Category Archives: The Coffee Table

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Redemption Song | Playing For Change

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Glerikud

Oh, almost forgot: You can pre-order their next album (Songs around the world Part 2) here: http://amzn.to/PFCsatw2

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O long for the flame…

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Michaela

Will transformation. O long for the flame, where a Thing escapes you, splendid in change: that designing spirit, master of what is earth, loves only the turning-point in the form’s curve, What closes itself, to endure, already freezes: does it … Continue reading →

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Irhal ! Irhal !*

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Michaela

Some interesting reads on Egypt. The first one is a commentary on the bigger picture of  Egypt’t revolution, the US, Israel and Palestinians. The second one a reflection on the fate of a group that may become the collateral damage … Continue reading →

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…and they have escaped the weight of darkness

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Michaela

Ólafur Arnalds – Hægt, kemur ljósið (Official Music Video) By recommendation from Catrin

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Art project

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Michaela

This is a truly  inspired initiative : Using the technology of Google Earth Street View, it is now possible to walk virtually through the most famous museums of the world. Visit the National Gallery in London, The Hermitage in St. … Continue reading →

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The beauty of form

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Michaela

A colourful peacock mantis shrimp This otherworldly creature, a mantis shrimp, was photographed in the waters of Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait. The shrimp feeds by smashing open its prey with a force that can break a pane of glass, and its … Continue reading →

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What you see and hear…

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Michaela

Postcard by Catrin

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The Second Coming

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Michaela

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; … Continue reading →

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Everything

Posted on January 29, 2011 by aralannow

I want to make poems that say right out, plainly, what I mean, that don’t go looking for the laces of elaboration, puffed sleeves. I want to keep close and use often words like heavy, heart, joy, soon, and to … Continue reading →

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Falling slowly

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Michaela

I don’t know you But I want you All the more for that Words fall through me And always fool me And I can’t react And games that never amount To more than they’re meant Will play themselves out Take … Continue reading →

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