-de-jupiter-et-saturne-1.php
Andromeda or M31
http://jcboulay.free.fr/astro/sommaire/image_jour/andromede/page_andromede.htm
Collision between Milky Way and Andromeda
http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~dubinski/merger/bigmerger.html Cliquer here to see film

But … SUBLIMATION


Works of art cannot be based on straight representation of objects. The artist must sublimate the subjects he wishes to share through his own vision and mind.
During a short exercise, the participants were asked to come up with words related to astronomy. Here is a list of words:
Projects – K-droz, France 2008-12-20
Pierre will communicate the list of projects invented in the K-droz group in early January.








Posted by: Pierre Chirouse

25.12.08

Pierre Chirouze


An electrical engineer by education, versed in photography as of the 70’s, I have turned to « enhanced photos » also called imaphotos, creaphotos, pictophotos in 2001. In January of 2006, I have founded
K-droz, a non-profit association that now includes 56 members, creators and art amateurs.

Creators
Confirmed and emerging artists will find help and understanding within K-droz, that facilitates their creation and enhances their visibility.
K-droz accepts artists comitted to their art, producing works in which one will find true creativity and subtle execution : painters, sculptors, photographers and other artists in visual techniques.

Art amateurs
Those members who are art amateurs have privileged access to our artists' production and contribute to developing their work.

K-droz collaborates to the Urania’s Gardens initiative.

For more details click here: brush up your French !

Dvorak - 9th Symphony 2nd Movement - Largo


The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery in April 1990. It is named for the American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Although not the first space telescope, the Hubble is one of the largest and most versatile, and is well known as both a vital research tool and a public relations boon for astronomy. The HST is a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, and is one of NASA's Great Observatories, along with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope.[3] Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope Posted by: Poly Hatjimanolaki

Donatella Bisutti


Donatella Bisutti is a well known Italian poet, novelist and essayist. She practised for many years zen meditation and her literary work is deeply influenced by oriental philosophy. She is also known as a "zen poet". Through her bestseller essays The Words Tree 1979, Poetry may save your life 1992 and The Magic Words 2008 she introduces readers to a new revolutionary vision of Poetry considered not only from a literary point of view, but, as something that all men owe to have access to in order to be able to reach a deeper knowledge of themselves and a more human approach to life. This is also intended to help the young readers to be aware of the effects of globalisation, the dangers of media manipulation and to develop their Creative Mind. For nearly 30 years she has held workshops, creative writing courses and lectures which highly contributed to modify the way of teaching poetry in Italian schools. Her spiritual and poetical research was best represented in her poem He who comes written in the island of Patmos in Greece, published in Italy in 2003 and translated into Dutch, Spanish, English and French. This poem has inspired composers, painters and video makers. She also wrote poetry against violence and many articles on civil rights. Anthologies of her poems are published in France USA and Spain. She took part in many international poetry festivals in Europe, USA and North Africa. She is also a cultural operator and has recently founded the interdisciplinary review Poetry and Spirituality with international contributions by poets, artists and essayists. This review was presented in the international meeting Torino Spiritualità in Turin, Italy, in 2008 .

Click here to visit Donatella's website: