ERIKA: It has been a great night for me.
HARRY: It has been a great night for me too, even I thought we were soul mates.
viernes, 25 de diciembre de 2009
domingo, 20 de diciembre de 2009
viernes, 11 de diciembre de 2009
Sylvia Plath, one of my favourites XX Poet.
Born to middle class parents in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Sylvia Plath published her first poem when she was eight. Sensitive, intelligent, compelled toward perfection in everything she attempted, she was, on the surface, a model daughter, popular in school, earning straight A's, winning the best prizes. By the time she entered Smith College on a scholarship in 1950 she already had an impressive list of publications, and while at Smith she wrote over four hundred poems.
"Kiss me and you will see the important I am".
Sylvia's surface perfection was however underlain by grave personal discontinuities, some of which doubtless had their origin in the death of her father (he was a college professor and an expert on bees) when she was eight. During the summer following her junior year at Smith, having returned from a stay in New York City where she had been a student ``guest editor'' at Mademoiselle Magazine, Sylvia nearly succeeded in killing herself by swallowing sleeping pills. She later described this experience in an autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, published in 1963. After a period of recovery involving electroshock and psychotherapy Sylvia resumed her pursuit of academic and literary success, graduating from Smith summa cum laude in 1955 and winning a Fulbright scholarship to study at Cambridge, England.
In 1956 she married the English poet Ted Hughes , and in 1960, when she was 28, her first book, The Colossus, was published in England. The poems in this book---formally precise, well wrought---show clearly the dedication with which Sylvia had served her apprenticeship; yet they give only glimpses of what was to come in the poems she would begin writing early in 1961. She and Ted Hughes settled for a while in an English country village in Devon, but less than two years after the birth of their first child the marriage broke apart.
The winter of 1962-63, one of the coldest in centuries, found Sylvia living in a small London flat, now with two children, ill with flu and low on money. The hardness of her life seemed to increase her need to write, and she often worked between four and eight in the morning, before the children woke, sometimes finishing a poem a day. In these last poems it is as if some deeper, powerful self has grabbed control; death is given a cruel physical allure and psychic pain becomes almost tactile.
On February 11, 1963, Sylvia Plath killed herself with cooking gas at the age of 30. Two years later Ariel, a collection of some of her last poems, was published; this was followed by Crossing the Water and Winter Trees in 1971, and, in 1981, The Collected Poems appeared, edited by Ted Hughes.
"Ariel´s Gift" by S. Plath. Paperbacks Editorial. Buy it in Amazon using this link.
In 1956 she married the English poet Ted Hughes , and in 1960, when she was 28, her first book, The Colossus, was published in England. The poems in this book---formally precise, well wrought---show clearly the dedication with which Sylvia had served her apprenticeship; yet they give only glimpses of what was to come in the poems she would begin writing early in 1961. She and Ted Hughes settled for a while in an English country village in Devon, but less than two years after the birth of their first child the marriage broke apart.
The winter of 1962-63, one of the coldest in centuries, found Sylvia living in a small London flat, now with two children, ill with flu and low on money. The hardness of her life seemed to increase her need to write, and she often worked between four and eight in the morning, before the children woke, sometimes finishing a poem a day. In these last poems it is as if some deeper, powerful self has grabbed control; death is given a cruel physical allure and psychic pain becomes almost tactile.
On February 11, 1963, Sylvia Plath killed herself with cooking gas at the age of 30. Two years later Ariel, a collection of some of her last poems, was published; this was followed by Crossing the Water and Winter Trees in 1971, and, in 1981, The Collected Poems appeared, edited by Ted Hughes.
-I recommend you this amazing book about Sylvia Poems analysis.
"Ariel´s Gift" by S. Plath. Paperbacks Editorial. Buy it in Amazon using this link.
April 18
The slime of all my yesterdays
rots in the hollow of my skull
and if my stomach would contract
because of some explicable phenomenon
such as pregnancy or constipation
I would not remember you
or that because of sleep
infrequent as a moon of greencheese
that because of food
nourishing as violet leaves
that because of these
and in a few fatal yards of grass
in a few spaces of sky and treetops
a future was lost yesterday
as easily and irretrievably
as a tennis ball at twilight
The slime of all my yesterdays
rots in the hollow of my skull
and if my stomach would contract
because of some explicable phenomenon
such as pregnancy or constipation
I would not remember you
or that because of sleep
infrequent as a moon of greencheese
that because of food
nourishing as violet leaves
that because of these
and in a few fatal yards of grass
in a few spaces of sky and treetops
a future was lost yesterday
as easily and irretrievably
as a tennis ball at twilight
{Sylvia Plath Official Web and Angelifre/SylviaPlath.com }
domingo, 6 de diciembre de 2009
Good bye Aunt Lizzie...
Last november 24 died Elizabeth Ann Kelly, the last living sister of Grace Kelly, the Hollywood actress and elegant princess of Monaco who died in a car accident in 1982.
Elizabeth Ann - called Lizanne or Lizie- borned in 1933 and she was the fourth and last daugther of Kelly marriage: Jack and Margaret. Lizanne was very closed to Grace -older.
Reast in Peace.
{El pasado 24 de noviembre moría Elizabeth Ann Kelly, la última hermana viva de Grace Kelly, actriz de Hollywood y elegante princesa de Mónaco, que murió en un accidente de tráfico en 1982.
Elizabeth Ann - a la que llamaban Lizanne o Lizie- nació en 1933 y era la cuarta y última hija del matrimonio Kelly: compuesto por Jack y Margaret. Lizanne estaba muy unida a Grace- mayor que ella.
Descanse en paz}.
Grace and Lizanne during Henley Regatta of 1948. England.
One of the last picture of Lizanne. 2009.
Elizabeth Ann - called Lizanne or Lizie- borned in 1933 and she was the fourth and last daugther of Kelly marriage: Jack and Margaret. Lizanne was very closed to Grace -older.
Reast in Peace.
{El pasado 24 de noviembre moría Elizabeth Ann Kelly, la última hermana viva de Grace Kelly, actriz de Hollywood y elegante princesa de Mónaco, que murió en un accidente de tráfico en 1982.
Elizabeth Ann - a la que llamaban Lizanne o Lizie- nació en 1933 y era la cuarta y última hija del matrimonio Kelly: compuesto por Jack y Margaret. Lizanne estaba muy unida a Grace- mayor que ella.
Descanse en paz}.
Grace and Lizanne during Henley Regatta of 1948. England.
One of the last picture of Lizanne. 2009.
The "Kelly Brothers" in Ocean City (NJ) 1947. Left to Right: Lizanne, Grace, Peggy and John Brendan.
jueves, 3 de diciembre de 2009
Audrey´ll be in London.
My sweethearts: the Audrey Hepburn auction will take place on December 8th in London. Right now 360 pieces of clothing, accessories, momentos, sketch and photos are on display in Paris.
{Queridimas: La subasta de Audrey Hepburn tendrá lugar en Londres el próximo 8 de diciembre.}
She became the canvas for Parisien designer, Givenchy to paint so many of his finest creations on. They were both mad for each other. She was his muse and he was her best friend and co-creator of her inimitable style.
{Se convirtió en lienzo de los diseñadores parisines, Givenchy pintó sobre ella sus más bellas y finas creaciones. Ambaos eran uno para el otro. Ella fue su musa y el fue su mejor amigo y co-creador de su inimitable estilo.}
ADITIONAL INFORMATION:
London Exhibition, La Galleria:
Sunday 6th December 10am - 5pm
Monday 7th December 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 8th December 9am - 11am
*Entrance to the London exhibition and the auction is by catalogue only. See below. These can be bought on arrival at the gallery on the above dates.
*Please note that pushchairs, young children and pets will not be admitted to the exhibition.
KERRY TAYLOR AUCTIONS (LONDON. UK)
Contacts
Telephone: 00 44 (0) 208 676 4600
Fax: 00 44 (0) 203 137 0112
Email: info@kerrytaylorauctions.com
martes, 1 de diciembre de 2009
Once Upon a Time...
Once upon a time some ladies who shared confidences rather than around a table -full of hope for the future-. Today these girls continue their lives separately, but with memories of days of wine and roses.
In tribute to my dear ladies:
{Erase una vez unas señoritas que compartían mas que confidencias en torno a una mesa llenas de esperanzas por el futuro. Hoy esas chicas continuán sus vidas por separado, pero con el recuerdo de días de vino y rosas.
En homenaje a mis queridas señoritas:}
In tribute to my dear ladies:
{Erase una vez unas señoritas que compartían mas que confidencias en torno a una mesa llenas de esperanzas por el futuro. Hoy esas chicas continuán sus vidas por separado, pero con el recuerdo de días de vino y rosas.
En homenaje a mis queridas señoritas:}
-MARIA´S BIRTHDAY. Sep, 6. 2007.-
{ CUMPLEAÑOS DE MARÍA. 6 de Septiembre de 2007}.
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(Girls who appear in this video: Mawi Alzola, Raquel Marcos, María Muñoz, Carolina Ruiz de Burgos, Lara Bosch, Marta González, Bea López, Cristina Nalda, Leticia Santana, Prado Moreno, Ignacio Manrique de Lara, María Hernández, Montse Tenorio, Marta García, Jaime Muñoz, Marga Padrón and Marta Caballero.)
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