Wednesday, 1 August 2007

Rain regen regn pada dedz reign rein

Check out Alastair MacLennan the performance or live artist.
He is a great inspirarion to us!

First of August

Happy Birthday Switzerland! Below is Wilhelm Tell and son.
The red and white flags are out all over the country today, birthday fires and parties tonight. I have even experienced a Swiss National birthday party in Greece! All red and white!

and in Zermatt...

Swiss National Day Alphorn competitions.

Tuesday, 31 July 2007

Another Full Moon transition

Another death yesterday in the world of film art. Michelangelo Antonioni died at age 94.
Antonioni in London in 1999.

Michaelangelo Antonioni and Jack Nicholson during filming of The Passenger.



Death

Ingmar Bergman died at age 89 on Faro(his beloved island),Gotland on July 30th 2007.
I have never been to Faro although I have been to Visby and around Gotland. I remember the rune stones, we learned to read runes at school. I felt as though I knew him. by growing up in Sweden and also in close proximity. Most probably it is because of his films. He is naked in them and the experience very intimate.
I will miss him, and the possibility of further works and insights. I learned a lot from him. A lot. Thank you. Tack Ingmar. Tusen tack. Du har levt ett rikt liv och givit mycket.

I love this photo of Liv Ullman and Ingmar Bergman.

This is Ingmar Bergmans's compound on Faro, Gotland in the Baltic sea of Sweden. To the right is his private cinema outbuilding!

Monday, 30 July 2007

Happy Birthday Rudeboy Noah!


Thirty on the thirtieth of July. It is Full Moon just like the day you were born in Mile End,London 1977. The summer The King died. The summer of the Queens Jubilee. The summer of Punk. The summer of son.
Wishing you all that you dream of and more, so much more. Lots of Love and Good Energy. Blessings.

Sunday, 29 July 2007

102 today

Stanley Kunitz would have been 102 today had he lived however he did live to celebrate his 100th!

Hands in the soil.

Friday, 27 July 2007

ELKA

Today would have been Elka Spoerri's 83rd birthday. She was born in Sofia,Bulgaria.
She eventually came to live in Switzerland and ran the Adolf Woelfli Stiftung for 25 years doing research and publishing books and organising exhibitions of his work.
She was one of the most extraordinary people I have ever known.
I think of her very often and with much love. Today especially.
We named our female kitten Sofie Elka in honour of Elka. She is also a very unusual and feisty kitten just like Elka herself.