Bellman: CANCIÓN DEL PUDIN CON PASAS
Esta canción de Bellman se canta con la melodía de "Ja, må hen leva", la canción sueca de cumpleaños feliz. Y no es en vano, dado el festín que describe el bardo de Estocolmo:CANCIÓN DEL PUDIN CON...
View ArticleADVENT CALENDAR 2023 - ART HISTORY
This year's advent calendar for 2023 will deal with art history. You will see myths and allegories mostly - some paintings and sculptures and illustrations from my hometown, home province, or home...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR 1: OPHELIA
ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR 1: OPHELIA Ophelia by MillaisA LETTER FROM ELSINORE TO PARIS:Dearest Laertes,your sister was not entirely sane:she kept on doling out weeds to all of uswhile singing nursery...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR: DAY 2
Week of Death2nd of December - Gustavus Adolphus Since it is Sagittarius season and Gustavus Adolphus and Queen Christina have both of their birthdays coming up...Inspired by thirstfor glory, on the...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 3
Week of Death3rd of December - Isabella Ever since Mamma and Papà diedin mysterious circumstances (poisoning?)when I was only five,I have always been intimate with Death.My three older brothers,Osso,...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 4
Week of Love4th of December - Birth of Aphrodite About them (Uranus' severed private parts) a white (sea-)foam grew from the immortal flesh, and in it a girl formed. First she approached holy Kythera;...
View ArticleA FREDRIKSHALD LULLABY - BILINGUAL
A FREDRIKSHALD LULLABYBy Rudyard Kipling - adaptation by Sandra DermarkHow far is FREDRIKSHALD, dear lad, from a little child at play? What makes you want to wander there with all the world between?...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 5
Week of Love5th of December - Pietà vaticanaDid he really die for LOVE,after so much excruciating pain?He was mourned and hearts broke,stabbed by sorrow, for his sake.He may have died for our love but...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 6
Week of Love6th of December - Cupid and PsycheOnce upon a time,the god of love himself fell in lovewith his mother's mortal rival.Aphrodite would only take Psyche for an in-lawand give her and Cupid...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 7
Week of Love7th of December - Lisant un conteOh please Mum, tell me a story,while we snuggle up and cuddle,swaddle the tale in snuggles and cuddles,of Beauty and the Beast, Lumière and Cogsworth,or...
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Here is a little filk we had thought of för a while. LOVE this filk[Poseidon]There's nothing rich folks love moreThan going downtown and slummin' it with the poorThey pull up in their carriages and...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 8
Week of Love 8th of December - Othello and Desdemona"No way but this;killing myself, to die upon a kiss."You were the only one who loved me for me;seeing the man instead of the war hero or the...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 9
Week of Love9th of December - PersephoneI am caught between two loves: I ammy mother's daughter, but also my husband's wife.I spend half the year with each of them.I love them both equally,half a year...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 10
Week of Love10th of December - Hermaphroditus and SalmacisSALMACIS AND HERMAPHRODITUSI was always the odd one outI only had a shawl for a cluealone among all of my kindredin the end, the yearning was...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 11
Week of Power11th of December - The Haywain (Haywagon)All flesh is hayand every human, from popes to royals to peasantswants some of that sweet hay,they fight wars and do coups d'état and murderfor...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 12
Week of Power12th of December - The Spinners (Arachne and Athena)Everytime I see you use your websto catch small prey insects,I think you as a human girl had aimed for bigger prey,the grandest of them...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 13
Week of PowerDay 13 - the Weird SistersWe are the Fates - the Norns - the Zoryaspast - present - futuremaiden - mother - cronespinner - weaver - cutterwe raise kings - we guide kings - we dethrone...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 14
Week of Power14th of December - ThorAlways in battle against the powers of darkness:trolls, jötnar, werewolves, iron witches...My billy goats, Gnasher and Grinder,carry my sleigh or chariot at...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 15
Week of Power15th of December - Christina of SwedenCrowned at the tender age of sixon too hard a thronewith too heavy a crownfor your little golden head full of restlessness,passionateabout...
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ART HISTORY ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY 16
Week of Power16th of December - Corrupt LegislationBehold the throne of Corruption(a bane that will never disappear),among ruins and autumn leaves!See how the poor Cosettes and Cinderellasbarely have...
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