NEZAHUALCÓYOTL – Thoughts on Death

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All things in life have their end. Even in the most joyful course of their vanity and radiance, strength leaves them, and they disintegrate into dust. The whole world is a tomb, and there is nothing living on its surface that will not be hidden and buried beneath it. Rivers, rapids, and streams move forward … Read more

Ivan Meštrović – Eternity in Stone

“One must be in love with eternity for the work to at least be a shadow of it. Immortality is imprisoned within us like in a dungeon; we must release it into the light – into harmony with what is immortal around us and above us. That is inspiration, muse, and revelation. Ivan Meštrović” “In … Read more

Beauty becomes… music

usic- jezik duše. Ovidije je u svom djelu Metamorfoze opisao kako se božanski pastir Pan zaljubio u nimfu Sironu. Bez obzira na svoju privlačnost, Sirona je pobjegla od Pana zbog njegove strašne vanjštine. Pokušavajući je sustići, Pan je iscrpljen, ali Sirona je zazvala pomoć nimfi i one su je pretvorile u trsku. Pan, osluškujući zvuk … Read more

Classical Journey: Music and Life

Beauty is an eternity that is reflected in the mirror. But you are both eternity and a mirror. Kahlil Gibran Whether it’s dawn or dusk, it doesn’t matter if we look at them or not. They will still be beautiful whether we observe and recognize them or not. From this follows that there is an … Read more

Approaching the Summer Solstice

You appear perfect on the heavenly horizon, living disc, source of life! As soon as you rise on the eastern horizon, you fill every beauty with your beauty; in full power, grand, sparkling, high above the lands. Great hymn to Aten When people see you, they regain their sight. The trees turn towards your face, … Read more

Initiation

It seems that the time has passed when progress was thought to require severing ties with the past, which was seen as hindering that same progress. After tumultuous and difficult experiences in the past few centuries, it has been established that it is a misconception to equate material and technological progress with spiritual and moral … Read more

Urania – The Muse of Astronomy

Today I saw Urania, the muse of stars, the Celestial, and it was enough to just look up. However, it is difficult to look up today… We are far from the muse, blind to sublime inspiration, because we have learned to love the chains and shackles that bind us more and more to the earth. … Read more

Museum

Since ancient times, through centuries and centuries, the original meaning of the Greek muses, nine goddesses of harmony and protectors of many divine and human creative arts, has been forgotten. During the Middle Ages, artists and philosophers almost stopped seeking their protection and inspiration, but their name remained ingrained in the words music and museum. … Read more

Moon and weather

oon (kao i njegov prikaz na crtežu Galileja) omogućuje ljudima da razumiju i prate prolazak vremena. Priča djevojčice i Mjeseca prikazuje kako su ljudi kroz generacije svoje živote povezivali s promjenama na Mjesecu. Mjesec je postao simbol ritma i ciklusa vremena, kao i njegove povezanosti s prirodom i životnom stvarnošću. is woven into the story … Read more

Kairos – The God of the Happy Moment

One of the most beautiful examples of Greek art found in our area is undoubtedly the damaged relief of the Greek god Kairos from the 4th century BC. It is now preserved in the Monastery of St. Nicholas in Trogir as part of the “Kairos” art collection. It was found in the attic of a … Read more