Vous avez l'impression de ne plus arriver à lire des livres?

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«Jeune femme lisant», morceau d’une toile de Corot, 1868 via Wikimédia, License CC.
Vous avez l’impression de ne plus arriver à lire des livres? C’est un syndrome courant..

http://www.slate.fr/story/93415/insecurite-lecteur


....  j'aime bien cette citation "La tangibilité du livre, tant d’un point de vue matériel que spirituel, est ce qui lui confère ce pouvoir immense de changer nos vies de manière si radicale.» Et je suis d'accord aussi que la lecture d'un article sur le PC est pollué par les liens hypertextes et par le scintillement de l'écran. Il n'y a que sur un ordi que je lis "en diagonale" !

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Beautiful Painting 

by Vail Bunny Oliver.

Joni Mitchell - River (Live, 1970)

http://www.youtube.com/v/fCwlEnuXYsE?autohide=1&version=3&attribution_tag=CzEROagX0SZcWJy3DzJASQ&autohide=1&feature=share&showinfo=1&autoplay=1

 Joni performed alongside fellow friend and singer songwriter James Taylor at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 28th October 1970. Despite this track long being a fan favourite, she's seldom to perform it very often in her long and acclaimed career. It's taken from her 1971 release "Blue" which remains one of her most critically acclaimed albums and one that's seen as not only a benchmark for women in music but for singer/songwriters.

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

Written by Joni Mitchell

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Painting

                                                     
                                                                    Artiste  GIGI MILLS .

Gigi Mills was born in Ohio to an English mother and a Russian father. Gigi had a very colorful childhood, being raised in The Mills Bros. Circus family where plenty of travel and hard work were part of her daily routine. The performing arts were an early focus, specifically ballet and modern dance. Gigi spent quiet hours while travelling sketching, studying the masters, and and dreaming of one day becoming an artist. 

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Isa B présente son dernier corpus d’œuvres qui s’inspire du phénomène des bidonvilles. Ils constituent à eux seuls des univers parallèles de bric et de broc en constante expansion. Elle procède à partir de photographies et de documentations retrouvées sur le net et focalise son attention sur l’habitation elle-même plutôt que sur ses occupants. L’idée n’étant pas de faire abstraction du genre humain, mais d’éviter une imagerie trop narrative des faits à l’allure d’un photoreportage. La condition humaine est alors suggérée par la représentation de son habitacle. Des abris souvent dérisoires qui ne protègent pas de grand-chose; les toits de tôles qui deviennent brûlants sous le soleil, les portes qui ne ferment à peu près pas, les mauvais matériaux de construction, les terrains inondables et pollués…

Painting  Isabelle Beaupré - 


 « …je suis toujours en train de regarder des choses que les gens ne regardent pas, pour les faire remarquer et leur donner de la valeur. Il y a ainsi un parallèle entre l’activité des trieurs et l’activité de l’artiste » Vik Muniz

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D'un beau bleu et mon chat adore cette plante -

MIMMO JODICE

                                                        

                                                      .Apollon Baia.

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