It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Eleanor Roosevelt
META-SERENDIPITY | mɛtəserənˈdipitē | is a word combination I created to express that happy discoveries are no coincidence, as long as you are looking at the world with an open mind.
META: denoting a change of position or condition: metamorphosis | metathesis.
SERENDIPITY: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way: a fortunate stroke of serendipity | a series of small serendipities.
Monday 17 June 2013
Sunday 16 June 2013
Quote William Shakespeare
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare
Saturday 15 June 2013
Quote Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Friday 14 June 2013
Quote Oscar Wilde
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Thursday 13 June 2013
Quote George Berkeley
Few men think, yet all will have opinions.
-The Second Dialogue. George Berkeley
-The Second Dialogue. George Berkeley
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Secretaries day Song - Leroy Anderson "the Typewriter" a variation of a Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach composition
This morning on Klara, the classical radiostation of Flanders (www.klara.be) "the Typewriter" was played. Rather unusual, since it's neither Secretaries Day (18/04/2013), nor "Easy listening hour"...
One of the listeners, Dries Ceupens (spelling?) pointed out that the theme for Anderson's typewriter is a variation of the theme from one of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach compositions. Listen to part 3 of the below Allegro. The typewriter is admittedly in a different key but very recognizably reusing the theme.
The typewriter (Leroy Anderson) BBC Concert Orchestra o.l.v. Leonard Slatkin - Naxos 8.559357
Allegro uit Concerto in Es voor orgel, strijkers en continuo (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) Olivier Vernet, orgel; Orchestre d'Auvergne o.l.v. Arie van Beek - Ligia Digital 0104073-99
The typewriter sound in the orchestra is made by a special "typewriter" instrument with only working 2 keys producing each a different sound.
Some background:
One of the listeners, Dries Ceupens (spelling?) pointed out that the theme for Anderson's typewriter is a variation of the theme from one of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach compositions. Listen to part 3 of the below Allegro. The typewriter is admittedly in a different key but very recognizably reusing the theme.
The typewriter sound in the orchestra is made by a special "typewriter" instrument with only working 2 keys producing each a different sound.
Some background:
- Anderson is an American composer, Swedish parents
- He mastered 6 languages (all scandinavian languages, french and english)
- Studied music on the Harvard School of Music (a.o. with George Enescu)
- Light classical compositions and one of them even reached top of the bill the charts (Blue Tango)
- Has a star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame"
Quote René Descartes
Ce n'est pas assez d'avoir l'esprit bon, le principal est de l'appliquer bien.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
- René Descartes
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
- René Descartes
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