NEW WEBSITE where you can see my paintings and download my biography / NUEVA PÃGINA-WEB donde se puede ver mis pinturas y bajar mi biografÃa: www.charlesolsen.es
artistas, poetas, musicos y a gente que tienen ideas y quiere hacer proyectos.
artists, poets, musicians and people with ideas and dreams.
Pensamientos lentos (writings and photos):
pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com
I love to read and have just started reading in Spanish too... One of my favourite books is 'ALI AND NINO, A Love Story' by Kurban Said and I particularly enjoy books about fictional artists: Gulley Jimson in 'The Horse's Mouth', Rabo Karabekian in 'Bluebeard', Ellie Crowther in 'Ellie and the Shadowman', Asher Lev, Hurtle Duffield in 'The Vivisector'... recommendations welcome :-)
"Close your eyes, cover your ears with your hands and open your soul. Remember that night in Teheran? An enormous blue stone hall, the noble signature of Shah Nasreddin over the entrance. In the middle of the hall is a square stage, and all around, sitting, standing, lying, dignified men, excited children, fanatic youths – the devout public at the Passion Play of Holy Hussein. The hall is dimly lit. On stage bearded angels comfort the young Hussein. Grim Khalif Jasid sends his riders into the desert, to bring him the youth’s head. Mournful songs are interrupted by the clinking of swords. Ali, Fatima and Eve, the first woman, wander across the stage, singing many-versed rubaiyats. Someone hands the young Hussein’s head on a gold plate to the Khalif. The spectators tremble and weep. A Mullah passes along the rows collecting tears in cotton wool. There are strong magic powers in those tears. The deeper the beholder’s faith, the greater is the effect of the play on him. A plank of wood becomes the desert, a box the diamond studded throne of the Khalif, a few wooden poles the Garden of Eden, and a bearded man the daughter of the Prophet.
Now open your eyes, drop your hands and look around…"
Ali and Nino, Kurban Said