Yukio Mishima – image taken from wikipedia
Some writers had lives that were so intense it almost overshadows their art. That is not to say they were not great writers, but it is almost impossible not to think of the author first and then of their work. Byron and Wilde are obvious examples, and sometimes people know more about their lives than they do about their work.
Erzsébet Báthory, image taken from Wikipedia
Today we are used to throwing the word “scandal” too easily when it comes to describing the indecorous behavior of those who had the luck to be born in the right time at the right place (i.e. Royalty). Such scandals generally involve adultery, or some kind of political intrigue. They end up making the cover of sensationalist newspapers, people then gossip about it, and that is pretty much it. Boring. In the good old days monarchs knew how to be controversial, and some way more than others. So, since my posts were getting too soft, I bring you the Countess Erzsébet Báthory (more…)
Le Corbusier with Albert Einstein
The influential Swiss –born (but French – naturalized) architect Le Corbusier recounts the following story: (more…)
Stravinsky, picture from the Library of Congress
I have been thinking on sharing some of the hidden (or not so hidden) treasures I have seen on YouTube. My first one will be a video of the virtuoso guitar player, Julian Bream, playing the lute (1) for the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky
Aleister Crowley
This is the answer to my previous trivia (What do Led Zeppelin’s guitar player (Jimmy Page), Fernando Pessoa and William Butler Yeats have in common?): (more…)
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