Lots of lovely stuff in here. Love the Pianesi pic - have you read Susannah Clarke's 'Piranesi' novel? Divinely weird. Love Bessie Smith's potatoes. Love your promenading cats.
Thank you so much for including me, Terry. I'm honoured. Great article too. Cat walking, persiflage and Bessie Smith in one post. What more could one ask for!
‘With a preface by Neil Gaiman’ - the lad’s everywhere! (I’m on Tumblr, as is Neil. There is a very cool post doing the rounds at the moment suggesting that Neil is actually imaginary...) I might have a look around for that book. Could be good.
Apart from that, beautiful singing in there. I hope the cats enjoyed their outing. And congratulations with the students. I’m thrilled that they did so well. All the best.
1- How could I have lived my life without knowing about Jonas Kauffman in rehearsal? I was moved by his voice, his passion, the beauty of the music, the conductor, the orchestra. Wow, just wow. I'm watching the video for the 6th time. How do any of those people sleep after performing such beauty?
2- I played the clarinet. I can related to wind instrument challenges
3 - Love those cats, and I guessed Mocha was Mocha before you described her in the blue collar. An image of her to inspire a drawing!
4 - Bessie Smith was very wise
5 - "Most pupils in most circumstances raise themselves or lower themselves to the level of a teacher’s expectations" - happens at summer camp, too.
6-James Brown is the bomb. I would have played that tune when I DJ'd West Coast Swing dances.
7 - Edward Hopper is one of my favorites - love the photos, the reference to Nighthawks providing more drawing inspiration. Have you ever walked by the diner/restaurant that inspired Hopper's "Nighthawks"? It's near where he lived in Washington Square in NYC on Greenwich Ave. Field trip!
8 - Giovanni Piranesi’s Carceri etching is a thing of beauty. Master of mark making. Totally get the Escher reference.
9 - Husband shopping - always great to end reading your posts with a chuckle
Thank you for your mention! Much appreciated. I am fascinated by Realms of Imagination! Not a huge fan of cats, but love the two miscreants, err...pretty blobs of blackness❤️
One of your best posts ever, Terry! You present things I didn't even know I was interested in, things I never heard of. 1.) Jonas Kaufman! Yeow! How have I never heard of him? He may be German, but he has Italian soul and passion, if you ask me. Beautiful. 2.) Tell me - do you actually receive "ultra critical" comments on your work?? Or is that hypothetical? I can't imagine it. 3.)As a former teacher, I agree with your statement on teacher expectations and applaud your students' success. 4.) May I borrow your color photo of essex station for a Substack story?
Thanks so much for sharing my article! Really enjoyed reading your maxims, particularly in light of our conversation about finishing things, and I'm going to try to adopt them as well as I can. But I do hope people like my potatoes.
Yes, lots of links. Love the cat walk. Which now makes me wonder why the fashion industry calls the stage a "cat walk." Models stride down that narrow stage as though they are gearing up for a jog, but a cat meanders. Hmmm. Maybe because of "cat calls?"
A bit behind on the week at the moment. Argh my inbox!
Great selection and variety as always, Terry. Appreciate these snippets of what's going on.
Essex station looks a bit foreboding in the black and white.
Lots of lovely stuff in here. Love the Pianesi pic - have you read Susannah Clarke's 'Piranesi' novel? Divinely weird. Love Bessie Smith's potatoes. Love your promenading cats.
Thank you so much for including me, Terry. I'm honoured. Great article too. Cat walking, persiflage and Bessie Smith in one post. What more could one ask for!
Thanks for the shout out, Terry!
‘With a preface by Neil Gaiman’ - the lad’s everywhere! (I’m on Tumblr, as is Neil. There is a very cool post doing the rounds at the moment suggesting that Neil is actually imaginary...) I might have a look around for that book. Could be good.
Apart from that, beautiful singing in there. I hope the cats enjoyed their outing. And congratulations with the students. I’m thrilled that they did so well. All the best.
Oh boy, where do I start?
1- How could I have lived my life without knowing about Jonas Kauffman in rehearsal? I was moved by his voice, his passion, the beauty of the music, the conductor, the orchestra. Wow, just wow. I'm watching the video for the 6th time. How do any of those people sleep after performing such beauty?
2- I played the clarinet. I can related to wind instrument challenges
3 - Love those cats, and I guessed Mocha was Mocha before you described her in the blue collar. An image of her to inspire a drawing!
4 - Bessie Smith was very wise
5 - "Most pupils in most circumstances raise themselves or lower themselves to the level of a teacher’s expectations" - happens at summer camp, too.
6-James Brown is the bomb. I would have played that tune when I DJ'd West Coast Swing dances.
7 - Edward Hopper is one of my favorites - love the photos, the reference to Nighthawks providing more drawing inspiration. Have you ever walked by the diner/restaurant that inspired Hopper's "Nighthawks"? It's near where he lived in Washington Square in NYC on Greenwich Ave. Field trip!
8 - Giovanni Piranesi’s Carceri etching is a thing of beauty. Master of mark making. Totally get the Escher reference.
9 - Husband shopping - always great to end reading your posts with a chuckle
Thank you for your mention! Much appreciated. I am fascinated by Realms of Imagination! Not a huge fan of cats, but love the two miscreants, err...pretty blobs of blackness❤️
One of your best posts ever, Terry! You present things I didn't even know I was interested in, things I never heard of. 1.) Jonas Kaufman! Yeow! How have I never heard of him? He may be German, but he has Italian soul and passion, if you ask me. Beautiful. 2.) Tell me - do you actually receive "ultra critical" comments on your work?? Or is that hypothetical? I can't imagine it. 3.)As a former teacher, I agree with your statement on teacher expectations and applaud your students' success. 4.) May I borrow your color photo of essex station for a Substack story?
Thanks so much for sharing my article! Really enjoyed reading your maxims, particularly in light of our conversation about finishing things, and I'm going to try to adopt them as well as I can. But I do hope people like my potatoes.
The Jonas Kaufmann was 🔥
Thank you for the shoutout! I much appreciate it.
I loved the sounds of birds and wind from your walk.
And the story about expectations is sooo good. Thank you for sharing.
Yes, lots of links. Love the cat walk. Which now makes me wonder why the fashion industry calls the stage a "cat walk." Models stride down that narrow stage as though they are gearing up for a jog, but a cat meanders. Hmmm. Maybe because of "cat calls?"