Prachtig.

"In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it."
- Wislawa Szymborska

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...and here I am, almost convinced of myself; the clouds say otherwise.

#poetry #Szymborska #thought #clouds #sky

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“A flower blossoms for its own joy.”
— Oscar Wilde

Not seeing isn’t innocence. The fourth monkey knows.

“When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.

When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Wisława Szymborska

#WisławaSzymborska #Poetry #Philosophy #Wittgenstein #LanguageAndSilence #Meaning #TimeAndBeing #Paradox #Existence

something can be both beautiful and difficult

my father made me this harp
so I learned a language
that could not harm us anymore

it has been a year since he passed

#harp #poetry #healing #grief #family #music

"The #moment was all; the moment was enough.”
― Virginia Woolf

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I don’t always compose. Sometimes I listen... for #garden incantations passing through. I capture them in words:

"Free of past and pull, step into the day untamed; the moment grips your palm — take me now, unashamed."

#inspiration

Mary Oliver

The Gardener

Have I lived enough?
Have I loved enough?
Have I considered Right Action enough, have I
come to any conclusions?
Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace?

Harp & Soul Music -die liggaam beroof (land van genade en verdriet) ft Antjie Krog (Senglar Version) Original Version By: https://soundcloud.com/harpandsoul/05_die-liggaam-beroof Photo by ivons

'may I hold you my sister
in this warm fragile unfolding of the word humane'
~Antjie Krog 🪶

I love this 🎶wizard, it's amazing how the #poetry stands out, how soulful the sound is.

🎧 soundcloud.com/senglar/harp...

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#producer #remix #sonicart #experimental #poem #harp #EP soon #newmusic

When this bird arrived flying
and my heart bowed down low:
that which moved me to crying –
grant it voice, Lord, below.

— Ida Gerhardt
(trans. John Irons)

#poetry

🪶 A #Bird Came Flying #sheetmusic PDF
frimoutmusic.com/nl/downloads...

🎧 A Bird Came Flying
harpandsoul.bandcamp.com/track/nature-4

Such a possibility has not been officially confirmed.

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”
― Franz #Kafka, The #Metamorphosis

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In response:
Love your #butterflies — they don’t bite; they flutter and giggle, everything’s alright. -AV, #Garden Incantations

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#change

Muziekmakers Der Nederlanden is een podcast over de muziek die de gast van de aflevering in zijn ziel meedraagt. Componist Carlos Micháns pleit hartstochtelijk voor mogelijkheden om muziek váker te kunnen horen. Check www.concertzender.nl/programma/mu...

"They shut me up in Prose – "
~ Emily Dickinson

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...but i/we live in language !

#selfportrait #freedom #expression #imagine #peace

Color photograph of Agnès Varda, the acclaimed French filmmaker and photographer, shown in a close-up portrait. She has short, light-brown hair with bangs, wears round reddish-orange tinted sunglasses, a small hoop earring, and a colorful sheer floral scarf (in pink, yellow, and blue tones) draped over a white V-neck top with gold embroidery and trim. She is smiling gently with her mouth slightly open, looking toward the right side of the frame against a gray geometric-patterned background.

Agnes Varda, the legendary French New Wave #film director, died #OTD in 2019 at the age of 90.

She was the first female director to receive a rare honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2015 & a lifetime-achievement Oscar from the Academy in 2017.

#filmsky #WomensHistoryMonth

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"Te vrolijk is verdacht, te kalm ook. Te laat aangifte gedaan, de dag erna naar je werk gaan – het hoger beroep tegen rapper Ali B maakt weer eens pijnlijk duidelijk welk palet aan ‘perfect gedrag’ we van misbruikslachtoffers verwachten."

"He who would learn to #fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."
~Friedrich Nietzsche

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Today I am a Bird
my voice is heard
beyond words and
the unspoken -
i dream
to shape reality-
i believe i can fly !
—AV

#imagine #dreamer #peace

Het is maandag, dus er is weer een nieuwe aflevering van Muziekmakers Der Nederlanden. Deel 2 van het gesprek met bassist en contrabassist Koos Wiltenburg, o.a. hier te vinden: www.concertzender.nl/programma/mu...

Frauen auf Bäumen / #WomeninTrees

Such a captivating and gently defiant #photo book, carefully collected by Jochen Raiß.

As Astrid Lindgren's dictum: “There is no prohibition for (old) women to climb trees.”

I feel inspired by these dapperly dressed women.

#tree #feminist #Sisterhood #vintage

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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
— Thomas Merton

Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.
- Bob Dylan

“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
— John Muir

Thank you so much, i appreciate the correction...

John Cage:
“I have nothing to say / and I am saying it / and that is poetry / as I needed it” 

In the meantime, in between spaces.

Music and soundscapes create their own sense of time as an interval — where #imagination comes into play via ground and variations.

#interval #time #perception

Ze verwijst
naar zichzelf —
opnieuw.

tot er ruimte is.

Spiegel im Spiegel.
Arvo Pärt indachtig.

"Water so clear cannot be imagined, but must be seen."
— Nan Shepherd

In the midst of my artistic chaos, I wonder when I'll see such clarity again, where #reflection and depth feel like the same quiet presence.

All is well 💙

#BlueSky #Stillness #Harp #ArtistLife #LandscapeInspiration

Gelukszoekers, zo worden we genoemd, by Anne Vegter - spoken word poetry from the album the harPoetry project

De op zichzelf staande, krachtige muziek (harp remix) vormt met het geluid en de textuur van de tekst een huid van klank.

Met dank aan Roland Kuit en Anne Vegter.

harpandsoul.bandcamp.com/track/geluks... 🎧

#poezie #spokenword #soundart #remix #harp #producer #composer #womenart #dichter

viola da gamba/harp MEDITATION by 50strings = viola da gamba / ERNST STOLZ = http://www.ernststolz.com + ANNE / 44strings = http://www.harpandsoul.com mix = http://www.teejay.nl

"Do you play solo?
Ain't life a solo?"
~ Sandy Denny

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Once a collaborative #improviser,
now an #artist with a harp.

A track from another time.

🎧 gamba/harp improv. (2012)
soundcloud.com/harpandsoul/...

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#harp #improvisation #soundart #archive #artistpractice #producer #violadagamba

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