ART & Thoughts
“ Art is a form of consciousness.” Susan Sontag
Alberto Ginastera
Letters to Milena Jesenská : Franz Kafka – Love letters
Meran, May 1920 Dear Frau Milena (yes, this heading is becoming burdensome, although it is something to cling to in this uncertain world, like a crutch for sick people; but it’s no sign of recovery when the crutches grow to be a burden), I have never lived among Germans. German is my mother tongue and … Continue reading
Bomarzo: Mujica Láinez / Ginastera
Bomarzo is a novel by the Argentine writer Manuel Mujica Láinez, written in 1962 and later adapted by its author to an opera libretto set by Alberto Ginastera, which had its premiere in Washington, D.C., in 1967. It is set in the eerie and surrealistic Italian Renaissance town and palace of Bomarzo and concerns the … Continue reading
