ludovico einaudi

nights are drawing in and i'm practising piano, specifically this. looks easy but easy to get wrong. currently being played at half speed! lol  

paola hermosin

 a perfect combination to remind me of how much i'm rubbish at both playing guitar and spanish. i love watching her fingering in this 

danish films

reviews. well, why not? i do like a vengeance movie and i like the two leads in this. what you get tho is really nothing like what the trailer suggests (i'm guessing it was made with a more, dare i say it, english language audience in mind). a great ensemble cast, well scripted and solid characterization plus they dodge the usual tropes in favour of something that touches on a host of other subjects. i read elsewhere that this shouldn't really work but it does. stupid, funny, touching and tragic all at the same time.

if that tweaks your twinky then check out the original version of the guilty (i think it's streaming on prime). a great wee pressure cooker of a low budget movie that's almost like watching a stage play. in contrast the american remake unfortunately just goes to show the paucity of imagination in far too many of the english language films that actually get made and aired. 

schema therapy

 turns out i'm finding clinical psychology really interesting. who knew! this, on schema therapy. great vid, awful sound 

cajonmaster - bossanova

 felipe at cajonmaster is one of my favourite cajon channels. and i'm needing some bossanova in my life! 

tongue stuck

 

i fine it wearyingly difficult to keep any language alive in the uk but it doesn't mean i've lost any of the enthusiasm for the languages themselves. this article on rumpus about maintaining a language, in this case romanian, for me possibly the most fascinating of the romance languages and certainly, i think, the most neglected

hannah arendt

 decent article from lapham's on hannah arendt. which does that thing, not so often found, thTat makes me want to read the biography but, more importantly, the source text

poetry in sounds

 

a decent idea for a poetry comp!

ana vidovic

 work music, improve your day. a delight 

kierkegaard

 

skip through the world of kierkegaard. it's cheerier than it usually sounds!

sourdough library

 there's niche and there's niche. but a sourdough library is a world heritage project. what a resource! and a nice wee podcast about it on atlas obscura

athanasius kircher

 always a good bet on a slow day, 'a champion of wonder' - athanasius kircher

brussels planetarium poetry festival

 so belgian. date for the diary. quirky poetry, bit of cycling. perfect.

antigone forum

 

all manner of greek and latin resources 

the man with the beautiful eyes

 this bukowski animation via psyche  

emil underbjerg

 i found this both informative and soothing..... 

jacob aue sobol

 

was interested in jacob aue sobol's process in this vid, esp the notion of 1000 images a day and the fact someone else is intrinsically involved here but, beyond the vid, doesn't get credited. great images tho.  his site here