McCoy Tyner - Elvin Jones: Staccato & Rythmic Piano - Polyrhythmic & Melodic Drum.

                          

Que Reste-t-il de Jean Edern Hallier.

JEH Écivain esthète qui a choisi les plus belle des servitudes. Celles de la littérature et de la liberté. « Général de l'armée des Rêves ».  Romancier.  Solitude enchanté d’un écrivain Mondain qui a mis en scène avec un courage hors norme, sa mémoire littéraire et son esprit de poète et d’artiste au service d’une lutte sans concession contre le pouvoir et le  système de tartufferie politico- médiatique des années 70-80-90.  Ces Romans papiers et télévisuelles sont écrits dans une langue admirable, tour à tour lyrique, burlesque, tragique ou d'un comique ahurissant, nous entraîne, nous amuse, nous émeut, nous séduit, nous convainc. Jean-Edern Hallier réussit avec sa vie une manière de Don Quichotte français.

Micro-trottoir : coucheriez-vous avec Jean Edern Hallier pour devenir célèbre

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Jean-Edern Hallier explose tout !

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Maison Traditionnel. Liban. -- Traditional Houses in Lebanon.

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Touche artistique à cette maison libanaise à l'architecture traditionnelle. Silence et Tuiles rouges sous le soleil écrasant de Juillet. L'architecture est à n'en pas douter une expression de la géographie et de l'histoire.

Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit,
Si bleu, si calme !
Un arbre, par-dessus le toit,
Berce sa palme.

La cloche, dans le ciel qu'on voit,
Doucement tinte.
Un oiseau sur l'arbre qu'on voit
Chante sa plainte.

Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, la vie est là
Simple et tranquille.
Cette paisible rumeur-là
Vient de la ville.

Qu'as-tu fait, ô toi que voilà
Pleurant sans cesse,
Dis, qu'as-tu fait, toi que voilà,
De ta jeunesse ?

C’est celui là ?

He, Ho !. C est Verlaine. Tu connais?

Central courtyard, Beiteddine Palace, built 1804-1840, by Emir Bechir Chehab II, Beiteddine, Chouf region

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BYBLOS

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Centre ville de beyrouth

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Le Grand Sérail de Beyrouth

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Palais BeiteddinePalais de l'émir Béchir (Beiteddine)

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MMezzé o meze

Miles Davis Qotes

Miles was a total artist. His reflections was intuitive and instinctive. He was not an intellectual.

“For me, music and life are all about style.”

" Don't play what's there, play what's not there." 

                                            " I'll play it first and tell you what it is later. "

" I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis. "

Maurice Ronet: Comédien Acteur injustement négligé du cinéma francais.

Alain Delon: The Last Human Actor - Dernier Acteur du genre Humain

....Delon, contrairement à ce que vont répétant les imbéciles, est un homme qui n’aime rien tant qu’admirer ses pairs. il aurait volontiers tourné un petit rôle auprès de Marlon Brando, pour le bonheur de l’accompagner. il a toujours proclamé sa fierté d’avoir joué sous la direction de Jean-Pierre Melville, Joseph Losey, Alain Cavalier, Louis Malle, Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, René Clément, Bertrand Blier, et d’avoir donné la réplique à Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, Burt Lancaster, Maurice Ronet…

Cristiano Ronaldo´s message of hope to Syrian children

Ronaldo: Great sportsman different from the standard of the footballers. He is not a football figurine in playstation without spirit (Messi), neither bling blang nouveau riche like Ronaldinho. He is a star with moral values ,tender heart and a generous person.

He is accused of taxes evasion but i think that it is better to help assaulted children of Aleppo than to finance by taxes the aggressors.

http://www.savethechildren.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=8rKLIXMGIpI4E&b=9357115&ct=14827413&notoc=1

Chbeir sur Schubert - Chbeir on Schubert.

Schubert, le plus grand des romantiques. Son piano chante, danse et pleure à l'occasion. Il respire aussi avec celui qui aime à l'écouter. La technique se fait oublier derrière " une étincelle divine". C'est pas comme Chopin.

Schubert, the greatest of the romantics. His piano sings, dances and weep sometime. He also breathes with music Lover. The technique is forgotten behind "a divine spark". It's not like

Chopin.

Bill Evans Records with Cannonball

Bill Evans performs alongside Cannonball Adderley

He was called the Poet of the Piano, and the Chopin of Jazz, this week Donald Macleod delves into the life and music of Bill Evans. Although Evans started off in the world of classical music, it wasn't long before he got the Jazz bug. His classical training wasn't wasted though, for it went on to influence the way he performed for the rest of his life. His touch at the piano became legendary, and his preferred ensemble for performing his own compositions, and those by others, was the Jazz trio combining piano, bass and drums. Evans came to prominence when invited to work alongside Miles Davis and, in time, Evans would go on to perform with the likes of Tony Bennett, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Stan Getz and Monica Zetterlund.

Performing alongside Miles Davis had brought Bill Evans to a much wider audience. Evans soon left the band though, and pursued his own career making a new album called Everybody Digs Bill Evans, which included a new work Peace Piece. Towards the end of the 1950s, things were looking good for Evans, although his addiction to heroin was starting to take its toll. He'd agreed to work with Davis again on the album, Kind of Blue, which included a work by Evans called Blue in Green, although Davis claimed it as his own. By the time Evans was thirty, he was well known, popular, and was soon to form his own historic trio including Paul Motian and Scott LaFaro. They gelled together perfectly, and went into studio to record works such as Autumn Leaves, and Evans's Peri's Scope. This pinnacle of perfection for Evans, though, was short-lived; bassist Scott LaFaro died in a traffic accident shortly afterwards.

Listen at:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03h3pw5

Gibran Khalil Gibran, the painter

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Flavia Codsi : Artiste Peintre Libanaise

Née à Beyrouth en 1961, Flavia est une artiste autodidacte.   Après avoir suivi des études en décoration d'intérieur, elle exécute des projets de perspectives d'intérieur, des trompe-l'oeil, et des peintures murales............ http://www.onefineart.com/en/artists/flavia_codsi/index.shtml

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Bill Evans Works with Miles Davis

 Evans came to prominence when invited to work alongside Miles Davis and, in time.....

Forward Projection in Judo Neil Adams

Neil Adams : visionary competitor and teacher

Neil Adams teaches the skill of Judo Forward Projection

He has won many medals and competitions, including World Championships in 1981 and two Olympic Silver medals in Moscow 1980, and Los Angeles in 1984. He has been Olympic Coach for Great Britain and now for Belgium.

Joseph Mattar

Joseph Mattar :  painter of our Lebanon dreams.  Peintre du Liban de nos rêves

                           'Versions Lumineuses' by Joseph Matar
                  Exhibition from October 4 till October 17, 2016
                        Opening on Tuesday October 4, 2016 at 6 pm.

                                                           Valley of Qadisha

lizzy phelan- Truth about Libya

The elite created the United Nations Deception http://canadiantruths.wordpress.com/2... to bring about "one world gov" which is tyranny. NATO was created to be the world police force of the elite. The IMF & WB were created to destroy the sovereignty via debt. Gadaffi didn't want to play ball so his country was destroyed. "All will enter the New World - peacefully or otherwise" Libya is a case of otherwise. 

Truth about Syria! British Journalist Lizzie Phelan interview

Lizzie Phelan: Touching, courageous, cultured and Honnest Journalist. So Uncommon. Lot of facts about Syria.

Media Roots Radio – Abby Goes to Palestine

Media Roots Radio – Abby Goes to Palestine

Recently I traveled for two weeks through the West Bank in Palestine. Despite all the things I’ve read and seen, nothing could have prepared me for what it was like on the ground.

The entire West Bank is under martial law style occupation, where Israeli forces brutalize and harass Palestinians on a daily basis. For just traveling with Palestinians we had M16s pointed in our faces several times. A man almost got executed just feet from us. It’s a war zone–except only one side has military might. 

One of the most underreported realities is that Israel is becoming a fascist theocracy, with every administration becoming more fanatical than the last. From life inside the refugee camps to under occupation and settler terror, I give a first-hand account of the real Israel/Palestine on a special two hour edition of Media Roots Radio.

Watch the first segment of The Empire Files’ Palestine series that covers the history of Zionism and brutally honest root of what is behind the so-called “Israel-Palestine conflict.”

Listen to all previous episodes of Media Roots Radio on soundcloud.

Deaths in Sports

In the past week, two very large American sports figures passed away somewhat suddenly. Despite drastically different circumstances, the reaction to the two deaths reminded us all of how human we are, and how quickly life can be taken away. And, when you’ve spent most of your life in the public spotlight, how fond memories, quiet reminiscence and archived footage can be the sole purveyor of what was a lifetime of inspiration gone in a flash.

On Sunday, the world lost two enormous sports figures in Jose Fernandez and Arnold Palmer. Understandably, the sports world grieved the loss of two beloved figures–a young and already dominant Major League Baseball pitcher who perished in a boating accident, and man known as

The King, one of the best golfers in the history of the sport. In the midst of the disbelief and grieving process, however, there is more than just grief and tragedy. There is a sense of bonding as human beings and a sense of togetherness when people in such high stature are taken from us.

Death in absolutely any capacity whatsoever is a tragic circumstance. A life ended becomes a life remembered rather than one experienced or interacted with. When the death happens in the public eye, the number of mourners goes from hundreds to potentially millions. No longer is it friends, family and coworkers who are bowing their heads in utter despair–it’s fans, it’s teammates, it’s countries–it’s humans.

These deaths can bind us as fans, and as empathetic human beings. When Fernandez passed away at the age of 24, his team, the Miami Marlins, canceled their game that afternoon. Other teams around the country honored him with moments of silence–articles about his personality as well as athletic talents began popping up left and right, as did stories of Fernandez the man. The New York Mets–the team Fernandez was set to face on Monday–hung a jersey in the dugout in his honor. Despite being bitter rivals, people everywhere came together to recognize tragedy, and remember who he was and what he contributed to the world.

This isn’t to say that any one death is more tragic than any other–the deaths of Fernandez, Palmer, Prince, Elvis or anyone else in the public eye aren’t inherently more heartbreaking than the death of your cousin or your neighbor. But they do help us understand more about the recovery process and how we, as human beings can sympathize and empathize even with people whom we aren’t acquainted. When Fernandez and Palmer passed away, many people who had never met either of them undoubtedly stepped away to shed tears. These are our heros–these are people whom we look to to distract ourselves in times of dire sadness. They are human beings who are gone before we know it, and leave the Earth without truly grasping the effect that they had.

I am reminded similarly of the piece I wrote on my website just a little bit ago on the power of the Olympics binding us together as national fans. It is a bittersweet feeling to recognize the power of death to do the same. No one in their right mind would say that the deaths of Fernandez, Palmer, or any of the thousands of other deaths that undoubtedly occurred across the world on Sunday were beneficial. But we can say for certain that we as mourners, as sports fans, and most of all as humans, can be brought together through tragedy.

VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE

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Journal de Montréal, VENDREDI 23 SEPTEMBRE 2016 20H08

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VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE BEYOND ­CARAVAGGIO, AU METROPOLITAN­MUSEUM OF ART    Du 7 octobre au 16 janvier

Valentin de Boulogne, dit le Valentin (1591-1632), de son vrai nom Jean Valentin, est un peintre français, un des plus talentueux et des plus illustres représentants du courant des caravagesques.

Jean Valentin est le fils d'un peintre verrier dont la famille était originaire de Coulommiers, depuis 1489. Le nom de famille fait référence à la ville de Boulogne-sur-Mer, au xviiie siècle il est identifié sous le nom de Moïse (ou Moyse) Valentin, ainsi que Valentin de Coulommier. Il existe une confusion sur la date de naissance, dans l'acte de décès il est mentionné être mort à l'âge de 38 ans mais son acte de baptême a disparu.

Il est présumé que Valentin s'est formé à la peinture dans l'atelier de son père avant de se rendre à Paris ou Fontainebleau et suivit l'enseignement de Simon Vouet, qu'il admirait et dont il s'inspira. Il partit ensuite pour l'Italie.

La première trace de la présence de Valentin en Italie est mentionnée dans le stati d'anime de 1620, alors qu'il vit dans la paroisse de Santa Maria del Popolo. Avant cette date on ne peut que spéculer sur ses déplacements et ses activités.

Tout en étudiant en Italie, Valentin fut sous l'influence du Caravage et de Bartolomeo Manfredi. Peintre de scènes de genre et de tableau religieux, il fera sa carrière essentiellement à Rome.

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Le caravagisme, ou école caravagesque, est un courant pictural de la première moitié du xviie siècle.

Apparu à la suite du travail du Caravage à la fin du xvie siècle, le caravagisme est parfois assimilé à une forme de baroque romain face au classicisme des Carrache. Cette idée est cependant à nuancer en raison des nombreuses similitudes qui rapprochent ces deux écoles romaine et bolonaise. Ce courant ne doit pas être décrit comme un groupe ou comme une école, car il ne constituait pas un mouvement structuré, mais tout au plus une imitation, une influence de l’Italie. Cette évolution intellectuelle se situe à mi-chemin entre l’opposition à la rhétorique classique des Académies d’une part, et le brillant enthousiasme illusionniste du baroque d’autre part.

Caractérisé par la prédominance de scènes aux puissants contrastes de lumière et d'ombre transcendées par la maîtrise virtuose du clair-obscur, il se constitue autour du style du Caravage et de ses plus proches suiveurs, tel Bartolomeo Manfredi. L’école caravagesque d'Utrecht constitue, quant à elle, un groupe séparé

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Valentin de Boulogne (before 3 January 1591 – 19 August 1632), sometimes referred to as Le Valentin, was a French painter in the tenebrist style.

Valentin was born in Coulommiers, France, where he was baptised in the parish of Saint-Denys on 3 January 1591, making 1590 his likely year of birth. The family name, also spelled Boullogne and Boulongne, appears to originate from Boulogne-sur-Mer, a city in northern France in the colony of Pas-de-Calais, though the family had dwelt at Coulommiers since at least 1489. His father, also named Valentin, and his uncle Jean were both painters.

It can be presumed that Valentin would have first started painting in his father's studio prior to moving to Paris or Fontainebleau, and before leaving for Italy. The first specific mention of Valentin's being in Italy is in the stati d'anime for 1620, when he was living in the parish of Santa Maria del Popolo. Prior to that date his whereabouts and activities are unknown.

While studying in Italy under Simon Vouet, Valentin was under the influence of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Bartolomeo Manfredi.

Caravaggio used a "bold, naturalistic style, which emphasized the common humanity of the apostles and martyrs, flattered the aspirations of the Counter-Reformation Church, while his vivid chiaroscuro enhanced both three-dimensionality and drama, as well as evoking the mystery of the faith." Caravaggio "followed a militantly realist agenda, rejecting both Mannerism and the classicizing naturalism" and "in the first 30 years of the 17th century his naturalistic ambitions and revolutionary artistic procedures attracted a large following from all over Europe.

Manfredi, also an Italian painter, was known throughout Italy and beyond as Caravaggio's closest follower. In the dramatically lit canvases of his later period Manfredi adopted a common theme from Caravaggio—the tavern scene featuring ordinary people, even religious subjects, whose figures are depicted close to the surface of the picture to involve the viewer in the action.

While Caravaggio and Manfredi may have influenced the style and themes that would become common in Valentin's work, Valentin would study under Simon Vouet, a Frenchman. In his time, Vouet was considered a leading French painter. Vouet's earliest work show the influence of Caravaggio, and use dramatic contrasts of light with a restricted palette of blacks, browns whites.

Valentin had success with a type of composition invented by Caravaggio in which fortune tellers, drinkers, or gamblers are grouped around a table. Valentin himself was fond of carousing and fine wine; it is thought that he died from a chill caught after bathing in a fountain following an evening of smoking and drinking.[citation needed] His surviving body of work is made up of around seventy-five paintings. Valentin's genius shows in the subtleness of psychological expression and interplay among his characters, as well as in the refinement and finesse of his painting technique.

Valentin's painting Fortune Teller with Soldiers depicts a group of young soldiers, one of whom is mesmerized by the fortune teller who is reading his palm. Behind the gypsy a shadowy figure looks at the viewer with his finger to his lips in a conspiratorial gesture as he steals the fortune teller's purse from her pocket. A small child is seen returning the favor by picking his pockets. While one person's fortune is told, another's is being stolen; and one thief falls victim to another.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_de_Boulogne

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