Tag Archives: Art

Off Topic Post: Composers

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I’ve been listening to a lot of music by Erik Satie, Arnold Schoenberg, and Benjamin Britten.

Portrait of Erik Satie by Suzanne Valadon, 1893

Portrait of Erik Satie by Suzanne Valadon, 1893.

Arnold Schoenberg Seated by Richard Gerstl, circa 1905-1906. Vienna Museum.

Arnold Schoenberg Seated by Richard Gerstl, circa 1905-1906. Vienna Museum.

Publicity Photo of Benjamin Britten, 1968. Hans Wild for High Fidelity magazine.

Publicity Photo of Benjamin Britten, 1968. Hans Wild for High Fidelity magazine.

Virginia Woolf: A Few Words on A Writer’s Diary (with More to Come Later)

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“Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.”-Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary

Portrait of Virginia Woolf by Roger Fry. Circa 1917.

Portrait of Virginia Woolf by Roger Fry. Circa 1917.

There isn’t a better book to read in October than Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary. Oh, it is extraordinary (in the full pulse of the word)!

“There’s no doubt in my mind that I have found out how to begin (at 40) to say something in my own voice; and that interests me so that I feel I can go ahead without praise.”-Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary

The struggle to harness one’s creativity is universal and timeless. It’s a constant fight. Battle on, friends!