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BRUCE

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About Me

. . . . . . . . . . LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING . . . I am a thinker and a dreamer. I live in the realms of both the world of ideas and the world of the imagination. My interests span the whole rainbow of the arts and the sciences. In fact, in my ideal world there would be a complete union of and harmony between the two. They are the 'Yin' and the 'Yang' - the feminine and the masculine - the two sides of the human psyche and the essence of the whole cosmos according to Taoist philosophy. When I was younger I used to have quite narrow horizons - mainly history (in which I finally graduated) and politics (of the left). However, the older I've got the more my horizons have broadened and the more I've taken on new passions. Now, it's everything from world music to abstract art, and from the distant past of planet Earth to the realms of outer space. I've even created a website of astrolinks ( www.astrospaceweb.com ) - visit it!. I'm now more interested in nature, the environment we live in and in saving our planet than I ever used to be before. I can also appreciate different cultures around the world in whatever shape or form they are expressed (so long as they genuinely reflect the people from which they come) more than I ever did before. I feel that the more you know about this world - and this universe - the more wonderful it becomes. Partly because of my half English (with some Scottish and Irish blood) and half Italian (Sardinian) background, I am a passionate European. But my horizons don't stop at Europe - at the same time I regard myself very much as a citizen of the World. No human being living in the global world of the 21st century can be otherwise. Deep down in my soul my dream is still to see a very different, much better world with equality, justice and freedom for all and no more war . . . . only peace and humanity at one with itself and with nature. . . . . . . . . . . . CIRCA ME: LA VITA, L'UNIVERSO E TUTTI . . . Sono un pensatore ed un visionario. Vivo nei regni del mondo delle idee e del mondo dell'immaginazione. I miei interessi misurano l'arcobaleno intero delle arti e delle scienze. Infatti, in il mio mondo ideale ci sarebbe un'unione ed un'armonia complete fra i due. Loro sono il ‘Yin’ ed il ‘Yang’ - il femminile ed il maschile - i due lati dello psyche umano e l'essenza dell'universo intero secondo la filosofia di Tao. Quando ero più giovane ho usato avere orizzonti abbastanza stretti - principalmente la storia (in quale mi sono laureate infine) e la politica (della sinistra). Tuttavia, il più vecchio ho ottenuto il più i miei orizzonti hanno ampliato ed il più che ho preso dei nuove passioni. Adesso è tutti: dalla musica del mondo al'arte astratto e dal passato distante della terra ai regni dello spazio esterno. Ancora ho generato un sito dei astrolink ( www.astrospaceweb.com ) - visitilo!. Ora sono più interessato alla natura, all'ambiente in cui viviamo ed alla salvezza del nostro pianeta che mai ero già. Anche posso apprezzare di più le culture diverse intorno al mondo in qualunque figure o forme sono espresse (a condizione che riflettano veramente la gente da cui vengono) che mai ho già. Ritengo che il più si conosce questo mondo - e questo universo – il più diventa meraviglioso. Parzialmente a causa delle mie origini mezzo inglese (con qualche sangue scozzese ed irlandese) e mezzo italiano (sardo), sono un europeo appassionato. Ma i miei orizzonti non si arrestano all’Europa - allo stesso tempo mi considero molto un cittadino del Mondo. Nessun dell'essere umano che vive nel mondo globale del 21º secolo può essere al contrario. Nel basso profondo della mia anima il mio sogno è di vedere ancora un mondo molto differente e molto migliore con uguaglianza, giustizia e libertà per tutti e non più con la guerra . . . soltanto il pace e l’umanità unito con se e con la natura.

My Interests

MY INTERESTS, ENTHUSIASMS AND OBSESSIONS: history, politics, philosophy, all the arts and the sciences, astronomy, music, travel (especially in Scotland and Europe), languages (French, German and Italian), photography, nature, hill-walking. WHERE I LIVE: Greenwich, London, England. Close to the river Thames, the famous 'Cutty Sark' ship, the National Maritime Museum and the historic Old Royal Observatory (on the Prime Meridian Line and the home of Greenwich Mean Time)

I'd like to meet:

THE MAIN PURPOSE of this very personal site is to look for soulmates with whom I can share common interests and exchange thoughts and feelings about the world and about life - just good friends and good company with intelligent, thinking and feeling people to make life a little less lonely in cyberspace, at least . . . however, if I don't include you in my list please don't take it personally!. LO SCOPO PRINCIPALE di questo sito molto personale è cercare per ‘soulmates’ (amici del'anima) con quale posso ripartire gli interessi comuni e scambiare i pensieri e le sensibilità circa il mondo e circa la vita – soltanto buoni amici e buona compagnia con i gente intelligente, pensante e ritenente per rendere la vita un po’ meno solo nello cyberspazio, almeno . . . però, se non ti includo nella mia lista prego non la prendete personalmente! . . . VIDEO PLAYLIST: A COMPILATION OF SARDINIAN MUSIC (ELENA LEDDA, SINGERS AND MUSICIANS) AND GREEK MUSIC (MIKIS THEODORAKIS, SINGERS AND MUSICIANS) - UNA COMPILAZIONE DI MUSICA SARDA (ELENA LEDDA, CANTANTI E MUSICISTI) E DI MUSICA GRECA (MIKIS THEODORAKIS, CANTANTI E MUSICISTI) . . . SLIDE SHOW: ELENA LEDDA, SINGERS AND MUSICIANS - ELENA LEDDA, CANTANTI E MUSICISTI

Music:

MUSIC OF MOST KINDS - but especially Classical, Folk and 'World' music - has always meant a lot to me in my life. I also like some Jazz, Rock, Soul, and experimental music. I've always admired people who have been for originality and struggled against the mainstream. DO like: fusions between different genres and styles - when they work!. DON'T like: mainstream commercial Pop music. DON'T like: loud Pop and Rock music for the sake of making noise. DON'T like: background 'muzak' wherever I go. DO like: music which I feel has a strong artistic integrity and which is true to it's roots and inspiration - whatever they are and wherever they've come from

Movies:

DON'T like: at least 90% of Hollywood films. DON'T like: films with gratuitous violence, vulgarity, trashiness and sensationalism for the sake of entertainment. DO like: great European cinema (Fellini, Renoir, Bergman), British directors like Ken Loach and David Lean and good American directors like Robert Altman and Stanley Kubrick. DO like: films from anywhere in the world with either intellectual or artistic value (or preferably both), so that I feel I've watched something worthwhile and gained from it in some way. Greatest science fiction film of all time?: '2001 - A Space Odyssey'

Television:

DON'T like: at least 90% of what's on British TV today. HATE: stupid and superficial celebrity culture and mindless so-called 'reality TV' shows like 'Big Brother'!. DO like: good films (see above) and drama, documentaries, news and current affairs progs., nature progs. (such as 'Planet Earth'), and good music shows such as 'Later with Jools Holland'. Favourite channel: BBC4

Books:

Most of my reading has always been factual based on my interests, but I appreciate modern European fiction including classics such as James Joyce's 'Ulysses' and Jean-Paul Sartre's 'Roads to Freedom'. On a lighter note, I like 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. I also like poetry and prose

Heroes:

So difficult to say!. What makes a 'hero'? - there must be millions of unsung ordinary human beings around the world heroically struggling to survive every day. However, on one level I'd list some of the truly great people of history such as: The Buddha, Plato, Da Vinci, Galileo, Darwin, Marx, Einstein, Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela . . . on another, I'd include the late Carl Sagan - great American scientist, astronomer, internationalist, universal man and 'Man of the Universe', as one of my inspirers

My Blog

MIKIS THEODORAKIS  THE VOICE AND THE SOUL OF GREECE - LA VOCE E LANIMA DELLA GRECIA

MIKIS THEODORAKIS - THE VOICE AND THE SOUL OF GREECE The music of the great composer Mikis Theodorakis  now in his 83rd year  could be said to represent the voice and the soul of modern Greece Visit...
Posted by BRUCE on Sun, 04 May 2008 10:28:00 PST

ELENA LEDDA - THE VOICE AND THE SOUL OF SARDINIA - LA VOCE E L'ANIMA DELLA SARDEGNA

ELENA LEDDA  THE VOICE AND THE SOUL OF SARDINIA The singer Elena Ledda is the greatest (and in my opinion also the most beautiful!) singer of Sardinia today.She is a singer of...
Posted by BRUCE on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:41:00 PST

DELLA MUSICA E CULTURA PALESTINESE

La cultura palestinese è più collegata alle culture dei paesi vicini al Levante quali il Libano, la Siria ed il Giordano. È compreso la letteratura, la musica e la cucina unici. La cultura degli pales...
Posted by BRUCE on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:29:00 PST

SOME PALESTINIAN MUSIC AND CULTURE

Palestinian culture is most closely related to the cultures of the nearby Levantine countries such as Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. It includes unique literature, music, and cuisine. The culture of the ...
Posted by BRUCE on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:27:00 PST

LORCHESTRA DIVAN OVEST-EST

Contrariamente ai alcuni di miei bulletin precedenti sul MySpace ecco un messaggio di speranza per la futura della Palestina. Nel 1999 due uomini coraggiosi  il musicista e grande direttore d’o...
Posted by BRUCE on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:06:00 PST

THE WEST-EAST DIVAN ORCHESTRA

In contrast with some of my recent bulletins on MySpace here is a message of hope for the future of Palestine. In 1999 two brave men  the great Jewish musician and conductor Daniel Barenboim and the ...
Posted by BRUCE on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

SARDINIA AND ME 2: THE EARLY YEARS - LA SARDEGNA E ME 2: GLI ANNI PRIMI

PART 2: THE EARLY YEARS     I was the first of three brothers. The next in line, Ivor, was born two years after me and the last, Sheldon, two years after him. I think our father was keen on ...
Posted by BRUCE on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:39:00 PST

SARDINIA AND ME 3: THE LATER YEARS - LA SARDEGNA E ME 3: GLI ANNI PIÙ RECENTE

PART 3: THE LATER YEARS     We brothers made a final visit together to Sardinia without our mother in 1971 when I was almost eighteen. Our mother has gone there herself many times and my you...
Posted by BRUCE on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:03:00 PST

SARDINIA AND ME 1: THE BACKGROUND - LA SARDEGNA E ME 1: IL SFONDO

PART 1: THE BACKGROUND     If all my years (maybe too many!) of studying history have taught me anything about life, it is that you have to go back to the roots  the background and the cont...
Posted by BRUCE on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:13:00 PST

THREE SARDINIAN POEMS - TRE POESIE SARDE

THREE SARDINIAN POEMS 'THE WORD LIVES' ('PERAULA BIA')                           B...
Posted by BRUCE on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:10:00 PST