Reaching out with all you have But no one wants to know No voice, no touch You shout in the void And only echoes come back An unfathomable world Is forever barred to you You do not understand the world It certainly does not understand you You’re weird, they cry, you’re different You don’t act…
Fresh clear stream clambers over rocks And giggles its way through the forest glade Wildflowers explode in a rainbow of colour There’s no one here but me And the stream, and the infinite sky The forest in all the shades of green Surrounding my solitude It is easy to feel lonely In the noise and…
Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter of the sixteenth century. He lived his entire life in the city of Delft and is known mostly for his paintings of domestic household scenes, mostly using the same rooms inside his own home. He’s been called the ‘master of light’, though that title has been given to a…
How strange to see A smoky sun peering myopically over the hill Vision obscured by wet-felt fog squelching on the valley floor Yawns and stretches Rising higher to shed a little light How strange to see A valley of shadow Holding tight to its damp, dark doubts Defying the day Hot dry light meets cold…
So sad, so sad Wringing a tear or two from dry eyes Pretending to care With a ragged, anaemic intensity A fantastical song and dance meant to beguile But enough of all that Leave the histrionic wringing of hands To hold them out in impatient expectation Outrage someone else may get more Sly suggestions dripped…
I’ve seen a lot of Hollywood epics of this era and liked many of them. This three-hour long slog is not one. “El Cid” deals with eleventh century Spain, where Rodrigo de Vivar (Charlton Helston) gets into trouble for being nice to some Moorish princes he had taken prisoner in a battle. He has them…
Star flowers bloom under starlight Milky way flows through deep black sky Petals glow faintly in the blue night Violet clouds wander as the winds fly Crickets sing in the peaceful dark Bushes rustle in the cooling breeze Waters rise gently to the tide mark Soft ebb and flow of the cool seas Grey are…
Between 1930 and 1969 Warner Brothers produced Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, during what is regarded as the golden age of American animation. During this time some of the funniest cartoons in animation were made, and the characters have remained popular until today. Directors such as Chuck Jones and voice artists such as the…
It is uncommon valour When two should strike a tryst Under a dry sky Clear blue and shining sun Where anyone can see It is rare courage To walk hand in hand Through the empty silence of crowded streets Running the gauntlet Of burning, hate-filled eyes It is a precious jewel To love in the…
It’s a famous example of Japanese anime that is still cited as one of the greatest in the genre 35 years later. “Akira” tells the story of a new Tokyo having rebuilt from the cataclysm of a third world war, leading to a dystopia of an increasing social inequality, injustice, police brutality and government corruption.…
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