Jan Zrzavý (5 November 1890 – 12 October 1977) Czech painter



Eodem anno pons ruptus est

Joy!
There is joy, there really is.
And he felt it not as something merciless
which rushes on us
and puts out our unguarded fire
nor as a vertigo which in the double light of irony
brings us a bottle and shoes to make us dance -
no, what he felt was a quiet, simple, unfounded joy,
given rather than granted for an hour,
the joy of a man walking over a bridge
who will go on singing for ever...
But it was enough for the wind to toss a withered leaf
at his feet
and the bridge was overloaded


Mi Lascio

I learnt tonight from a book on astronomy
that certain stars are the oldest
and near to extinction... Grateful for the news
I opened the window
and looked for the youngest star... But I could see
only clouds when someone's mean laugh
(like the wind howling in a crematorium chimney)
drove me to find
a star in interstellar space
as dawn was breaking...

O my love, how shall we love and not despair,
how be desperate and wise at the same time?

Vladimír Holan ( 1905 – 1980) Czech poet



music
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Caligaverunt oculi mei
https://youtu.be/bbwTmmH2UlY
one of the greatest composers, underestimated (josé)

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2016-07-22

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