In a Nutshell

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Love & Tobacco. A Perfect reason to quit smoking.
 
“I tampakera”
Music: Iosif Ritsiardis
Lyrics: M. Traiforos, G. Giannakopoulos
 
I came across this song, as I usually come across anything.  I stumble upon it.  I loved it.  It took me awhile to discover the lyrics translation and now I love the song even more.
 
The first clip is my [...]

Posted on February 17th, 2010 under Chapters, English, Songs in Foreign Languages. Tags: agony, drama, Greek, love, love story, lyrics, melancholy, mind, nightmare, reason, Songs, Songs in Foreign Languages, tampakiera, torment. Comments: None

I like this clip because if you don’t know the words, it rends itself for creating a rather beautiful story about LIGHT.
 
The lyrics are rather strange, yet… who knows why I like this song?
 
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6JcmQgx1fg&feature=related 
 
I am alone…
 
You are alone, you are without me like the wind
Leave so nobody will take notice
Leave behind my back
I am fine [...]

Posted on February 5th, 2010 under Chapters, English, Russian, Songs, Songs in Russian Language. Tags: light, love, lyrics, pain, Songs. Comments: None

 
 
 
A poem about Winter Landscape.
 
 
Surprisingly enough, I was thinking what I could write about Winter Landscape.  That was my homework for January.  Yes, that one from the calendar.
 
And that is what I found.
 
A Russian romance “In the Moonlight the snow is sparkling”.
 
Because it is Russian Romance, it is in the Russian language.  Obviously, but that [...]

Posted on January 15th, 2010 under Art of Reframing, Chapters, English, Russian. Tags: calendar, conscience, light, love, love story, lyrics, meaning, poem, point, romance, Songs, taking things literally. Comments: None

What was my homework, again?
 
I decided, at least for a while, to follow Goethe’s advice.
 
Quote of the month.
 
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
 
 
Making a list:
 
Ö        A Little [...]

Posted on January 11th, 2010 under Chapters, Songs in Foreign Languages. Tags: analysis, Goethe, lyrics, picture, poem, Quotes, reason, song, Songs, Songs in Foreign Languages, Spanish. Comments: None