Peredelkino it was a magic feeling looking out from Boris Pasternak’s tall windows into the red and golden woods on that autumn day and to know he saw the same thing when he looked up from his small desk as he wrote “Doctor Zhivago.” It is a village … [Read more...]
THE PRICE OF IMMORTALITY!
What makes a man murder innocent people and claim a victory for himself? For instance, the recent Oslo bombing and mass murder of young men and women at a camp in Norway by the right-wing political extremist Anders Behring Breivik who called himself … [Read more...]
Nothing of Importance since 1812?
Russians can come out with the most amazing opinions. There was a large gathering in Moscow’s Red Square for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War (aka WWII) and I was listening to the National Symphony Orchestra from … [Read more...]
What Is To Be Done?
What is to be done to move Russia into the 21st century world? It always has been a very tough question, but more possible of success today than ever before. It will lift Russians who can accomplish so much more if they develop an environment of … [Read more...]
Heroes! —“The Great Patriotic War”
I have always admired the veteran Russian men and women in their baggy suits and medals from WWII, “The Great Patriotic War.” They suffered so much—and survived. Several of these men were the “guards” at a desk by the door to our office building in … [Read more...]
The International Space Station
Tonight I watched the International Space Station fly overhead, a star-like speck, illuminated by the distant sun, silently sailing by the almost full moon, It took six minutes from the Pacific horizon to the horizon over Arizona and the US. This is … [Read more...]
Now it’s Russian art at the auctions!
One of my favorite Russian artists is Ilya Repin. The painting above is called “They did not expect him.” It is in Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery. I always enjoy seeing it. Repin was one of the “Peredvizhniki” or “The Wanderers.” These famous artists in … [Read more...]
How Fiction Becomes Truth
The great painting by Johannes Vermeer, “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” is sometimes called “The Mona Lisa of the North.” I visited it once in The Mauritshuis in The Hague, the Netherlands. That girl’s gaze will rivet the most impatient viewer. I … [Read more...]
Artist’s across the Water~ LA and St. Petersburg
It’s a wonderful start in understanding the world, when children can paint for friends across the sea, and learn about the world and its different people. One thing learned is that we are not so different. For the second year the Los Angeles-St. … [Read more...]
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