Monthly Archives: January 2012

Just Snoopy

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Glerikud
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If I were alone…

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Michaela

If I were alone in the desert and feeling afraid, I would want a child to be with me. For then my fear would disappear and I would be made strong. This is what life in itself can do because … Continue reading →

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Deep inside their hearing

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (3) This is my curious and slightly miraculous turn of attention to an archetype deeply rooted in all of us – Orpheus. The father of music and poetry, the one who lived in communion with nature and … Continue reading →

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What is Grace ?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Michaela

“What is Grace” I asked God. And he said, “All that happens.” Then He added, when I looked perplexed, “Could not lovers say that every moment in their Beloved’s arms was grace?” Existence is my arms, though I well understand … Continue reading →

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A basic pulse

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (2) Daniel Barenboim teaching a masterclass on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. A spiritual teaching about the sound of life. Watch the intense connection between teacher, student and the spirit of Beethoven.

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A savage creative storm

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (1) A tree ascended there. Oh pure transcendence! Oh Orpheus sings!Oh tall tree in the ear! And all things hushed. Yet even in that silence a new beginning, beckoning, change appeared. …so begin the “Sonnets to Orpheus”, … Continue reading →

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Listening to Orpheus

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (0) I am about to paint a picture of Orpheus and how his spirit is a living principle in all of us. As a lead in – a propaedeutic – I will post the master class on … Continue reading →

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Orpheus: to live again

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Michaela

This is the 3rd and last part of Anthony Minghella’s adaptation of the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. A tale of love and death, faith and doubt.Its always just when you think you have things in your grasp that you … Continue reading →

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Living

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Michaela
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Fireworks…

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Michaela

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 38,000 times in 2011. If it were a … Continue reading →

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