Juliette Binoche is a women who explores freely all facets of creativity and is obviously enjoying it immensly: I bow to her and will try to make this my new motto (not that I had a prvious one…).
Last Friday night, in just 70 minutes, Binoche and Kahn made me laugh, gave me the shivers, time to reflect, jump on my seat and cry. Run to see the show, it is a concentration of fun, intense & beautiful emotions. I would see it again 10 times if I could.
To be totally transparent, Akram Kahn’s magnetic presence and raw beauty might have melted any critical thinking on my part.
I have not yet seen her paintings but stay tuned as I will edit this post as soon as I do.
Coming out of the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit at the Whitney Museum, I left blinded by the beauty of her paintings and lost in reverie by the intensity of her relationship with her husband, Alfred Stieglitz. Through the nude portraits he made of her and the letters she wrote him, I discovered a woman in love, sharing her intimate and naked soul. She could not do otherwise.
New York, 13 June 1918
You will be here in a few minutes I guess but I have to get up and write you - its necessary – I must -
I’ve been lying here listening for you in the dark – my face feels so hot
Aching for you way down to my fingers end – an actual physical ache-
As I came up up the streets into the sunset after supper – I wondered – can stand it – the terrible fineness and beauty of the intensity of you – I do not know – may yet have to run away – it seems almost too much -
The hot sultry sun so brilliant – shining white I could hardly walk toward it -
And lying here – wanting you with such an all ache – not just wanting – loving – feeling – al the parts of my body touched and kissed – conscious of you
A volcano is nothing to it
No words I know say the hotness – consumingness of it
Still I some way feel I can be quiet when you come can control myself
Feeling it growing though – I seem to feel that the moment will come when I cant control myself – when Ill be blind and mad
I have to tell you – I know you know – and still maybe you dont know how really mad I seem to be growing
you will have to think for me when I cannot think for myself
Trust
Why do you know – the trust I have in you is the finest thing Ive ever known
No absolute
The woman you are making seens to have gone far beyond me – Almost out of sight
Finally I hear something that makes sense and (how bizarre) it is totally irrational !
Listen… Elizabeth Gilbert , author of Eat, Pray, Love (among other books) is bluntly funny and so right on about the anxiety of writers and artists in general.
This is one of the most inspiring talks I have heard from the wonderful series of the
TED conferences which got her a standing ovation from a very spoiled crowd.
But the truth is, if you show up for your job and do your part, the inspiration will come eventually.
In ancient Greek mythology, the nine Greek Muses are all sisters, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, or Memory. Each one of the Muses represents a different human art, and, according to Greek myth, they inspire artists to be able to create new music, paintings or plays.
Calliope for Epic poetry
Clio for History
Erato for Lyric poetry
Euterpe for Music
Melpomene for Tragedy
Polyhymnia for Choral poetry
Terpsichore for Dance
Thalia for Comedy
Urania for Astronomy
Isabella Rosselini is a famous model and actress. She is beyond beautiful: such a perfect face.
What fascinates me with her life path is that she went from being “just” a pretty thing in front of a camera to becoming the director of now the third serie of short films for the Sundance Channel where she plays all sorts of bugs in silly giant snail or squid costumes.
Not only did she come up with a really creative idea but she plays a shrimp or a praying manta with such humour, obviously having a lot of fun doing it!
Bravo Isabella for streching the stereotypes and showing that even after a confimed career, you can reinvent yourself in a completely different role.
I received Nest’s invitation by the mail for their next event and the bright colors and a hint inspired me to read more about them (ususally I am quick to toss flyers for yet another party, dinner or gala and what not in the bin … yes I do that).
Nest is a nonprofit organization that empowers female artists and artisans around the world. Using a unique combination of interest-free microfinance loans, mentoring from established designers, as well as a market in which to sell their crafts, Nest helps its loan recipients create successful small businesses. Nest instills pride of ownership, preserves ancient artistic traditions and successfully moves women from poverty to self-sufficiency.is a website who’s mission is conecting Women through arts, craft and opportunity.
So here I am, planning to attend their next event on Thursday Oct 1st:
Supita, Manali and Pushpa grew up as daughters of prostitutes in Kolkata, a city in West Bengal, India, but now they live in a protective community away from the human trafficking and prostitution that would have been their future. Using the ancient skill of kantha, the art of embroidery used to decorate items, one strand at a time, the girls can support themselves through Nest and Hand and Cloth. Each girl delights in choosing her own thread and cloth at local markets and each has developed a distinctive sewing style. THey are exclusive to us and in limited supply, since each is carefully hand–crafted. Join us for this celebration of hope, color, and craft. $40 per ticket $50 VIP ticket and#40;includes a free giftand#41; $10 students under 21
Thursday 10/1/2009
6–9pm
Georgica Condominiums
305 East 85th St. and#40;between First and Second Vve.and#41;
New York City, NY
Cost: $40.00
This is a yoga retreat that I will be joining next week. It sound amazing and so perfectly in line with my blog that I am just wondering if they organized it just for me. Full report on Sept 27th!
Here is the info: You are invited to join us in our third all women’s retreat held in the beautiful Catskills at the Menla Mountain Retreat center in Phoenicia. Two amazing women, Colleen Saidman Yee and Jill Pettijohn, will be combining their extraordinary skills to make this a truly transformative experience—a chance to cleanse, rejuvenate, and practice. Together Colleen and Jill are bringing you a rare and unique opportunity to transform your life. To enhance this already potent combination, there will be sweat lodge, body workers, astrologers, and more.
Come and absorb the silence and enjoy the magic of this Buddhist sanctuary. Join hands, laugh, practice, and indulge in great food in this feminine journey of transformation… Go home clear, relaxed, and alert. If you are missing the urban lifestyle, the quaint village of Woodstock is conveniently located nearby for an afternoon or evening excursion, for a little retail therapy, or for entertainment. A remarkable woman and amazing yoga teacher from Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor, NY, will be teaching yoga (twice daily), meditation, and pranayama. Will be complementing this experience with her expert culinary skills by offering delicious and nutritious foods for the duration. Jill is the owner of Jill’s Vegan Café in Brooklyn, NY.
For the first time in the world, a museum will be displaying the feminine side of its own collections. This groundbreaking exhibition by the Musee national d’Art Modern in France, will be entirely dedicated to the women artists of our time.
The show was sponsored by Yves Rocher (yes the same ones that did the beautiful ad I posted recently) and has the immense objective to ” rewrite the art history of the 20th and 21st century from a female perspective. Their creative power, their modes of actions and their strategies are universal source of inspiration, reaching far beyond the world of art.
The new display of the Centre Pompidou’s collection tells their story, their constant struggle and inventiveness to make visible the innovation and creativity that are their contribution to today’s art. (…) Most notably, they explore our collective gaze on the female body, tracing the contours of a free, modern and independent woman. (…)
Expressing the victory of essence over appearance is a fundamental value of the Yves Rocher Company, a company that has continually encourage women to asset their differences and their beauty by defying stereotypes.
By supporting this exhibition, Yves Rocher wishes to demonstrate its attachment to women artists, who are free to think, act and choose their lifestyles, desires and beauty as they please, and to allow everyone to discover and appreciate the dynamic nature of their art. ”
Music to my ears….
If you have a friend you goes to Paris, ask them to bring you back the english version catalogue or try their website.
