Ivan Turgenev (9 November 1818 – 3 September 1883)
Tuesday, November 09, 2021
Beers & Books CLX – Ivan Turgenev
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Beers'n'Books,
Ivan Turgenev,
literature,
photography,
writers
Monday, November 08, 2021
Sunday, November 07, 2021
Beers & Books CXLVIII – Albert Camus
Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless. |
Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960)
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Albert Camus,
Beers'n'Books,
literature,
photography,
writers
Saturday, November 06, 2021
Beers & Books CXLVII – Robert Musil
... there is a particular propensity in the world for people, wherever they appear in great numbers, to permit themselves collectively everything that would be forbidden them individually. |
Robert Musil (6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942)
The Man Without Qualities
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Beers'n'Books,
literature,
photography,
Robert Musil,
writers
Friday, November 05, 2021
Thursday, November 04, 2021
Laughing Lhursday*
Rocket drive, computer, indicator flowers. |
Prognosis:
As soon as all police cars will look like this prototype
there will be no crime on this planet.
* [For first time visitors]: Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.
Labels:
Laughing Lhursday,
photography,
Seanhenge
Wednesday, November 03, 2021
In the Fog*
Strange, to wander in the fog! Alone each bush and stone, No tree does see the other, Each is alone. [...] Strange, to wander in the fog! Life is loneliness. No man knows the other, Each is alone. |
Hermann Hesse, November 1905
* For a change, but the first and fourth stanza, translated by me.
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Fog,
Hermann Hesse,
photography,
Poetry,
Seanhenge
Tuesday, November 02, 2021
Monday, November 01, 2021
Beers & Books CXLVI – Stephen Crane
A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer. |
Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900)
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Beers'n'Books,
literature,
photography,
Stephen Crane,
writers
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Erasme de Rotterdam
"Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed."
Erasmus of Rotterdam (28 October 1469 – 12 July 1536)
Jordi Savall * 1 August 1941
Labels:
Erasmus of Rotterdam,
Jordi Savall,
Music
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Beers & Books CXLV – Dylan Thomas
"Join the army and see the next world." |
Dylan Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953)
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Beers'n'Books,
Dylan Thomas,
literature,
photography,
Poetry,
writers
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Saturday Night Music – Patricia Janečková
Patricia Janečková * 18 June 1998
Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880)
The Tales of Hoffmann
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