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Affichage des articles du octobre 14, 2013

DREAMS AS THE CENTURIES GO BY AND MUSIC FLOWS IN!

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Yesterday Pierre and I set out to see a so called Cannes Prize winning film. I had seen extracts but can’t say I was too enthusiastic. I can be wrong. I was not. In the first ten minutes of «La Vie d’Adele» I had written the scenario, was bored stiff and got up to leave. Films without a little mystery where everything is spelled out  leave me grumpy - or as Pierre would say «grogne» or snarly! We wandered up toward the Luxembourg gardens. I was still fuming about losing time....and there the exhibition «The Renaissance and Dreams» had just started. «How about it?» I said to Pierre. So off we went. Sure there were a lot of people. There will be twice the crowds in a couple of weeks. This is not my art nor my period but I was relieved to be out of the cinema and looking at «dreams». Perhaps the dreams come from the powers of beyond during this period? 15th to 17th centuries. I did look closely at  the work and was as usual stunned by the number of symbols in all of those dreams. Howeve