Category Archives: The Coffee Table

A place for relaxation.

The sound of one hand

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Keenly Keynes

This is an article from this week’s New Yorker on John Maynard Keynes and his ideas that have shaped the world we live in Now. What would he tell us to do now – and should we listen ? The … Continue reading

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Freedom

…not fear

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The remains

The beauty of death By Khalil Gibran Part 3 – The remains Unwrap me from this white linen shroud and clothe me With leaves of jasmine and lilies; Take my body from the ivory casket and let it rest Upon … Continue reading

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The ascending

The Beauty of Death By Khalil Gibran Part 2-The Ascending I have passed a mountain peak and my soul is soaring in the Firmament of complete and unbound freedom; I am far, far away, my companions, and the clouds are … Continue reading

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The tower of Babel

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Yoga at the MoMA

Elena Brower does yoga at the Pipilotti Rist Pour Your Body Out Installation at the MoMA Music: To Build A Home (Feat Patrick Watson) The Cinematic Orchestra

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Birds

Painting:  Young knight in a landscape ( V Carpaccio c 1510) Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid

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Change od season

Ceremonial driving down of cattle from the mountain pastures to the valley in autumn

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Sunday

A Sunday trip to the country… Schubert: Improptu No 3 in G flat ( D Barenboim)

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