John Lloyd Young and White House Social Secretary, Jeremy Bernard. October 2012, The White House.
My song is of the white wagtails
flying to reach the stars,
for singing has meaning
when it pulses in the veins
of the man who would die singing
real truths,
not for fleeting flattery
or worldwide fame,
but the song of a lark
from the depths of the earth.
— from “Manifiesto” by VICTOR JARA (trans. JLY)
painting:
“The Song of the Lark” (1884) Jules Adolphe Breton (French)
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
(Source: artic.edu)
(see both)
(but wear your glasses)
(see it)
"I see you."
Jan Peerce “The Kol Nidre”
"I live by a certain code. I have to have a level of decency in the things I do. I have to have that."
— SIDNEY POITIER
INTEGRITY
Happy 106th Birthday, Katharine Hepburn
(May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003)“Time with her was more than time well spent. A little bit with her was worth days and weeks and months with somebody else.”
- Lauren Bacall“She’s the most completely honest woman I’ve ever met.”
- Cary Grant“She used to say to me, ‘Be fascinating, Christopher,’ and I’d say, ‘Well, that’s easy for you. The rest of us have to work at it.’”
- Christopher Reeve
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