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Its looking like now that 30 year rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is indeed near to its end as Egyptian Protesters has announced to start a Million man march against the Government in Cairo. The Million man march will be starting from Tuesday and it will be continuing until Hosni Mubarak leaves Government.
Organizers of the Million man march has said that People will not go back to their homes until Hosni Mubarak leaves Presidency. This announcement has came at a time when Egyptian President has given authority of shooting Protesters to Security Forces. Egyptian Army Helicopters and Jets are also flying on cities of Egypt. The death toll has gone up to 150 and thousands are injured. it will become clear in next few days that what is the future of Hosni Mubarak Government?
Few weeks back we seen a major Revolution in Tunisia in result of which corrupt Tunisian President ran away from the country. Now the same story is repeating in another country Egypt where a corrupt President Hosni Mubarak is in government from 30 years. Egyptian public is on the road and demanding Hosni Mubarak to resign. hundreds of people have also lost their lives in these Protests of Egypt. A thing which played major role in bringing Revolution in both of these Countries is Internet and Social Media.
Internet and Social Media are playing a major role in informing the public with every information which they never got from TV channels or other types of Media. TV Channels and Newspapers can also be controlled by Governments but Internet is a thing on which everyone can become a Journalist and post his views. Everyone can add videos on sites like Youtube. This Song Allah Akber played major role in revolution of Tunisia. Millions of people watched it online and came on roads. After recent protests in Egypt the Egyptian Government Shut down the Internet Service which is another proof that they consider Internet as a threat for their Government.
Just wanted to make a post expressing my love for two beautiful people who make beautiful music together, or at least they did before going their seperate ways in 2007. Apparently they were 'romantically involved' throughout the course of their professional relationship, which i didn't know before but i did suspect that there was something going on. This is taken from Lisa Hannigan's Wikipedia page:
On 26 March 2007, Damien Rice announced that his professional relationship with Lisa Hannigan had ended, saying the relationship "has run its creative course" and that Hannigan would leave the band immediately to pursue a solo career. Hannigan had been in Munich, Germany with Rice's tour when she had learned that she was no longer needed and returned to Dublin immediately to begin work on her solo career. She has not spoken to Rice since the incident. She has since described the split as the best thing that has ever happened to her. Rice called her mobile phone on-stage in front of thousands of people at the final gig of that tour in Marlay Park, Dublin. He asked the crowd to shout "Lisa, we love you" and went on to dedicate the next song to her, hoping that she stayed on the line to listen. Evidently she did not. In his first interview for three years, Rice admitted that he and Lisa were romantically involved throughout the course of their professional relationship, and that he would now give up all his musical success to be with her again. However he notes that she has not spoken to him since they broke up in Munich.The singer later said of the split: "I suppose it was coming for a long time. I had become pretty outspoken about my frustrations at the direction the band was going in, and I'm sure he was starting to find me a pain."
It's enough to make me cry! Except i don't do that - i'm far too cool, obviously. Here they are:
Here's one of my favourite live performances of theirs. It's called 'I remember'. Please watch it - you won't regret it! Well i hope you don't...
Just wanted to spread the art of yet another of my favourite artists, Gaston Bussiere. His paintings are so deliciously filled with colour, detail and magical scenes, i just can't get enough. They're really uplifting and fun yet interesting, beautiful and dreamlike. I feel like i'm contradicting myself trying to describe his art, which can be OK except i don't feel like i'm really getting to the core of how it makes me feel. So i'm going to sum it up in one word: gorgeous
I haven't done an art post in a while. I'm ashamed to say i'm experiencing a temporary lack of enthusiasm for it. In fact i'm experiencing a lack of enthusiasm for being cooped up in the house on the computer altogether. I just want it to be spring or summer. I want to be camping in a field where the long grass is still dewy in the morning when i climb out of the tent and inhale the fresh, clean air. Then i'm walking through it, barefoot and bare-legged and when i kneel in it, i get red imprints of the grass on my legs. I've made a resolution to spend as much time outside this summer than i have ever done before. I want to have lots of things to do and even when i'm not doing anything, i'll be outside - whether it's just lying down in the garden or going for a walk. It just seems that i have to inundate my thoughts with boring crap right now in order to feel confident about my exams so i'm not worrying about what i'm going to do with my life throughout my long summer break. But i suppose things have to get worse before they get better!
Before i start, i just wanted to post this Ray Lamontagne song, 'Empty', that came into my head as soon as i started chatting on about the grass, listen!:
(ooh i'm so pleased it decided to behave itself and stay in the middle like the rest of the text!)
Anyway, here's a couple of paintings where the women so super creepy and sinister. Almost like dead drag queens. I've looked around to find an explanation for why this is so, but have failed to do so...so feel free to speculate:
Arnold Bocklin - The Siren
My guess for this first painting is to do with the nature of the Siren. In Greek mythology, they were creatures like sea nymphs who by their sweet singing lured mariners to destruction on the rocks surrounding their island. This is sinister in itself so could be the reason for such a funny looking woman.
Pascal Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret - Ophelia
Well Ophelia is a character from Shakepeare's 'Hamlet' who goes mad and drowns herself in a river. In this painting she looks pale, ill, and her eyes just pop from her face - seemingly outlined by the dark circles around them. I would call this portrayal of Ophelia disturbing, but maybe that was the intention of the artist. I feel as if i'm answeing my own question in this post, but i suppose that's a good thing.
If you're interested in looking at more depictions of Ophelia, i've found this webite.
Well now i've sorted that one out, i really do love these artists so i think it would only be appropriate to post a few more of their paintings:
Pascal Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret - Last Supper
Pascal Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret - The Pardon in Brittany
I found the above painting really interesting as it's so realistic. I've nicked it from this website off this page. They've included some information so i thought i'd stick it in here:
The Brittany pardons (pilgrimages), held in small villages throughout this region of France, are yearly religious festivals at which remission of punishment due for sins is granted. Shown departing from a church in procession, the local inhabitants wear the traditional costumes reserved for the event. The almost photographic realism with which the artist has recorded this scene earned him great praise when the work was shown in the Salon of 1887 and at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889.
Pascal Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret - Marguerite Au Sabbat
This image ^ seems somewhat reminiscient of his 'Ophelia'. I think she looks distressed and as if she's suffering.
Arnold Bocklin - Island of the Dead
This painting ^ is the third of the five versions he produced of this painting, all slightly different. According to Wikipedia, it partly evokes the English Cemetery, Florence, close to his studio and where his baby daughter Maria had been buried. Poor guy :(
Arnold Bocklin - Lamentation Beneath the Cross
Whilst trying to find a copy of this painting, i came across this web page which appears to be a record of a conversation between clever people who know lots about art. Or atleast more than me.
Arnold Bocklin - Spring in a Narrow Gorge
I took this image from this web page where i also learned that infact Adolf Hitler adored him and once owned 11 Böcklin paintings. Not sure what to think of that but i did know that Hitler was an artist himself. From what i can recall, he intended it to be his profession until he was rejected by some important art school that he'd set his sights on.
Arnold Bocklin - Sorry i couldn't find the name of this one!
I hope you enjoyed these paintings. I'm on a bit of a roll and have 3 more posts i want to get done before i go to bed. Otherwise i know i won't do them all and i really want to! :S
I was going to post these photos in the last post, but it felt like a bit of a crime to put pictures of such an amazing man and artist next to such girly, fashion ones (Although i did include some Joanna Newsom and a Lykke Li who are pretty darn good too - still, this is Jimi) So, without further ado, these are some of my favourite photos of him that i've come across:
And i couldn't do a post on Jimi Hendrix without sticking in some of his music, here's 'The Wind Cries Mary' live:
