But life is just a party, and parties weren’t meant to last
Musical polymath Prince who sadly passed away yesterday due to pneumonia. The extraordinarily gifted and hugely influential 57 year-old continually reinvented himself and was one of music’s true pioneers.
From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
The opening lines of the poem Alone (1829), written by tortured Gothic genius Edgar Allan Poe when he was 20 years old.
Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.
Post-Impressionist Dutch artistic genius Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890)
(Narrating) But they showed no corrections of any kind. Not one. He had simply written down music already finished in his head. Page after page of it as if he were just taking dictation. And music, finished as no music is ever finished. Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and the structure would fall.
Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) in Amadeus (1984)
I’ve done two quizzes on film set in New York (part 1 part 2) so it’s only fair to do one for one of the city’s most famous natives. Stanley Kubrick is truly one of the most admired, acclaimed and visionary directors to ever have stood behind the camera. See how many of the films below you can get.
(1950s)
(1950s)
(1960s)
(1970s)
(1970s)
(1980s)
Answers below
Alex Raphael 