Joni Mitchell - River (Live, 1970)

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 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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                                                                    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…

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 « …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 -

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NASA's 'Van Gogh' Data Visualization of the Sun - The Atlantic

NASA's 'Van Gogh' Data Visualization of the Sun - The Atlantic


NASA’s Van Gogh Sun


in Art, Astronomy, Video - Science | July 24th, 2012 Leave a Comment

Late last year, NASA released Perpetual Ocean, a remarkable three minute, Van Gogh-like video showing ocean currents swirling around the globe between June 2005 and December 2007. Now, the NASA team returns with Van Gogh Sun, a clip demonstrating a new technique created by Nicholeen Viall, a solar scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center, who specializes in creating images that demystify “the mechanisms that drive the temperature and movements of the sun’s atmosphere, or corona.” The video above gives you the quick overview; this NASA web page (where you can also download the video) takes you deeper into Viall’s world.

If you ask me, Perpetual Ocean certainly calls to mind Van Gogh’s Starry Night. When it comes to these corona images, it’s Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at close range.

via The Atlantic