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Kindness. Humanism.Secular. Sceptic. History, Pre-Raphaelites, Reading, Life-Long Learning. 'Sanity Is Not Statistical'.'Fill the unforgiving minute...'.

Sunday, 11 February 2018

Mythos

Mythos- Stephen Fry

From the foam - Aphrodite - Cyprus

Hecatonchires - hundred hands

Ouranos - Sky God
Kronos- his son
Zeus - The Cretan boy

Jupiter,  Saturn (Kronos), Uranus - Son, Father, Grandfather

Hades - Pluto
Hestia - Vesta
Demeter - Ceres
Hephaestus - Vulcan

Zeus and the honeybee.

Pallas Athena - Minerva
Temple of Athena - Parthenon - Acropolis
Artemis and Apollo - Twins
Phoebus Apollo

Artemis - Diana - Goddess of the Moon - Chaste - Goddess of the hunt

Pleiades - Seven Sisters

Hermes steals Apollo's cattle
Hermes makes and gifts a lyre to Apollo

Megala Kazania on Mount Olympus

Pandora - All-Gifted - Pandora's Jar

Eros (Cupid) and Psyche wedding

Zeus and Io
Io turned into a cow by Zeus
Bosporus - Cow-crossing

Europa and Cadmus - Sister and Brother
Cadmus and Harmonia - Husband and Wife

Dionysus - Bacchus

Dionysus - Son of Zeus and Semele (a mortal)
Zeus reveals his true form to Semele
Maenads - followers of Dionysus

Actaeon turned into a stag by Artemis
Hamadryad - a nymph who lives in a tree
Corvus - the Crow Constellation

Otus and Ephialtes - Giants in the modern sense - sons of Poseidon
Pelion on Ossa

The wheel of Ixion
Niobe's tears. Niobe angers Leto.
Leto - mother of twins Artemis and Apollo

Athena and Arachne - weaving contest
Athena turns Arachne into a Spider

Zeus and Callisto
Callisto turned into a bear by Hera
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (Great Bear and Little Bear constellations)

Sunday, 7 July 2013

The Borgias : Waters of a Spring

‘‘Look at you…like Narcissus in the spring waters…you don’t know Narcissus?Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection, in the waters of a spring’
God she’s beautiful. Jesus Christ. I love it when she kisses Paolo’s reflection.

Saturday, 6 July 2013

Imagine Dragons- It's Time- Cover by Riley Biederer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O8AGPqo3iw

So this is where you fell
And I am left to sell
The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell
Right to the top
Don't look back
Turning the rags and giving the commodities a rain check

I don't ever wanna let you down
I don't ever wanna leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am


It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am


This road never looked so lonely
This house doesn't burn down slowly
To ashes, to ashes

Sunday, 9 June 2013

Taylor Swift - Sparks Fly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKar-tF__ac - Official video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yo429lyuso - Live in Rio

The way you move is like a full on rainstorm
And I'm a house of cards
You're the kind of reckless
That should send me runnin'
But I kinda know that I won't get far
And you stood there in front of me
Just close enough to touch
Close enough to hope you couldn't see
What I was thinking of

Drop everything now
Meet me in the pouring rain
Kiss me on the sidewalk
Take away the pain
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile
Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down
Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile

My mind forgets to remind me
You're a bad idea
You touch me once and it's really something,
You find I'm even better than you imagined I would be.
I'm on my guard for the rest of the world
But with you I know it's no good
And I could wait patiently but I really wish you would

Drop everything now
Meet me in the pouring rain
Kiss me on the sidewalk
Take away the pain
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile
Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down
Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile

I run my fingers through your hair and watch the lights go wild.
Just keep on keeping your eyes on me, it's just wrong enough to make it feel right.
And lead me up the staircase
Won't you whisper soft and slow?
I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Taylor Swift

“I think about what I’d think of my decisions when I’m 80 looking back, and it helps me make sound, responsible choices.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19797669