Botany: Fungus. Hongos. Funji: Various 1

Alboleptonia sericella


Amanita muscaria


Amanita phallo


Arcangeliella crassa


Aseroe rubra

Poesía: Charles Baudelaire. La desesperación de la vieja.

La desesperación de la vieja

La viejecilla arrugada sentíase llena de regocijo al ver a la linda criatura festejada por todos, a quien todos querían agradar; aquel lindo ser tan frágil como ella, viejecita, y como ella también sin dientes ni cabellos.

Y se le acercó para hacerle fiestas y gestos agradables.

Pero el niño, espantado, forcejeaba al acariciarlo la pobre mujer decrépita, llenando la casa con sus aullidos.

Entonces la viejecilla se retiró a su soledad eterna, y lloraba en un rincón, diciendo: «¡Ay! Ya pasó para nosotras, hembras viejas, desventuradas, el tiempo de agradar aun a los inocentes; ¡y hasta causamos horror a los niños pequeños cuando vamos a darles cariño!»

Poesía: Charles Baudelaire. El Extranjero.

El extranjero

-¿A quién quieres más, hombre enigmático, dime, a tu padre, a tu madre, a tu hermana o a tu hermano?

-Ni padre, ni madre, ni hermana, ni hermano tengo.

-¿A tus amigos?

-Empleáis una palabra cuyo sentido, hasta hoy, no he llegado a conocer.

-¿A tu patria?

-Ignoro en qué latitud está situada.

-¿A la belleza?

-Bien la querría, ya que es diosa e inmortal.

-¿Al oro?

-Lo aborrezco lo mismo que aborrecéis vosotros a Dios.

-Pues ¿a quién quieres, extraordinario extranjero?

-Quiero a las nubes..., a las nubes que pasan... por allá.... ¡a las nubes maravillosas!

Music: Sinead O'Connor - In This Heart (2007.07.16) Live from Malta International Theatre Festival - Poznań, Poland

I love rebel people. She is.

Music: Sinead O' Connor - Fire on Babylon

Music: Sinead O'Connor. My Lagan Love

Painter: Bonnard Pierre (1867 - 1947) Part 2

Carafe, Marthe Bonnard with Her Dog. 1912-15. Oil on canvas. Private collection.


Carriage Horse. c. 1895. Oil on wood. 30 x 40 cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA


Cherry Pie. 1908. Oil on canvas. Private collection.


Fish in a Dish. 1921. Oil on canvas. 33.4 x 60 cm. Private collection.


Flowers on a Red Carpet. 1928. Oil on canvas. 57 x 61 cm. Private collection.

Music: Leb i Sol - Kumova Slama

Leb i sol (clic here Wiki) (Macedonian: Леб и сол) is a Macedonian rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski (guitar), Bodan Arsovski (bass guitar), Kokan Dimusevski (keyboards) and Garabet Tavitjan (drums). Tavitjan ceded the drumwork to Dragoljub Đuričić for some of the albums, while Kiril Džajkovski replaced Kokan on Kao Kakao and Putujemo. Beside being the most eminent Macedonian band, they were also one of the most important acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene.

"Leb i sol" is a traditional greeting which literally translates to "bread and salt". It is often used as an expression of spite or determination; e.g. "I will eat bread and salt if I have to, but I will not give in!", but that has nothing to do with the band's name. More commonly, distinguished visitors to villages and communities would be offered a piece of home-baked bread and a dip of salt as a traditional welcome, which is where the name of the band really came from. Their music combined elements of rock, jazz fusion and ethnic Macedonian music. As the band matured, the jazz influences became less obvious. However, in concert, Leb i sol performances of jazzed-up and lengthy versions of traditional ethno-folk classics such as "Jovano Jovanke" or "Aber Dojde Donke", were often received with great enthusiasm and cheer.

Leb i sol were very popular in the 1970s and 1980s and, while not selling as many records as some pop and folk acts, where very well known and respected and often sold-out venues in most of the larger cities in the former Yugoslavia. The first two albums are often considered foundational, while most are diverse enough to be, at least in part, accessible to a fairly wide audience. The influence of ethnic music and folk music of Republic of Macedonia are recognizable in the use of odd meters (5/4, 7/8) and non-traditional scales (e.g. the Phrygian dominant scale). While all the musicians were fairly accomplished, Vlatko Stefanovski is frequently regarded as an exceptional guitar virtuoso.

Painter: Bonnard Pierre (1867 - 1947) Part 1

c c. 1899. Oil on canvas. 109 x 132 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.


A Woman in a Room. 1925. Oil on canvas. Private collection.


Avenue du Bois in Boulogne. 1912-14. Oil on canvas. Private collection.


Bather. 1935. Oil on canvas. Private collection.


Pierre Bonnard (clic here wiki) (3 October 1867 – 23 January 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, a founding member of Les Nabis.

Bull and Child. 1945. Oil on canvas. Private collection.

Pierre Bonnard (clic aquí para wiki) (Fontenay-aux-Roses, 3 de octubre de 1867 - Le Cannet, 23 de enero de 1947) fue un pintor, ilustrador y litógrafo francés que dedicó su talento a la publicidad y a la producción artística.

Se le suele considerar líder del movimiento de los Nabis, grupo del que también formaron parte Paul Sérusier, Maurice Denis, Paul Ranson, Édouard Vuillard, Xavier Roussel o Félix Vallotton. Todos fueron influidos por Paul Gauguin y el japonismo. La producción tardía de Bonnard se considera precursora de la pintura abstracta, al menos en alguna de sus variantes.