Phil Collins – En Concert Complet a (Paris 2004)

Philip David Charles Collins (Londra, 30 gennaio 1951) è un cantautore, polistrumentista e musicista britannico, noto sia come solista sia come componente dello storico gruppo dei Genesis.

Collins è uno dei tre artisti (insieme a Paul McCartney e Michael Jackson), ad aver venduto oltre 150 milioni di album in tutto il mondo sia come solisti che come membri principali di una band^[1].

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Philip David Charles “Phil” Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951),^[6] is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music producer and actor. He gained fame as both the drummer and lead singer for the rock group Genesis, and he also gained worldwide fame as a solo artist.

Collins is one of the most successful songwriters and performers of all time, singing the lead vocals on dozens of hit albums and singles in the UK and the US between 1976 and 2010, either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His solo singles, sometimes dealing with lost love and often featuring his distinctive gated reverb drum sound, ranged from the atmospheric “In the Air Tonight“, dance-rock of “Sussudio“, piano-driven power ballad “Against All Odds“, to the political and religious connotations of “Another Day in Paradise“. Collins has been described by AllMusic as “one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the ’80s and beyond”.^[1]

Collins joined Genesis in 1970 as the group’s drummer and became their lead vocalist in 1975 following the departure of the original lead singer Peter Gabriel. His solo career, which was launched in 1981 and was heavily influenced by his personal life and soul music, brought both himself and Genesis greater commercial success. Collins’s total worldwide sales as a solo artist are 150 million.^[7] Collins has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including seven Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards—winning Best British Male three times, three American Music Awards, an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a Disney Legend Award in 2002 for his solo work.^[8][9][10] He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.^[11][12] Collins was listed at number 22 in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Drummers of All Time”.^[13]

Collins is one of only three recording artists (along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson) who have sold over 100 million albums worldwide both as solo artists and (separately) as principal members of a band.^[14] During his most successful period as a solo artist between 1981 and 1990, Collins had three UK number-one singles and seven number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, as well as a U.S. number one with Genesis in 1986. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, Collins had more top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s than any other artist.^[15] In 2008, Collins was ranked the 22nd most successful artist on the “Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists”.^[16] Although one of the world’s best-selling recording artists and a highly respected drummer, Collins has garnered significant criticism over the years from music journalists and fellow artists. He announced his retirement in 2011 to focus on his family life,^[17][18] though he continued to write songs and in 2013 he said he was considering a return to the music industry.^[19]

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The Clash – Full Concert – 03/08/80 – Capitol Theatre (OFFICIAL)

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I Clash sono stati un gruppo musicale british punk britannico. Attivi dal 1976 al 1986, furono uno dei gruppi più acclamati dalla critica del periodo. Formati principalmente da Joe Strummer (voce, chitarra ritmica), Mick Jones (chitarra solista, voce), Paul Simonon (basso, voce) e Nick “Topper” Headon (batteria, percussioni). Headon lasciò il gruppo nel 1982, e Jones nel 1983, il gruppo proseguì con nuovi membri negli anni successivi, ma all’inizio del 1986 si sciolse definitivamente.

I Clash erano famosi per la loro varietà musicale (nel loro repertorio trovano posto reggae, dub, rap, rockabilly e altri generi), per la sofisticatezza lirica e politica che li distingueva dalla maggior parte dei loro colleghi appartenenti al movimento punk e per le loro esibizioni dal vivo particolarmente intense. Inseriti al trentesimo posto nella classifica degli artisti immortali stilata dalla rivista Rolling Stone, i Clash sono anche noti come The Only Band That Matters (l’unico gruppo che conti).

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The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae,dub, funk, ska and rockabilly. For most of their recording career the Clash consisted of Joe Strummer (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Mick Jones (lead guitar, vocals), Paul Simonon (bass guitar, vocals) and Nicky “Topper” Headon (drums, percussion). Headon left the group in 1982, and internal friction led to Jones’s departure the following year. The group continued with new members, but finally disbanded in early 1986.

The Clash achieved commercial success in the United Kingdom with the release of their debut album, The Clash, in 1977. Their third album, London Calling, released in the UK in December 1979, earned them popularity in the United States when it was released there the following month. It was declared the best album of the 1980s a decade later by Rolling Stone magazine. In 1982 they reached new heights of success with the release of Combat Rock, which spawned the US top 10 hit “Rock the Casbah”, helping the album to achieve a 2× Platinum certification there. Their final album, Cut the Crap, was released in 1985.

The Clash’s politicised lyrics, musical experimentation, and rebellious attitude had a far-reaching influence on rock, alternative rock in particular.^[2] They became widely referred to as “The Only Band That Matters”, originally a promotional slogan introduced by the group’s record label, CBS. In January 2003, shortly after the death of Joe Strummer, the band—including original drummer Terry Chimes—were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Clash number 28 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.

Critic Sean Egan summarised what made them exceptional by writing, “They were a group whose music was, and is, special to their audience because that music insisted on addressing the conditions of poverty, petty injustice, and mundane life experienced by the people who bought their records. Moreover, although their rebel stances were often no more than posturing, from the Clash’s stubborn principles came a fundamental change in the perception of what is possible in the music industry, from subject matter to authenticity to quality control to price ceilings.”

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Roma mia lunga radice – Rome my long root

Roma mia lunga radice

Nel candore di una lacrima
che s’offre in dono
per la bellezza del tempo
che resta immobile
– Citta Eterna –
quante cose scolpiscono
le tue mura che restituiscono
il senso di una lunga Storia

Raccontano i passi
e gli occhi al cielo
di chi – animo sensibile –
si trova in volo
a dipingere contorni
della vita che sfiora
anche dove…
io non vedo
ma sento vivere
oltre confine

Roma
mia lunga radice
che non ho vissuto
ed abbraccia
il ricordo
che tacito sfiora
anche il presente
– tu lo sai –
la tenerezza
è anche in una perla

24.02.2004 Poetyca

Rome my long root

In the whiteness of a tear
that yields itself as a gift
for the beauty of time
that stands still
– Eternal City –
how much sculpt
your walls that return
the sense of a long history

Recount the steps
and eyes to heaven
who – a sensitive soul –
is in flight
painting outline
of life that touches
also where …
I do not see
but I feel live
abroad

Rome
My long root
I have not lived
and embraces
the memory
implied that touches
also present
– You know –
tenderness
is also a pearl

24.02.2004 Poetyca

Antony & The Johnsons

Gli Antony and the Johnsons sono un gruppo musicale di New York.
Nato in Inghilterra, a Chichester, West Sussex nel 1971, Antony Hegarty si trasferì ad Amsterdam nel 1977 per 18 mesi prima di sistemarsi a San José
(California) nel 1981. Negli Stati Uniti frequenta una scuola cattolica dove fa parte del coro. Al suo 11º compleanno gli viene regalata una tastiera Casio e si cimenta con le canzoni dei Soft Cell, Kate Bush e Yazoo. Da adolescente fu influenzato dal synth pop britannico, in particolare da cantanti come Marc Almond e Boy George. Attratto dal palcoscenico, frequenta la School for the Performing Arts di San José e l’Università della California a Santa Cruz. All’età di 18 anni mette in scena le prime performance, ispirate a John Waters e all’icona-guru Divine. Attratto dal mondo newyorchese degli anni ottanta, ispirato anche da personaggi come Joey Arias che cantava A Hard Day’s Night vestito da Billie Holiday, si trasferisce nella grande mela. Il “Mondo di New York” risulta essere più consono alla sua sensibilità artistica e alla sua ricerca espressiva incentrata sul tema dell’identità.

Nel 1990 Antony entra nella dimensione che più sente appartenergli, impersonando una drag queen ed esibendosi al Pyramid Club in guêpière, testa rasata e sigaretta fra le dita. Antony (con gli altri componenti del gruppo, i Blacklips) scrive scenari, canzoni, arrangiamenti ed entra in scena in tarda notte come Fiona Blue, drag queen e archetipo androgino ispirato da Klaus Nomi, Leigh Bowery e Diamanda Galas. Nello stesso periodo Antony si laurea in Teatro Sperimentale.

Nel 1995 Antony decide di dedicarsi completamente alla musica, dai Blacklips appena sciolti chiama il batterista Todd Cohen, che insieme a Joan Wasser e Maxim Moston ai violini, Jeff Langston al basso elettrico, Jason Hart al piano e Michele Schifferle ospite al violoncello, formano l’orchestra artefice dei raffinati arrangiamenti delle sue composizioni. Nascono così Antony and the Johnsons, nome ispirato a Marsha P. Johnson, il travestito newyorchese che nel 1970 fondò la casa di accoglienza per travestiti STAR, la cui tragica fine nel fiume Hudson sarà evocata in River Of Sorrow.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_and_the_Johnsons
Antony and the Johnsons is a music group presenting the work of Antony Hegarty and her collaborators.

British experimental musician David Tibet of Current 93 heard a demo and offered to release Antony’s music through his Durtro label. Antony started the band, its name inspired by the transgender rights activist Marsha P. Johnson.[3] The debut album, Antony and the Johnsons, was released in 1998. In 2001, Hegarty released a short follow-up EP, I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy, which, in addition to the title track, included a cover of “Mysteries of Love”, a David Lynch/Angelo Badalamenti song and “Soft Black Stars”, a Current 93 cover.

Producer Hal Willner heard the EP and played it to Lou Reed, who immediately recruited Hegarty for his project The Raven. Now gaining more attention, Hegarty signed to US-based record label Secretly Canadian, and released another EP, The Lake, with Lou Reed guest-performing on one of the tracks. Secretly Canadian also re-released Hegarty’s debut album in the United States to wider distribution in 2004.

Antony’s second full-length album, 2005’s I Am a Bird Now, was greeted with positive reviews and significantly more mainstream attention. The album featured guest appearances by Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, Boy George and Devendra Banhart, and circled themes of duality and transformation. I Am a Bird Now featured arrangements by Maxim Moston and Julia Kent and was mixed by Doug Henderson. In September 2005 Antony and the Johnsons were awarded the Mercury Prize or the best UK album of 2005. Rival Mercury nominees, and favorites for the prize, the Kaiser Chiefs suggested that Antony got in on a technicality; despite the fact she was born in the United Kingdom she spent much of her time in the US – although they later apologized for the suggestion that she wasn’t a deserving winner.
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Canto d’amore – Song of Love

Canto d’amore

Libertà
compagna fraterna
del pensiero
che porta in cuore
l’accoglienza
di un mondo vero
costruito
di sensibili passi
Oltre l’orizzonte
di parole
raggi stesi
su occhi stanchi
che accarezzano
tutto il sentire sensibile
Sulle spalle di un mondo
senza più traguardi
solo respiro e battito
di ogni canto
colorato d’amore

25.02.2004 Poetyca

Song of Love

Freedom
fraternal companion
of thought
which leads to heart
the reception
of a real world
built
sensitive steps of
Beyond the horizon
of words
rays lying
of tired eyes
that caress
heard around the sensitive
On the shoulders of a world
without goals
single breath and heartbeat
of each hand
color of love

25.02.2004 Poetyca

ERIC CLAPTON Live at Budokan, Tokyo, 2001

Eric Patrick Clapton (IPA: [ˈɛɹɪk ˈpætɹɪk ˈklæptən]; Ripley, 30 marzo 1945) è un cantautore, chitarrista e compositore britannico.

Soprannominato «Slowhand» («Mano lenta») e «God» («Dio»), definito da Chuck Berry «The Man of the Blues» («l’uomo del blues»), Clapton è annoverato fra i chitarristi
blues e rock più famosi e influenti.

Nell’arco della sua lunga carriera, ha collaborato con altri artisti acclamati e ha militato in numerosi gruppi (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream,
Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos) prima di affermarsi come solista, sperimentando nel corso degli anni svariati stili musicali, dal blues di matrice
tradizionale al rock psichedelico, dal reggae al pop rock.

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Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential
guitarists of all time.[1] Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”[2] and fourth in Gibson’s “Top 50
Guitarists of All Time”.[3] He was also named number five in Time magazine’s list of “The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players” in 2009 [4]

In the mid-1960s, Clapton left the Yardbirds to play blues with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton formed the power trio Cream
with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and “arty, blues-based psychedelic pop”.[5] Furthermore, he
formed blues rock band Blind Faith with Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech. For most of the 1970s, Clapton’s output bore the influence of the mellow style of JJ Cale
and the reggae of Bob Marley. His version of Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” helped reggae reach a mass market.[6] Two of his most popular recordings were “Layla”,
recorded with Derek and the Dominos; and Robert Johnson’s “Crossroads”, recorded with Cream. Following the death of his son Conor in 1991, Clapton’s grief was expressed
in the song “Tears in Heaven”, which featured in his Unplugged album.

Clapton has been the recipient of 18 Grammy Awards, and the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2004, he was awarded a CBE at Buckingham Palace for
services to music.[7][8][9] In 1998, Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering
substance abusers.

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Cat Stevens Greatest Hits

Yusuf Islam, nato Steven Demetre Georgiou e a lungo conosciuto con il suo nome d’arte Cat Stevens (Londra, 21 luglio 1948), è un cantautore britannico.

Figlio di padre greco-cipriota (Stavros Georgiou) e madre svedese (Ingrid Wickman), cresce a Shaftesbury Avenue, nel quartiere di Soho a Londra, sopra il ristorante di proprietà del padre dove veniva spesso suonata musica popolare greca, dalla quale verrà influenzato.[2] Per un breve periodo della sua infanzia si sposta con la madre a Gävle in Svezia, dove impara i primi rudimenti della pittura dallo zio Hugo. Ciò influenzerà la carriera artistica del futuro Cat Stevens, spesso autore delle copertine dei propri album.

All’inizio della sua carriera musicale, Georgiou adotta il nome “Cat Stevens” dopo che un’amica gli fa notare che i suoi sembrano gli occhi di un gatto. Siamo in pieno periodo Swinging London, e Stevens incarna in pieno lo stereotipo del cantante pop commerciale dell’epoca, un’immagine dalla quale egli si distanzierà notevolmente negli anni a seguire. Dopo i primi due album Matthew and Son e New Masters, che ottengono un tiepido successo soprattutto grazie a qualche singolo come I Love My Dog, Stevens si ammala gravemente di tubercolosi e passa un certo periodo in un sanatorio di Midhurst, nella campagna inglese. Qui comincia a riflettere sul proprio futuro, sulla propria carriera (cambia casa discografica), sul proprio stile di vita, decidendo di operare un drastico cambiamento anche a partire dall’immagine: capelli più lunghi, barba e abiti più informali.

Il periodo lontano dalle scene lascia il segno e nel giro di due anni (1970 e 1971) dà alle stampe Mona Bone Jakon, Tea for the Tillerman e Teaser and the Firecat, che lo faranno diventare famoso in tutto il mondo: Lady D’Arbanville che arriva prima in Francia per quattro settimane, seconda nei Paesi Bassi ed ottava nel Regno Unito, Wild World, Father and Son, Morning Has Broken, Moonshadow, Peace Train tra le più celebri. Da segnalare la presenza tra i musicisti di artisti del calibro di Peter Gabriel (flauto in Katmandu) e Rick Wakeman, all’epoca quasi sconosciuti ai più.

Lo stile musicale che ne esce fuori è quello che contraddistinguerà Cat Stevens per tutta la sua carriera: chitarre acustiche in primo piano, sonorità delicate, richiami alla tradizione greca, testi a metà strada tra la canzone d’amore ed il misticismo, il tutto condito dalla calda vocalità dello stesso Stevens. In questo periodo partecipa alla colonna sonora del film Harold e Maude, con brani già editi e i due inediti Don’t Be Shy e If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out. Gli album successivi Catch Bull at Four, Foreigner, Buddha and the Chocolate Box e Numbers abbandonano in parte lo stile acustico per soluzioni sperimentali più elettriche.
Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens (2009)
Decisivo è in tal senso l’ingresso, nel gruppo di musicisti che accompagna Stevens, del tastierista Jean Roussell. Tra i brani di maggior successo di tali album vi sono Sitting, The Hurt e Oh Very Young. Nel frattempo Stevens intraprende una serie di tour intorno al mondo e arriverà a vendere oltre quaranta milioni di dischi. Il suo unico concerto in Italia si tiene a Roma nel 1974. Si trasferisce successivamente in Brasile per motivi di tasse, e comincia ad avvicinarsi a tematiche prettamente religiose. Nel 1976 suo fratello, di ritorno da un viaggio a Gerusalemme, gli regala una copia del Corano: quest’avvenimento segnerà la vita del cantautore.

Nel 1977, dopo aver rischiato di morire annegato a Malibù, secondo un aneddoto da lui stesso citato più volte, Stevens si converte all’Islam adottando il nome Yusuf Islam. Incide ancora Isitzo e Back to Earth dopodiché si ritira completamente dalle scene e diventa un membro eminente della comunità musulmana di Londra, aprendo anche la Islamia Primary School, una scuola nel nord della capitale britannica. Balza agli onori delle cronache nel 1989, quando apparentemente appoggia la fatwa lanciata contro lo scrittore Salman Rushdie per i suoi I versi satanici. In realtà Islam, il quale si trovava al Kingston Polytechnic di Londra per un incontro con gli studenti, si era limitato a spiegare il perché di quella condanna da parte del mondo musulmano, senza mai invocare direttamente alcuna sanzione, precisando successivamente che non avrebbe appoggiato la richiesta dell’ayatollah Khomeini in quanto lesiva della legislazione britannica. Questa controversia comunque gli avrebbe causato l’ostracismo di gran parte del mondo musicale per lungo tempo.

Nel 2004 Islam è di nuovo nell’occhio del ciclone quando gli viene negato l’ingresso negli USA perché il suo nome è nella lista degli indesiderati dopo gli eventi dell’11 settembre 2001. Il cantautore si trovava su un volo Londra-Washington, quando all’improvviso l’aeroplano viene dirottato in un altro aeroporto e Islam viene trattenuto e fatto tornare in patria. Il caso fa mobilitare anche l’allora Ministro degli Esteri britannico Jack Straw in difesa del cantante. Yusuf Islam vive tuttora a Londra con sua moglie e i suoi cinque figli. Ha fondato associazioni benefiche come Muslim Aid e Small Kindness per assistere le vittime della carestia in Africa. Inoltre, il cantante ha donato parte delle royalties del suo Box Set americano del 2001 al fondo per le vittime degli attentati dell’11 settembre 2001.

Tornato a calcare le scene, collaborando di nuovo con Peter Gabriel in occasione di un concerto in onore di Nelson Mandela a Johannesburg nel 2013, duettando con Ronan Keating il brano Father and Son, nel 2006 ha pubblicato l’album An Other Cup. Nel 2007 pubblica un DVD live, Yusuf’s Cafè Session, registrato durante un concerto tenuto al Porchester Hall di Londra, mentre nel 2009 esce il suo album Roadsinger, per il quale nel 2011 si è esibito in un tour europeo. Nel 2012 ha scritto, sceneggiato e prodotto un suo musical, denominato Moonshadow, in world premiere a Melbourne, con 58 appuntamenti in Australia: il tour europeo è ancora da definire. Nel 2014 partecipa come ospite alla serata iniziale del Festival di Sanremo dove propone Peace Train, Maybe There´s a World (con citazione di All You Need Is Love dei Beatles) e Father and Son e annuncia il suo prossimo album, in fase di ultimazione. Nel 2014 esce il suo ultimo album Tell ‘Em I’m Gone, metà cover e metà scritte da lui, accompagnato dal nuovo tour Peace train… late again tour con un’unica data italiana al Forum di Assago.

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Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou, 21 July 1948), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian, and education philanthropist. His 1967 debut album reached the top 10 in the UK, and the album’s title song “Matthew and Son” charted at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. His albums Tea for the Tillerman (1970) and Teaser and the Firecat (1971) were both certified triple platinum in the US by the RIAA.

His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, and fifteen weeks at number one in the Australian ARIA Charts. He earned two ASCAP songwriting awards in 2005 and 2006 for “The First Cut Is the Deepest”, and the song has been a hit for four different artists. His other hit songs include “Father and Son”, “Wild World”, “Peace Train”, “Moonshadow”, and “Morning Has Broken”. In 2007 he received the British Academy’s Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection.

In December 1977, Stevens converted to Islam[10] and adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all his guitars for charity[11] and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. He was embroiled in a long-running controversy regarding comments he made in 1989 about the death fatwa on author Salman Rushdie. He has received two honorary doctorates and awards for promoting peace from two organisations founded by Mikhail Gorbachev.

In 2006, he returned to pop music – releasing his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, titled An Other Cup. With that release and for subsequent ones, he dropped the surname “Islam” from the album cover art – using the stage name “Yusuf” as a mononym. In 2009, he released the album Roadsinger, and in 2014, he released the album Tell ‘Em I’m Gone, and began his first US tour since 1978. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

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Nuvola leggera – Light Cloud

Nuvola leggera

Nuvola
colorato canto
di giorni
tra parole
non ancora nate
e impalpabile magia

Nuvola
nel sorriso
del cuore
con immagini vive
tra sguardi
di malinconia
come pioggia che cade
per lavare la polvere
a scolpiti attimi
nell’anima
di tutte le cose

Nuvola
veste leggera
nella brezza
di Primavera
che porta sorriso
in Paradisi del cuore
oltre i passi
che accarezzano la luna

06.01.2004 Poetyca

Light Cloud

Cloud
hand colored
days
between words
unborn
and intangible magic

Cloud
the smile
heart
live images
between eyes
melancholy
as rain falls
washing powder
sculpting moments
soul
of all things

Cloud
As light
in the breeze
Spring
that brings a smile
Paradise in the heart
above steps
that caress the moon

06.01.2004 Poetyca

Deus

I dEUS sono un gruppo musicale indie rock di Anversa (Belgio), nato all’inizio degli anni novanta e tuttora attivo.
Il loro stile è caratterizzato da una eclettica combinazione di elementi tratti da diversi generi musicali, in particolare rock, punk, blues e jazz, in cui si
riconoscono l’influenza di artisti eterogenei quali Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, Charles Mingus e Leonard Cohen.
Il nucleo originale dei dEUS, formato da Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Klaas Janzoons e Jules De Borgher, si formò nel 1991 ma pubblicò il primo album in studio nel 1994.

Il loro lavoro di debutto, Worst Case Scenario, viene talvolta considerato uno degli album più influenti degli anni ’90, e rivela già completamente
l’eclettismo stilistico di questa band. Vi si trovano elementi che ricordano Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo e Pixies, composti in un art rock arricchito di soluzioni jazz e sperimentali.

Nel 1993 si unisce a loro l’eclettico chitarrista e pittore Rudy Trouvé, artefice delle copertine dei primi lavori, che lascerà la band due anni dopo.

Nel 1995 i dEUS pubblicarono un EP intitolato My Sister Is My Clock composto da una sola traccia della durata di 25 minuti e composta a sua volta da 13 brevi tracce.

Nel 1996 il loro secondo album In a Bar, Under the Sea, rispetto al precedente più orientato a soluzioni melodiche e pop, pur interpretate in uno spirito arty.

Dopo l’abbandono di Carlens (che decide di formare una band tutta sua, i Moondog Jr.), il gruppo pubblicò The Ideal Crash (1999), il loro disco più conosciuto, nel quale il gruppo riuscì a fondere l’anima psichedelica e alla continua ricerca di nuove sonorità, con quella più intima e pacata. In questo album infatti sono presenti canzoni che ricordano lo stile di Worst Case Scenario, come ad esempio la traccia d’apertura Put the freaks up front e la title track The Ideal Crash, ma anche canzoni più melodiche come Sister Dew e Instant Street, per finire al lo-fi di Dream sequence #1.

Barman nel 2003 scrive e dirige il film Any Way the Wind Blows.

Nel 2004 Barman ruppe il silenzio, collaborando con C.J. Bolland alla creazione del progetto di musica elettronica chiamato Magnus. Diversi cambiamenti di organico portarono più volte la band sul punto dello scioglimento. Nel 2005, tuttavia, Barman ha pubblicato (insieme a una formazione rinnovata e inedita:
Klaas Janzoons, Stéphane Misseghers, Alan Gevaert e Mauro Pawlowski) il quarto album dei dEUS, Pocket Revolution.

Nel 2007 il gruppo è tornato in studio per registrare il quinto lavoro dal titolo Vantage Point uscito il 21 aprile del 2008. A questo lavoro collabora Karin Dreijer Andersson dei Knife (in Slow). La protagonista del videoclip del singolo Eternal Woman è l’attrice toscana Martina Stella.

Il frontman Tom Barman nel gennaio 2011 aveva dichiarato che ad aprile 2011 sarebbe uscito il nuovo album dal titolo Keep You Close, uscita poi posticipata per il settembre dello stesso anno. Il 19 luglio 2011 esce il primo singolo, dal titolo Constant Now, mentre il nuovo album è uscito il 20 settembre dello stesso anno. Ospite della band, in due tracce, Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs).

Poche settimane dopo la pubblicazione di Keep You Close, la band ritorna in sala di registrazione e attraverso il suo sito ufficiale la band annuncia l’uscita di un nuovo album, pubblicato l’8 giugno 2012 ed intitolato Following Sea.

Alla fine del 2014 la band pubblica, in occasione del ventennale dalla sua formazione, l’antologia doppia “Selected Songs 1994-2014” che raccoglie gli episodi più significativi tratti dalla loro discografia.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEUS

Deus (styled as dEUS) is a rock band based in Antwerp, Belgium, whose only continuous members up to the present day are Tom Barman (vocals, guitars) and Klaas Janzoons (keyboards, violin). The rest of the band’s line-up currently consists of drummer Stéphane Misseghers, bassist Alan Gevaert and guitarist/backing vocalist Mauro Pawlowski.

Formed in 1991, Deus began their career as a covers band, but soon began writing their own material Their musical influences range from folk and punk to jazz and progressive rock. They first came to attention in Humo’s Rock Rally of 1992, and after the release of the four-track EP “Zea”, they were offered a recording contract with Island Records. They became the first Belgian indie act ever to sign to a major international label

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Preghiera – Prayer

Preghiera

« Il pregare è nella religione ciò che il pensiero è nella filosofia. Il senso religioso prega come l’organo del pensiero pensa »

Novalis
La preghiera è una delle pratiche comuni a tutte le religioni. Essa consiste nel rivolgersi alla dimensione del sacro con la parola o con il pensiero; gli scopi della preghiera possono essere molteplici: invocare, chiedere un aiuto, lodare, ringraziare, santificare, o esprimere devozione o abbandono. La preghiera è solitamente considerata come il momento in cui l’uomo ‘parla’ al sacro, mentre la fase inversa è la meditazione, durante la quale è il sacro che ‘parla’ all’uomo.
La preghiera può essere personale, oppure liturgica; solitamente questa seconda forma si ritrova come preghiera scritta (o comunque tramandata in qualche modo). Una delle forme di preghiera più diffuse è il canto devozionale.
Secondo la dottrina cattolica, quando l’uomo prega si eleva a Dio in modo cosciente. Il “tappeto di preghiera” è un piccolo tappeto che i musulmani usano per inginocchiarsi durante le preghiere giornaliere.
Forme di preghiera pubblica
Nell’ebraismo sono previsti per gli uomini tre preghiere nei giorni feriali, in ricordo dei sacrifici di animali e vegetali che venivano praticati nel Santuario: l’Arvith, Shachrith e Minchah. Le preghiere sono quattro il sabato e altri giorni particolari (5 volte per Yom Kippur). L’ordine delle preghiere si trova nel Siddur, il tradizionale libro delle preghiere ebraico. Sebbene la preghiera individuale sia valida, pregare con un minyan (numero minimo di dieci maschi adulti) è considerato ideale. Molte sinagoghe hanno un hazzan, cioè un cantore che guida la preghiera della comunità.
Nel Cristianesimo la forma classica e più antica di preghiera pubblica sono le ore canoniche, cioè momenti fissi durante la giornata in cui vengono recitati (o cantati) dei salmi più altre preghiere, dalla bibbia o composte dalle Chiese, oltre a inni e intercessioni. Di origine antichissima (la struttura è stata ereditata dalla preghiera ebraica sinagogale e del Tempio di Gerusalemme), le ore canoniche ebbero particolare rilievo nelle comunità monastiche come ufficio corale.
Nell’Islam la preghiera canonica è chiamata ṣalāt, prescritta 5 volte al giorno, in forma singola o collettiva, anche se sono previste e consigliate altre preghiere volontarie.
Forme di preghiera privata
Nelle devozioni private esistono vari tipi di preghiere, che hanno un unico fine: elevare l’anima a Dio. Elevare l’anima a Dio è infatti la definizione ufficiale della preghiera così come riportato dal Catechismo della Chiesa Cattolica.
In realtà, come dice la Bibbia (Sap 1,7 e At 17,28), noi già viviamo ed esistiamo dentro Dio; come pure affermano alcune tradizioni religiose antiche dei popoli asiatici e americani. Essendo però Dio di natura trascendente e spirituale, la sua presenza non appare sempre immediatamente percepibile ed evidente. Ecco perché è necessario elevare l’anima a Dio, cioè compiere un atto di volontà (la volontà è una delle tre potenze dell’anima insieme alla memoria e all’intelletto) che ci rende più attenti, più sensibili, più partecipi di questa presenza che è sempre e ovunque. I modi di muovere la volontà e dunque l’anima a questa consapevolezza e a questa comunione sono molti e diversi. La tradizione cattolica ne enumera svariate decine che sono state ispirate dai santi nel corso dei secoli passati e che hanno trovato una eco più o meno duratura e diffusa, in funzione della semplicità, della praticità e della bellezza delle stesse modalità di preghiera.
Tra le forme private di preghiera più diffuse dalla tradizione cristiana troviamo:
la preghiera biblica (che utilizza direttamente le parole della Sacra Scrittura oppure che parte dalla lettura della Bibbia per poi aprirsi al colloquio personale con Dio, come fa la lectio divina);
il colloquio personale con Dio (che l’uomo può vivere in qualunque tempo e luogo);
il Santo Rosario (una forma devozionale nata nel Medioevo e diffusa oggi in tutti i popoli cattolici);
il culto delle immagini (fondato sul fatto che l’immagine sacra subito richiama alla mente la persona divina rappresentata e diffuso, oltre che nelle chiese, specialmente nei luoghi dove le chiese e i luoghi di culto pubblico sono lontani); tale culto non è accettato dal Protestantesimo;
la via crucis (devozione nata nel Medioevo e diffusa nel XVII secolo da san Leonardo da Porto Maurizio);
la vigilanza (cioè l’atteggiamento interiore dell’uomo che vigila sui suoi pensieri, discernendo quelli buoni da quelli malvagi per coltivare quelli buoni e rinnegare, dissolvere, dimenticare quelli malvagi);
la ripetizione (cioè l’atto della volontà che dà inizio ad un ciclo ripetitivo di brevi invocazioni o preghiere ben conosciute, che l’uomo ripete dentro di sé fino a formare un tappeto morbido e robusto sul quale l’anima si stende e si rilassa per poi entrare nella contemplazione);
la contemplazione (è la forma di preghiera considerata più santa, in quanto comunione stessa con il Santo, essendo stata definita dall’uomo la santità come la natura stessa di Dio; la contemplazione è la presenza viva di Dio nell’uomo che ispira direttamente pensieri, parole, immagini, azioni, per cui nella contemplazione l’uomo vede ciò che Dio vede, sente ciò che Dio sente, fa ciò che Dio fa);
la meditazione (è il fluire o il sorgere di pensieri che vengono suggeriti, stimolati, ispirati dalle fonti più diverse: ricordi, incontri, discorsi, letture, fatti, immagini, simboli, etc. Essendo immenso il bacino di spunti per la meditazione, essa è probabilmente la forma di orazione più praticata di ogni tempo).
Bibliografia
Jörg Zink, Come pregare, Claudiana, Torino 1988.
Giordano Berti, Preghiere di tutto il mondo, Vallardi, Milano 1999.
Gérald Messadié (a cura di), Il piccolo libro delle preghiere, Armenia, Milano 2003.
Catechismo della Chiesa Cattolica (di cui la Parte Quarta è interamente dedicata alla preghiera)
Prayer
Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to God or spirit through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of a hymn, incantation, formal creed, or a spontaneous utterance in the praying person. There are different forms of prayer such as petitionary prayer, prayers of supplication, thanksgiving, and worship/praise. Prayer may be directed towards a deity, spirit, deceased person, or lofty idea, for the purpose of worshipping, requesting guidance, requesting assistance, confessing sins or to express one’s thoughts and emotions. Thus, people pray for many reasons such as personal benefit or for the sake of others.
Most major religions involve prayer in one way or another. Some ritualize the act of prayer, requiring a strict sequence of actions or placing a restriction on who is permitted to pray, while others teach that prayer may be practiced spontaneously by anyone at any time.
Scientific studies regarding the use of prayer have mostly concentrated on its effect on the healing of sick or injured people. The efficacy of petition in prayer for physical healing to a deity has been evaluated in numerous studies, with contradictory results There has been some criticism of the way the studies were conducted
Forms of prayer
Various spiritual traditions offer a wide variety of devotional acts. There are morning and evening prayers, graces said over meals, and reverent physical gestures. Some Christians bow their heads and fold their hands. Some Native Americans regard dancing as a form of prayer. Some Sufis whirl. Hindus chant mantras. Orthodox Jews sway their bodies back and forth[10] and Salah for Muslims (“kneel and prostrate as seen on the right”). Quakers keep silent. Some pray according to standardized rituals and liturgies, while others prefer extemporaneous prayers. Still others combine the two.
These methods show a variety of understandings to prayer, which are led by underlying beliefs.
These beliefs may be that
the finite can communicate with the infinite
the infinite is interested in communicating with the finite
prayer is intended to inculcate certain attitudes in the one who prays, rather than to influence the recipient
prayer is intended to train a person to focus on the recipient through philosophy and intellectual contemplation
prayer is intended to enable a person to gain a direct experience of the recipient
prayer is intended to affect the very fabric of reality as we perceive it
prayer is a catalyst for change in oneself and/or one’s circumstances, or likewise those of third party beneficiaries
the recipient desires and appreciates prayer
or any combination of these.[citation needed]
The act of prayer is attested in written sources as early as 5000 years ago. Some anthropologists, such as Sir Edward Burnett Tylor and Sir James George Frazer, believed that the earliest intelligent modern humans practiced something that we would recognize today as prayer.
Friedrich Heiler is often cited in Christian circles for his systematic Typology of Prayer which lists six types of prayer: primitive, ritual, Greek cultural, philosophical, mystical, and prophetic
The act of worship
Prayer has many different forms. Prayer may be done privately and individually, or it may be done corporately in the presence of fellow believers. Prayer can be incorporated into a daily “thought life”, in which one is in constant communication with a god. Some people pray throughout all that is happening during the day and seek guidance as the day progresses. This is actually regarded as a requirement in several Christian denominations,[15] although enforcement is not possible nor desirable. There can be many different answers to prayer, just as there are many ways to interpret an answer to a question, if there in fact comes an answer.[15] Some may experience audible, physical, or mental epiphanies. If indeed an answer comes, the time and place it comes is considered random. Some outward acts that sometimes accompany prayer are: anointing with oil;[16] ringing a bell;[17] burning incense or paper;[18] lighting a candle or candles;[19] facing a specific direction (i.e. towards Mecca[20] or the East); making the sign of the cross. One less noticeable act related to prayer is fasting.
A variety of body postures may be assumed, often with specific meaning (mainly respect or adoration) associated with them: standing; sitting; kneeling; prostrate on the floor; eyes opened; eyes closed; hands folded or clasped; hands upraised; holding hands with others; a laying on of hands and others. Prayers may be recited from memory, read from a book of prayers, or composed spontaneously as they are prayed. They may be said, chanted, or sung. They may be with musical accompaniment or not. There may be a time of outward silence while prayers are offered mentally. Often, there are prayers to fit specific occasions, such as the blessing of a meal, the birth or death of a loved one, other significant events in the life of a believer, or days of the year that have special religious significance. Details corresponding to specific traditions are outlined below.

Pre-Christian Europe
Etruscan, Greek, and Roman paganism
In the pre-Christian religions of Greeks and Romans (Ancient Greek religion, Roman religion), ceremonial prayer was highly formulaic and ritualized.[21][22] The Iguvine Tables contain a supplication that can be translated, “If anything was said improperly, if anything was done improperly, let it be as if it were done correctly.”
The formalism and formulaic nature of these prayers led them to be written down in language that may have only been partially understood by the writer, and our texts of these prayers may in fact be garbled. Prayers in Etruscan were used in the Roman world by augurs and other oracles long after Etruscan became a dead language. The Carmen Arvale and the Carmen Saliare are two specimens of partially preserved prayers that seem to have been unintelligible to their scribes, and whose language is full of archaisms and difficult passages.
Roman prayers and sacrifices were often envisioned as legal bargains between deity and worshipper. The Roman principle was expressed as do ut des: “I give, so that you may give.” Cato the Elder’s treatise on agriculture contains many examples of preserved traditional prayers; in one, a farmer addresses the unknown deity of a possibly sacred grove, and sacrifices a pig in order to placate the god or goddess of the place and beseech his or her permission to cut down some trees from the grove
Germanic paganism
An amount of accounts of prayers to the gods in Germanic paganism survived the process of Christianization, though only a single prayer has survived without the interjection of Christian references. This prayer is recorded in stanzas 2 and 3 of the poem Sigrdrífumál, compiled in the 13th century Poetic Edda from earlier traditional sources, where the valkyrie Sigrdrífa prays to the gods and the earth after being woken by the hero Sigurd.
A prayer to the bigger god Odin is mentioned in chapter 2 of the Völsunga saga where King Rerir prays for a child. His prayer is answered by Frigg, wife of Odin, who sends him an apple, which is dropped on his lap by Frigg’s servant in the form of a crow while Rerir is sitting on a mound. Rerir’s wife eats the apple and is then pregnant with the hero Völsung. In stanza 9 of the poem Oddrúnargrátr, a prayer is made to “kind wights, Frigg and Freyja, and many gods,” although since the poem is often considered one of the youngest poems in the Poetic Edda, the passage has been the matter of some debate.[26]
In chapter 21 of Jómsvíkinga saga, wishing to turn the tide of the Battle of Hjörungavágr, Haakon Sigurdsson eventually finds his prayers answered by the goddesses Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa (the first of the two described as Haakon’s patron goddess) who appear in the battle, kill many of the opposing fleet, and cause the remnants of their forces to flee. However, this depiction of a pagan prayer has been criticized as inaccurate due to the description of Haakon dropping to his knees.
The 11th century manuscript for the Anglo-Saxon charm Æcerbot presents what is thought to be an originally pagan prayer for the fertility of the speaker’s crops and land, though Christianization is apparent throughout the charm.[28] The 8th century Wessobrunn Prayer has been proposed as a Christianized pagan prayer and compared to the pagan Völuspá[29] and the Merseburg Incantations, the latter recorded in the 9th or 10th century but of much older traditional origins
Abrahamic religions
Bible
In the common Bible of the Abrahamic religions, various forms of prayer appear; the most common forms being petition, thanksgiving, and worship. The longest book in the Bible is the Book of Psalms, 150 religious songs which are often regarded as prayers. Other well-known Biblical prayers include the Song of Moses (Exodus 15:1-18), the Song of Hannah (1 Samuel 2:1-10), and the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). But perhaps the best-known prayer in the Christian Bible is the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9–13; Luke 11:2-4).
See also: Tanakh, New Testament, Prayer in the Hebrew Bible, and Prayer in the New Testament
Judaism
Jews pray three times a day, with lengthier prayers on special days, such as the Shabbat and Jewish holidays. The siddur is the prayerbook used by Jews all over the world, containing a set order of daily prayers. Jewish prayer is usually described as having two aspects: kavanah (intention) and keva (the ritualistic, structured elements).
The most important Jewish prayers are the Shema Yisrael (“Hear O Israel”) and the Amidah (“the standing prayer”).
Communal prayer is preferred over solitary prayer, and a quorum of 10 adult males (a minyan) is considered by Orthodox Judaism a prerequisite for several communal prayers.
Rationalist approach to prayer
In this view, ultimate goal of prayer is to help train a person to focus on divinity through philosophy and intellectual contemplation. This approach was taken by Maimonides and the other medieval rationalists. One example of this approach to prayer is noted by Rabbi Steven Weil, who was appointed the Orthodox Union’s Executive-Vice President in 2009. He notes that the word “prayer” is a derivative of the Latin “precari”, which means “to beg”. The Hebrew equivalent “tefilah”, however, along with its root “pelel” or its reflexive “l’hitpallel”, means the act of self-analysis or self-evaluation. This approach is sometimes described as the person praying having a dialogue or conversation with God.
Educational approach to prayer
In this view, prayer is not a conversation. Rather, it is meant to inculcate certain attitudes in the one who prays, but not to influence. This has been the approach of Rabbenu Bachya, Yehuda Halevy, Joseph Albo, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Joseph Dov Soloveitchik. This view is expressed by Rabbi Nosson Scherman in the overview to the Artscroll Siddur (p. XIII); note that Scherman goes on to also affirm the Kabbalistic view (see below).
Kabbalistic approach to prayer
Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) uses a series of kavanot, directions of intent, to specify the path the prayer ascends in the dialog with God, to increase its chances of being answered favorably. Kabbalists ascribe a higher meaning to the purpose of prayer, which is no less than affecting the very fabric of reality itself, restructuring and repairing the universe in a real fashion. In this view, every word of every prayer, and indeed, even every letter of every word, has a precise meaning and a precise effect. Prayers thus literally affect the mystical forces of the universe, and repair the fabric of creation.
Among Jews, this approach has been taken by the Chassidei Ashkenaz (German pietists of the Middle-Ages), the Arizal’s Kabbalist tradition, Ramchal, most of Hassidism, the Vilna Gaon, and Jacob Emden.
Christianity
Main articles: Prayer in Christianity and Christian worship
Christian prayers are quite varied. They can be completely spontaneous, or read entirely from a text, like the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. Probably the most common and universal prayer among Christians is the Lord’s Prayer, which according to the gospel accounts is how Jesus taught his disciples to pray. Some Protestant denominations choose not to recite the Lord’s Prayer or other rote prayers.
Christians generally pray to God or to the Father. Some Christians (e.g., Catholics, Orthodox) will also ask the righteous in heaven and “in Christ,” such as Virgin Mary or other saints to intercede by praying on their behalf (intercession of saints). Formulaic closures include “through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, through all the ages of ages,” and “in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”
It is customary among Protestants to end prayers with “In Jesus’ name, Amen” or “In the name of Christ, Amen”[34] However, the most commonly used closure in Christianity is simply “Amen” (from a Hebrew adverb used as a statement of affirmation or agreement, usually translated as so be it).
There is also the form of prayer called hesychast which is a repetitious type of prayer for the purpose of meditation. In the Western or Latin Rite of Catholic Church, probably the most common is the Rosary; In the Eastern Church (the Eastern rites of the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church), the Jesus Prayer.
Roman Catholic tradition includes specific prayers and devotions as acts of reparation which do not involve a petition for a living or deceased beneficiary, but aim to repair the sins of others, e.g. for the repair of the sin of blasphemy performed by others
Pentecostalism
In Pentecostal congregations, prayer is often done by speaking in a foreign tongue, a practice now known as glossolalia.[36] Practitioners of Pentecostal glossolalia may claim that the languages they speak in prayer are real foreign languages, and that the ability to speak those languages spontaneously is a gift of the Holy Spirit;[37][38] however, many people outside the movement have offered alternative views. George Barton Cutten suggested that glossolalia was a sign of mental illness.[39] Felicitas Goodman suggested that tongue speakers were under a form of hypnosis.[40] Others suggest that it is a learned behaviour. Some of these views have allegedly been refuted
Christian Science
Christian Science teaches that prayer is a spiritualization of thought or an understanding of God and of the nature of the underlying spiritual creation. Adherents believe that this can result in healing, by bringing spiritual reality (the “Kingdom of Heaven” in Biblical terms) into clearer focus in the human scene. The world as it appears to the senses is regarded as a distorted version of the world of spiritual ideas. Prayer can heal the distortion. Christian Scientists believe that prayer does not change the spiritual creation but gives a clearer view of it, and the result appears in the human scene as healing: the human picture adjusts to coincide more nearly with the divine reality. Christian Scientists do not practice intercessory prayer as it is commonly understood, and they generally avoid combining prayer with medical treatment in the belief that the two practices tend to work against each other. (However, the choice of healing method is regarded as a matter for the individual, and the Christian Science Church exerts no pressure on members to avoid medical treatment if they wish to avail of it as an alternative to Christian Science healing.) Prayer works through love: the recognition of God’s creation as spiritual, intact, and inherently lovable

Prevalence of prayer for health
Some modalities of alternative medicine employ prayer. A survey released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health in the United States, found that in 2002, 43% of Americans pray for their own health, 24% pray for others’ health, and 10% participate in a prayer group for their own healt
Islam
Muslims pray a ritualistic prayer called salah or salat in Arabic, facing the Kaaba in Mecca, five times a day. The command to pray is in the Quran in several chapters. The prophet Muhammed showed each Muslim the true method of offering prayers thus the same method is observed till date. There is the “call for prayer” (adhan or azaan), where the muezzin calls for all the followers to stand together for the prayer. The prayer consists of standing, by mentioning -àllàh o -àqbàr (God is great) followed by recitation of the first chapter of the Quran. After the person bends and praises god, then prostrates and again praises god. The prayer ends with the following words “peace and blessings be upon you”. During the prayer a Muslim cannot talk or do anything else besides praying. Once the prayer is complete one can offer voluntary prayers or supplicate -àllàh for his needs. There are also many standard duas or supplications, also in Arabic, to be recited at various times, e.g. for one’s parents, after salah, before eating. Muslims may also say dua in their own words and languages for any issue they wish to communicate with God in the hope that God will answer their prayers.[20] Certain Shia fiqhs pray 3 times a day.
Bahá’í
Main article: Prayer in the Bahá’í Faith
Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and `Abdu’l-Bahá have revealed many prayers for general use, and some for specific occasions, including for unity, detachment, spiritual upliftment, and healing among others. Bahá’ís are also required to recite each day one of three obligatory prayers revealed by Bahá’u’lláh. The believers have been enjoined to face in the direction of the Qiblih when reciting their Obligatory Prayer. The longest obligatory prayer may be recited at any time during the day; another, of medium length, is recited once in the morning, once at midday, and once in the evening; and the shortest can be recited anytime between noon and sunset. Bahá’ís also read from and meditate on the scriptures every morning and evening.
Eastern religions
In contrast with Western religion, Eastern religion for the most part discards worship and places devotional emphasis on the practice of meditation alongside scriptural study. Consequently, prayer is seen as a form of meditation or an adjunct practice to meditation
Buddhism
n certain Buddhist sects, prayer accompanies meditation. Buddhism for the most part sees prayer as a secondary, supportive practice to meditation and scriptural study. Gautama Buddha claimed that human beings possess the capacity and potential to be liberated, or enlightened, through contemplation, leading to insight. Prayer is seen mainly as a powerful psycho-physical practice that can enhance meditation.[48]
In the earliest Buddhist tradition, the Theravada, and in the later Mahayana tradition of Zen (or Chán), prayer plays only an ancillary role. It is largely a ritual expression of wishes for success in the practice and in helping all beings.[49][50][51][52]
The skillful means (Sanskrit: upaya) of the transfer of merit (Sanskrit: parinamana) is an evocation and prayer. Moreover, indeterminate buddhas are available for intercession as they reside in awoken-fields (Sanskrit: buddha-kshetra).
The nirmanakaya of a awoken-field is what is generally known and understood as mandala. The opening and closing of the ring (Sanskrit: mandala) is an active prayer. An active prayer is a mindful activity, an activity in which mindfulness is not just cultivated but is.[53] A common prayer is “May the merit of my practice, adorn Buddhas’ Pure Lands, requite the fourfold kindness from above, and relieve the suffering of the three life-journeys below. Universally wishing sentient beings, Friends, foes, and karmic creditors, all to activate the bodhi mind, and all to be reborn in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.” (願以此功德 莊嚴佛淨土 上報四重恩 下濟三途苦 普願諸眾生 冤親諸債主 悉發菩提心 同生極樂國)[54]
The Generation Stage (Sanskrit: utpatti-krama) of Vajrayana involves prayer elements.[55]
The Tibetan Buddhism tradition emphasizes an instructive and devotional relationship to a guru; this may involve devotional practices known as guru yoga which are congruent with prayer. It also appears that Tibetan Buddhism posits the existence of various deities, but the peak view of the tradition is that the deities or yidam are no more existent or real than the continuity (Sanskrit: santana; refer mindstream) of the practitioner, environment and activity. But how practitioners engage yidam or tutelary deities will depend upon the level or more appropriately yana at which they are practicing. At one level, one may pray to a deity for protection or assistance, taking a more subordinate role. At another level, one may invoke the deity, on a more equal footing. And at a higher level one may deliberately cultivate the idea that one has become the deity, whilst remaining aware that its ultimate nature is shunyata. The views of the more esoteric yana are impenetrable for those without direct experience and empowerment.
Pure Land Buddhism emphasizes the recitation by devotees of prayer-like mantras, a practice often called Nembutsu.[56]:190 On one level it is said that reciting these mantras can ensure rebirth into a sambhogakaya land (Sanskrit: buddha-kshetra) after bodily dissolution, a sheer ball spontaneously co-emergent to a buddha’s enlightened intention. According to Shinran, the founder of the Pure Land Buddhism tradition that is most prevalent in the US[56]:193[57] “for the long haul nothing is as efficacious as the Nembutsu.”[56]:197[58] On another, the practice is a form of meditation aimed at achieving realization.[citation needed]
But beyond all these practices the Buddha emphasized the primacy of individual practice and experience. He said that supplication to gods or deities was not necessary. Nevertheless, today many lay people in East Asian countries pray to the Buddha in ways that resemble Western prayer—asking for intervention and offering devotion.
Hinduism
Hinduism has incorporated many kinds of prayer (Sanskrit: prārthanā), from fire-based rituals to philosophical musings. While chanting involves ‘by dictum’ recitation of timeless verses or verses with timings and notations, dhyanam involves deep meditation (however short or long) on the preferred deity/God. Again the object to which prayers are offered could be a persons referred as devtas, trinity or incarnation of either devtas or trinity or simply plain formless meditation as practiced by the ancient sages. All of these are directed to fulfilling personal needs or deep spiritual enlightenment. Ritual invocation was part and parcel of the Vedic religion and as such permeated their sacred texts. Indeed, the highest sacred texts of the Hindus, the Vedas, are a large collection of mantras and prayer rituals. Classical Hinduism came to focus on extolling a single supreme force, Brahman, that is made manifest in several lower forms as the familiar gods of the Hindu pantheon[dubious – discuss]. Hindus in India have numerous devotional movements. Hindus may pray to the highest absolute God Brahman, or more commonly to Its three manifestations namely creator god called Brahma, preserver god called Vishnu and destroyer god (so that the creation cycle can start afresh) Shiva, and at the next level to Vishnu’s avatars (earthly appearances) Rama and Krishna or to many other male or female deities. Typically, Hindus pray with their hands (the palms) joined together in pranam. The hand gesture is similar to the popular Indian greeting namaste.
Jainism
Although Jains believe that no spirit or divine being can assist them on their path, they do hold some influence, and on special occasions, Jains will pray for right knowledge to the twenty-four Tirthankaras (saintly teachers) or sometimes to Hindu deities such as Ganesha.
Shinto
The practices involved in Shinto prayer are heavily influenced by Buddhism; Japanese Buddhism has also been strongly influenced by Shinto in turn. The most common and basic form of devotion involves throwing a coin, or several, into a collection box, ringing a bell, clapping one’s hands, and contemplating one’s wish or prayer silently. The bell and hand clapping are meant to wake up or attract the attention of the kami of the shrine, so that one’s prayer may be heard.
Shinto prayers quite frequently consist of wishes or favors asked of the kami, rather than lengthy praises or devotions. Unlike in certain other faiths, it is not considered irregular or inappropriate to ask favors of the kami in this way, and indeed many shrines are associated with particular favors, such as success on exams.
In addition, one may write one’s wish on a small wooden tablet, called an ema, and leave it hanging at the shrine, where the kami can read it. If the wish is granted, one may return to the shrine to leave another ema as an act of thanksgiving.
Sikhism
The Ardās (Punjabi: ਅਰਦਾਸ) is a Sikh prayer that is done before performing or after undertaking any significant task; after reciting the daily Banis (prayers); or completion of a service like the Paath (scripture reading/recitation), kirtan (hymn-singing) program or any other religious program. In Sikhism, these prayers are also said before and after eating. The prayer is a plea to God to support and help the devotee with whatever he or she is about to undertake or has done.
The Ardas is usually always done standing up with folded hands. The beginning of the Ardas is strictly set by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. When it comes to conclusion of this prayer, the devotee uses word like “Waheguru please bless me in the task that I am about to undertake” when starting a new task or “Akal Purakh, having completed the hymn-singing, we ask for your continued blessings so that we can continue with your memory and remember you at all times”, etc. The word “Ardās” is derived from Persian word ‘Arazdashat’, meaning a request, supplication, prayer, petition or an address to a superior authority.
Ardās is a unique prayer based on the fact that it is one of the few well-known prayers in the Sikh religion that was not written in its entirety by the Gurus. The Ardās cannot be found within the pages of the Guru Granth Sahib because it is a continually changing devotional text that has evolved over time in order for it to encompass the feats, accomplishments, and feelings of all generations of Sikhs within its lines. Taking the various derivation of the word Ardās into account, the basic purpose of this prayer is an appeal to Waheguru for his protection and care, as well as being a plea for the welfare and prosperity of all mankind, and a means for the Sikhs to thank Waheguru for all that he has done
Taoism
Prayer in Taoism is less common than Fulu, which is the drawing and writing of supernatural talismans
Animism
Although prayer in its literal sense is not used in animism, communication with the spirit world is vital to the animist way of life. This is usually accomplished through a shaman who, through a trance, gains access to the spirit world and then shows the spirits’ thoughts to the people. Other ways to receive messages from the spirits include using astrology or contemplating fortune tellers and healers. The native religions in some parts of North, East and South Asia, America, Africa, and Oceania are often animistic.
America
The Aztec religion was not strictly animist. It had an ever increasing pantheon of deities, and the shamans performed ritual prayer to these deities in their respective temples. These shamans made petitions to the proper deities in exchange for a sacrifice offering: food, flowers, effigies, and animals, usually quail. But the larger the thing required from the God the larger the sacrifice had to be, and for the most important rites one would offer one’s own blood; by cutting his ears, arms, tongue, thighs, chest or genitals, and often a human life; either warrior, slave, or even self-sacrifice.[63]
The Pueblo Indians are known to have used prayer sticks, that is, sticks with feathers attached as supplicatory offerings. The Hopi Indians used prayer sticks as well, but they attached to it a small bag of sacred meat
Australia
In Australia, prayers to the “Great Wit” are performed by the “clever wapmen” and “clever women”, or kadji. These Aboriginal shamans use maban or mabain, the material that is believed to give them their purported magical powers
Neopaganism
Adherents to forms of modern Neopaganism pray to various gods. The most commonly worshiped and prayed to gods are those of Pre-Christian Europe, such as Celtic, Norse, or Graeco-Roman gods. Prayer can vary from sect to sect, and with some (such as Wicca) prayer may also be associated with ritual magick.
Theurgy and Western Esotericism
Practitioners of theurgy and western esotericism may practice a form of ritual which utilizes both pre-sanctioned prayers and names of God, and prayers “from the heart” that, when combined, allows the participant to ascend spiritually, and in some instances, induce a trance in which God or other spiritual beings may be realized. Very similar to hermetic qabala, and orthodox qabala, it is believed that prayer can influence both the physical and non-physical worlds. The use of ritualistic signs and names are believed to be archetypes in which the subconscious may take form as the Inner God, or another spiritual being, and the “prayer from the heart” to be that spiritual force speaking through the participant.
Meher Baba
The Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba emphasized both the beauty of prayer as praise and the power of prayer as petition:
“The ideal prayer to the Lord is nothing more than spontaneous praise of His being. You praise Him, not in the spirit of bargain but in the spirit of self-forgetful appreciation of what He really is. You praise Him because He is praiseworthy. Your praise is a spontaneous appreciative response to his true being, as infinite light, infinite power and infinite bliss.”[66]
“Through repeated sincere prayers it is possible to effect an exit from the otherwise inexorable working out of the law of karma. The forgiveness asked from God evokes from Him His inscrutable grace, which alone can give new direction to the inexorable karmic determination
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer

Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage

Frank Vincent Zappa (Baltimora, 21 dicembre 1940 – Los Angeles, 4 dicembre 1993) è stato un compositore, chitarrista, cantante, arrangiatore, direttore d’orchestra eproduttore discografico statunitense. È considerato uno dei più grandi geni musicali del ‘900, capace di fondere tutti i generi a lui precedenti e contemporanei ottenendo un risultato insuperato.^[2][3]

Definire il genere musicale di Zappa è quasi impossibile, ma si può affermare che fosse coinvolto in ambiti musicali come rock, blues, jazz, fusion, avanguardia, musica classica, satira e cabaret.^[4][5]

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa

 

Frank Vincent Zappa^[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for 20th-century classical composers such as Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky, and Anton Webern, along with 1950s rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands; he later switched to electric guitar.

Zappa was a self-taught composer and performer, and his diverse musical influences led him to create music that was often difficult to categorize. His 1966 debut album with the Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. His later albums shared this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was rock, jazz or classical. His lyrics—often humorously—reflected his iconoclastic view of established social and political processes, structures and movements. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech, self-education, political participation and the abolition of censorship.

He was a highly productive and prolific artist and gained widespread critical acclaim. He had some commercial success, particularly in Europe, and worked as an independent artist for most of his career. He also remains a major influence on musicians and composers. Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Zappa was married to Kathryn J. “Kay” Sherman from 1960 to 1964. In 1967, he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, with whom he remained until his death from prostate cancer in 1993. They had four children: Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva. In 2004,Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 71 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”, and in 2011 at No. 22 on its list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.

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Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey, meglio conosciuto solo come Morrissey (Manchester, 22 maggio 1959), è un cantante britannico, di origini irlandesi. Giunto al successo, negli anni ottanta, come voce principale della band inglese The Smiths, nel 1987, dopo la separazione del gruppo, si avviò a una carriera solista durante la quale ha pubblicato diversi album, incrementando ulteriormente la propria popolarità a livello internazionale.

Considerato tra i più importanti precursori e innovatori della musica indie, nel 2007, il quotidiano inglese Daily Telegraph l’ha inserito nella classifica dei cento geni viventi. Nel 2008, è stato invece annoverato tra i cento grandi cantanti di tutti i tempi, in una classifica stilata dalla rivista Rolling Stone.

Il 7 ottobre 2014 ha dichiarato che lotta contro un cancro da 18 mesi e per quattro volte è stato operato per l’asportazione di tessuti neoplastici.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), commonly known by his last name, Morrissey, or by his nickname, Moz, is an English singer, lyricist, and novelist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions. His first solo album, 1988’s Viva Hate, entered the UK Albums Chart at number one.

Morrissey is widely regarded as an important innovator in the indie music scene; music magazine NME considers Morrissey to be “one of the most influential artists ever”, while The Independent says, “Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status he has reached in his lifetime.” In 2004, Pitchfork Media called him “one of the most singular figures in Western popular culture from the last 20 years.”

Morrissey’s lyrics have been described as “dramatic, bleak, funny vignettes about doomed relationships, lonely nightclubs, the burden of the past and the prison of the home”. He is also noted for his unusual baritone vocal style (though he sometimes uses falsetto), his quiff hairstyle and his dynamic live performances. In the media, Morrissey’s forthright and often contrarian opinions have caused many controversies; he has attracted media attention for his strong advocacy of vegetarianism and animal rights. He describes himself in his autobiography as an animal protectionist.

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La tenerezza del cuore – The tenderness of heart

La tenerezza del cuore

Ed è un attimo
un attimo soltanto
con il suo carico d’oro:
memorie mai perse
tempo che scioglie
ogni percorso
– andato
fuggito
ed ora trovato –

Sono ali del tempo
colori d’iride
che sprigionano sogno
e sgorgano perle
diamanti di luce
per la tenerezza del cuore

04.03.2004 Poetyca

The tenderness of heart

It is a moment
just one moment
with its cargo of gold
never lost memories
time melts
each path
– Gone
fled
and now found –

Are the wings of time
iris color
giving off dream
flow and pearls
Diamond Light
for tenderness of the heart

04.03.2004 Poetyca

Ad afferrare luce – To seize light

Ad afferrare luce

Figure cercano speranze
nel buio della notte
ingannano paure
eludono la mente

Figure si allungano
come proiezioni su muri
in cerca di calore
oltre il silenzio

Stanchi passi
trascinati nell’ombra
di vite anonime
senza voce

Solo istanti
da rubare
da dividere
moltiplicare

Una mano  posa
ancora una volta
il brivido del sogno
senza dire nulla

Poi è orgoglio
frena la corsa
per afferrare luce
oltre il mistero

03.11.2004 Poetyca

To seize light

Shapes seek hopes
in the dark of night
deceive fears
elude the mind

Shapes stretch
as projections on walls
for warmth
beyond the silence

Tired steps
dragged shadows
by anonymous lives
voiceless

Only moments
to steal
to divide
to multiply

A hand pose
once again
the thrill of dreams
without saying anything

Then it is pride
to slow the race
to grab light
beyond the mystery

03.11.2004 Poetyca

Cafè de Paris

Cafè de Paris

Diverse le epoche e le situazioni
ma i luoghi i medesimi
luoghi pieni di storia tra un tavolino
e occhi che scrutano
le domande di sempre
con la nebbia e il tempo grigio

E la vita scorre
solo una la porta socchiusa
che conduce al tempo
dell’oggi e del domani
con le stesse domande in tasca
gli stessi desideri

Guardando la strada
d’asfalto lucida
sotto la pioggia che batte
apri la porta
al mondo fuori
e sei anche tu
parte del mondo
che osservi
mentre parole biascicate
cadono tra i pensieri

15.02.2004 Poetyca

Cafe de Paris

Different ages and situations
but places the same
places full of history from a table
and eyes that stare
applications always
with fog and gray weather

And life goes on
only the door ajar
leading to time
today and tomorrow
with the same questions in your pocket
the same desires

Looking at the way
Asphalt glossy
the rain that beats
open the door
the world outside
and are you
the world
watch
while mumbling words
fall between the thoughts

15.02.2004 Poetyca

Solo ora – Only now

Solo ora
scrittura estemporanea

Ci sono spazi invisibili dove frusciano i pensieri,
dove nulla vorresti s’infranga a scalfire gli attimi…
Solo ali impalpabili ti conducono, ed ancora aspetti :
Non ha alcun valore il tempo – ieri, oggi , domani,
ormai nulla conta e per misurare quel che scorre,
per avere cognizione di presenza si usa il cuore.

Ci sono ombre lunghe come un’interninabile sera
e a volte sono nostalgie lontane senza nome:
Tutto si mescola e sospira come vento tra le fronde,
tutto ti rapisce e ti fa sgorgare una stilla senza ragione.
Perchè è il senso di quel che hai perduto,
di quello a cui credevi e che sei consapevole
che devi sempre esser pronto a ricominciare.

Sono viaggi a ritroso,sono proiezioni che ingannano
e se cerchi quel che è stato sai solo che da domani
giri pagina e si ricomincia ma si parte ora da un tempo
senza inganni, senza illusioni e senza più tempo
perchè il vero attimo da vivere è solo ora!

17.03.2004 Poetyca

Only now
extemporaneous writing

There are areas where rustling invisible thoughts,
anything where you want to scrape the shattered moments …
Only impalpable wings you lead, and even aspects:
No value time – yesterday, today and tomorrow
now nothing matters and what to measure flows,
to be informed of presence using the heart.

There are long shadows as evening un’interninabile
and sometimes distant nostalgia nameless
Everything is mixed and sighs as the wind in the leaves,
kidnaps you and makes you all gush a drop for no reason.
Why is the sense of what you lost
that for which they believed and that you are aware
that you must always be ready to begin again.

They travel backwards, projections are that deceive
and if you try what was know only tomorrow
turn the page and start again but now from a part-time
without deceit, without illusions and without time
because the only true moment of life is now!

17.03.2004 Poetyca

Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (Full Album) Qk.

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I Bon Jovi sono un gruppo glam metal e hard rock statunitense, formatosi nel 1983 a Sayreville, New Jersey. La band è attualmente costituita da Jon Bon Jovi (voce),David Bryan (tastiere) e Tico Torres (batteria).

La formazione originaria comprendeva anche Alec John Such (basso), il quale ha lasciato la band nel 1994 in seguito a dei problemi personali e Richie Sambora(chitarra), che ha abbandonato il gruppo nel 2014 dopo essersi assentato per buona parte del Because We Can – The Tour nel 2013.

I Bon Jovi sono tra i più importanti gruppi della scena rock moderna e contemporanea, hanno contribuito alla nascita ed allo sviluppo del movimento Hair metal, emerso negli anni ottanta, i quali vennero subito ritenuti i leader indiscussi e ancora oggi molti li ritengono gli innovatori e i maggiori esponenti. Vengono ricordati per alcuni classici del rock, alcuni considerati dei veri e propri inni generazionali: Livin’ on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name, Wanted Dead or Alive, Bad Medicine, Keep the Faith, Bed of Roses, Always, e It’s My Life.

Nel corso della loro carriera, i Bon Jovi hanno pubblicato un totale di tredici album in studio e hanno venduto oltre 135 milioni di dischi in tutto il mondo. Inoltre, hanno effettuato più di 2.700 concerti in oltre 50 paesi per più di 35 milioni di fan^[6], e sono stati introdotti nella UK Music Hall of Fame nel 2006. Il gruppo è stato anche onorato con un “Award of Merit” (“Premio di merito”) agli American Music Awards del 2004^[7], mentre Jon Bon Jovi e Richie Sambora, come autori, sono stati introdotti nellaSongwriters Hall of Fame nel 2009^[8]. Inoltre Jon Bon Jovi e Richie Sambora sono stati gli ispiratori del programma televisivo MTV Unplugged.

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Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.), pianist and keyboard player David Bryan, and drummer Tico Torres. The band’s lineup has remained mostly static during its history, with the only exceptions being the 1994 dismissal of bass player Alec John Such, who was unofficially replaced by Hugh McDonald, and the departure of longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora in 2013 In 1986, Bon Jovi achieved widespread global recognition with their third album, Slippery When Wet. The band’s fourth album, New Jersey was equally successful in 1988. After touring and recording non-stop during the late 1980s, the band went on hiatus following the New Jersey Tour in 1990, during which time Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora both released successful solo albums. In 1992, the band returned with the album Keep the Faith. Their 2000 single “It’s My Life”, which followed a second hiatus, successfully introduced the band to a younger audience. Bon Jovi have been known to use different styles in their music, which has included country for their 2007 album Lost Highway. On March 12, 2013, Bon Jovi released their 12th studio album, What About Now.

Thus far, Bon Jovi has released 12 studio albums, plus two compilations and two live albums. They are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide and performed more than 2,700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans. Bon Jovi was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006. The band was also honored with the Award of Merit at the American Music Awards in 2004, and as songwriters and collaborators, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.

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Canto d’amore – Love song

Canto d’amore

Libertà
compagna fraterna
del pensiero
che porta in cuore
l’accoglienza
di un mondo vero
costruito
di sensibili passi
Oltre l’orizzonte
di parole
raggi stesi
su occhi stanchi
che accarezzano
tutto il sentire sensibile
Sulle spalle di un mondo
senza più traguardi
solo respiro e battito
di ogni canto
colorato d’amore

25.02.2004 Poetyca

Love song

Freedom
fraternal companion
thought
that leads to heart
welcome
of a real world
built
Significant steps
Beyond the horizon
words
rays lying
on tired eyes
caressing
all feel sensitive
On the shoulders of a world
without targets
single breath and heartbeat
each hand
colorful love

25.02.2004 Poetyca

Sul sentiero del cuore – On the path of the heart

Sul sentiero del cuore

A tentare di cambiare se stessi perchè il giudizio degli altri diventa un

disagio,si rischia di procurarsi un disagio peggiore, infatti,ad andare contro la

propria natura sensibile,coprirla di razionale ” buonsenso”,si invade quello

che vorrebbe emergere,bloccandolo.

Se un seme sta per scostare lo strato di terriccio che lo ricopre, per

trovare la luce che lo faccia sviluppare bene,aggiungere una barriera con altra terra

ne fa sprecare le energie e poi cresce male.

Quindi si deve essere contenti,semplicemente,del fatto che malgrado gli

altri non comprendano,si possa essere se stessi.

Quale migliore soddisfazione e sensazione di armonia nell’essere capaci di

portare fuori il meglio di sè?

Mostrare ad esempio aggressività , quasi a dover difendere un territorio,

non è detto che sia manifestazione di coraggio ma spesso nascondono le paure.

Chi dunque è sereno, allegro,capace di entusiasmo e soprattutto di dono di sé

agli altri, malgrado sia consapevole di non cercare nulla in cambio,

credo si possa ritenere maggiormente generoso e sereno rispetto a chi,

per paura ed egoismo, tiene stretto il poco che è, nel timore

di perdere approvazione ed attenzione esterna.

Dunque si matura attraverso un cammino che non blocchi il livello di

crescita interiore ma, malgrado i previsti ostacoli non fa reagire

chiudendosi in se stessi. Chi consiglia o giudica,

chi interferisce sulle scelte degli altri o sul loro modo di essere

che è espressione di sensibilità ed esperienze di vita,

relativamente alla necessità di chiudersi, ritenendo sciocco

il continuare a dare, direi che si ci arrende e si fugge

e non si ascolta il coraggio del cuore.

Si,è la mente che confonde e desidera lanciare messaggi ” terroristici” che

facciano vedere come,malgrado si sia dato qualcosa non si è ottenuto nulla in cambio,

ma chi si ferma ad attendere qualcosa non segue la via della generosità libera

e spontanea,questa ma aspettativa: Essere schiavi delle aspettative è chiudersi in una prigione,

dimenticando dove sono le chiavi,essere capaci di non avere alcuna aspettativa è essere liberi

nel seguire il coraggio,lasciando alle spalle le paure ed essere capaci

di scegliere di camminare – qui ed ora – sul sentiero del cuore.

23.11.2004 Poetyca

On the path of the heart

A groped to change themselves because the opinion of others becomes a
discomfort, it could get worse discomfort, in fact, to go against
its sensitive nature, cover rational “common sense”, it invades the
that would emerge, locking it.

If a seed is about to pull away the layer of soil which covers it, for
find the light that it does develop well, add a barrier with more land
it is wasting energy and then grows ill.

Then you must be content simply to the fact that despite the
others do not understand, you can be yourself.

What better feeling of harmony and satisfaction in being able to
bring out the best in you?

Show such aggression, almost having to defend a territory,
is said to be a manifestation of courage but often hide their fears.

Who then is calm, cheerful, capable of enthusiasm and above all self-giving
others, despite being aware not to seek anything in return,
I think we can feel more generous and peaceful than those who
fear and selfishness, keep the little that is close, for fear
of losing approval and attention outside.

So you walk through a couple that does not block the level of
inner growth, but despite the obstacles set does not react
cut themselves. Who recommends or judges,
who interfere with the choices of others or on their way to be
which is an expression of feelings and life experiences,
regarding the need to close, feeling foolish
The continue to give, I would say that we give up and flee
and do not listen to the courage of the heart.

Yes, it confuses the mind and want to send messages “terrorist” that
We show how, despite being given is not something you got nothing in return,
But who stops to wait for something does not follow the way of free generosity
and spontaneous, but this expectation: Be slaves of expectations is locked in a prison
forgetting where the keys be able to have no expectation to be free
the courage to follow, leaving behind the fears and be able
choose to walk – here and now – on the path of the heart.

23.11.2004 Poetyca

David Bowie Greatest Hits | Best Songs Of David Bowie (Full Album 2015)

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David Bowie, [ˈboʊi]; pseud. di David Robert Jones (Londra, 8 gennaio 1947), è un cantautore, polistrumentista, attore e compositore britannico.

Attivo dalla metà degli anni sessanta, Bowie ha attraversato cinque decenni della musica rock, reinventando nel tempo il suo stile e la sua immagine e creando alter ego come Ziggy Stardust, Halloween Jack, Nathan Adler, e The Thin White Duke (noto in Italia come il “Duca Bianco”). Dal folk acustico all’elettronica, passando attraverso il glam rock, il soul e il krautrock, David Bowie ha lasciato tracce che hanno influenzato molti artisti.[1]

Come attore, dopo alcune piccole apparizioni ha avuto un ottimo successo nel 1976 come protagonista del film di fantascienza L’uomo che cadde sulla Terra di Nicolas Roeg. Tra le sue interpretazioni più note si ricordano Furyo (Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence) di Nagisa Oshima del 1983, Absolute Beginners e Labyrinth del 1986 e Basquiat di Julian Schnabel del 1996 nel quale interpreta il ruolo di Andy Warhol.

David Bowie è sposato dal 1992 con la modella somala Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid ed ha due figli, Duncan Zowie Haywood (nato nel 1971 dal precedente matrimonio con Mary Angela Barnett) e Alexandria Zahra (nata nel 2000), oltre a Zulekha, nata dal precedente matrimonio di Iman. Nel 2008 è stato inserito al 23º posto nella lista dei 100 migliori cantanti secondo Rolling Stone[2], e tra le sue migliori “tracce vocali” ci sono Life on Mars?, Space Oddity, Starman ed Heroes[3]. Nel 2007 è secondo la rivista Forbes al quarto posto nell’elenco dei cantanti più ricchi del mondo[4].

Al ritmo di un disco all’anno, Bowie per parecchi anni nel bene e nel male non si è mai limitato a creare un “marchio Bowie” uguale a se stesso e rassicurante: dalle nostalgie beat con Pin Ups, agli incubi orwelliani di Diamond Dogs, al R&B bianco con Station to Station e Young Americans, all’electro pop intellettuale che, secondo molti critici, costituirà la fase più creativa della sua carriera fra il 1977 e il 1979, con la cosiddetta trilogia berlinese di Low, Heroes e Lodger, album in realtà (salvo il secondo) realizzati solo parzialmente a Berlino, ma comunque fortemente influenzati dalle contaminazioni tra rock ed elettronica di cui erano maestri i Kraftwerk e i Neu!, gruppi entrambi tedeschi.

Decisivo l’incontro con Brian Eno, altro reduce dal glam-rock dei primi settanta con i Roxy Music del dandy Bryan Ferry. Altrettanto decisivo un successo ormai consolidato che permette all’artista di sperimentare soluzioni nuove senza inseguire il riscontro commerciale. Nel frattempo il personaggio non è più l’androgino Ziggy Stardust ma un thin white duke (sottile duca bianco) dalle inquietanti suggestioni androgine sotto uno stile musicale esteriormente sempre più virile, colto, e raffinato.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie
David Bowie (/ˈboʊ.i/;[1] born David Robert Jones, 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, and actor. He is also a painter and collector of fine art.[2] Bowie has been a major figure in the world of popular music for over four decades, and is renowned as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He is known for his distinctive baritone voice as well as the intellectual depth and eclecticism of his work. Aside from his musical abilities, he is recognised for his androgynous beauty, which was an iconic element to his image, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s.[3][4]

Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969 when his song “Space Oddity” reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single “Starman” and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Bowie’s impact at that time, as described by biographer David Buckley, “challenged the core belief of the rock music of its day” and “created perhaps the biggest cult in popular culture.”[5] The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona proved merely one facet of a career marked by continual reinvention, musical innovation and striking visual presentation.

In 1975, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the number-one single “Fame” and the hit album Young Americans, which the singer characterised as “plastic soul”. The sound constituted a radical shift in style that initially alienated many of his UK devotees. He then confounded the expectations of both his record label and his American audiences by recording the minimalist album Low (1977)—the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno over the next two years. Low, “Heroes”, and Lodger, the so-called “Berlin Trilogy” albums, all reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single “Ashes to Ashes”, its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and “Under Pressure”, a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached a new commercial peak in 1983 with Let’s Dance, which yielded several hit singles. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including blue-eyed soul, industrial, adult contemporary, and jungle. He has not toured since the 2003–04 Reality Tour and has not performed live since 2006. Bowie’s latest studio album The Next Day was released in March 2013.

David Buckley says of Bowie: “His influence has been unique in popular culture—he has permeated and altered more lives than any comparable figure.”[5] In the BBC’s 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, Bowie was placed at number 29. Throughout his career, he has sold an estimated 140 million albums.[6] In the UK, he has been awarded nine Platinum album certifications, 11 Gold and eight Silver, and in the US, five Platinum and seven Gold certifications. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him 39th on their list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”, and 23rd on their list of the best singers of all time.

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Canto d’amore – Love song

Canto d’amore

Libertà

compagna fraterna

del pensiero

che porta in cuore

l’accoglienza

di un mondo vero

costruito

di sensibili passi

Oltre l’orizzonte

di parole

raggi stesi

su occhi stanchi

che accarezzano

tutto il sentire sensibile

Sulle spalle di un mondo

senza più traguardi

solo respiro e battito

di ogni canto

colorato d’amore

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Love song

Freedom

fraternal companion

thought

that leads to heart

welcome

of a real world

built

Significant steps

Beyond the horizon

words

rays lying

on tired eyes

caressing

all feel sensitive

On the shoulders of a world

without targets

single breath and heartbeat

each hand

colorful love

25.02.2004 Poetyca

Derek and the Dominos – Live at the Fillmore

Derek and the Dominos sono stati un supergruppo blues rock formatosi nella primavera del 1970 e di cui facevano parte il chitarrista e cantante Eric Clapton, il tastierista Bobby Whitlock, il batterista James Beck “Jim” Gordon e il bassista Carl Radle. Questi ultimi avevano già suonato con Clapton nei Delaney & Bonnie & Friends.

Il gruppo pubblicò un solo album studio, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, caratterizzato da importanti collaborazioni del chitarrista guest Duane Allman[1] degli Allman Brothers Band. L’album arrivò ad essere acclamato dalla critica, ma inizialmente fallì sia nelle vendite sia nell’airplay delle radio.

Nonostante fosse stato pubblicato nel 1970, il singolo Layla (il racconto dell’amore irrequieto tra Clapton e Pattie Boyd, moglie del suo amico George Harrison) entrò nella top ten sia negli Stati Uniti d’America sia nel Regno Unito solo nel marzo del 1972. Nel 2004 è stato inserito al 27º posto nella Lista delle 500 migliori canzoni secondo Rolling Stone. L’album, che ha ricevuto apprezzamenti sia dalla critica sia dal pubblico, è spesso considerato l’apice della carriera di Clapton

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_and_the_Dominos

Derek and the Dominos were a blues rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton, keyboardist and singer Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon. All four members had previously played together in Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, during and after Clapton’s brief tenure with Blind Faith. Dave Mason supplied additional lead guitar on early studio sessions and played at their first live gig. Another participant at their first session as a band was George Harrison, the recording for whose album All Things Must Pass marked the formation of Derek and the Dominos.

The band released only one studio album, the Tom Dowd-produced Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, which also featured notable contributions on slide guitar from Duane Allman. A double album, Layla went on to receive critical acclaim, but initially faltered in sales and in radio airplay. Although released in 1970 it was not until March 1972 that the album’s single “Layla” (a tale of unrequited love inspired by Clapton’s relationship with his friend Harrison’s wife, Pattie Boyd) made the top ten in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The album is often considered to be the defining achievement of Clapton’s career.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_and_the_Dominos

Sul sentiero del cuore – On the path of the heart

 

Sul sentiero del cuore

A tentare di cambiare se stessi perchè il giudizio degli altri diventa un
disagio,si rischia di procurarsi un disagio peggiore, infatti, ad andare contro la
propria natura sensibile, coprirla di razionale ” buonsenso”, si invade quello che vorrebbe emergere bloccandolo.

Se un seme sta per scostare lo strato di terriccio che lo ricopre, per
trovare la luce che lo faccia sviluppare bene, aggiungere una barriera con altra terra
ne fa sprecare le energie e poi cresce male.

Quindi si deve essere contenti, semplicemente, del fatto che malgrado gli
altri non comprendano,si possa essere se stessi.

Quale migliore soddisfazione e sensazione di armonia nell’essere capaci di
portare fuori il meglio di sè?

Mostrare ad esempio aggressività, quasi a dover difendere un territorio,
non è detto che sia manifestazione
di coraggio ma spesso nasconde le paure.
Chi dunque è sereno, allegro,capace di entusiasmo e soprattutto
di dono di se agli altri, malgrado sia consapevole di non cercare nulla in
cambio, credo che possa ritenersi maggiormente generoso e sereno rispetto a chi, per paura ed egoismo, tiene stretto il poco che è.

Dunque si matura attraverso un cammino che non blocchi il livello di
crescita interiore ma, malgrado i previsti ostacoli non fa reagire chiudendosi in se stessi. Chi consiglia dunque, o giudica, relativamente alla necessità
di chiudersi, ritenendo sciocco che continua a dare, si è arreso da tempo e non ha il coraggio del cuore.

Si, è la mente che confonde e desidera lanciare messaggi ” terroristici” che
facciano vedere come, malgrado si sia dato qualcosa non si è ottenuto nulla in cambio, non è generosità questa ma aspettativa, essere schiavi
delle aspettative è chiudersi in una prigione, essere capaci di non avere
alcuna aspettativa è essere liberi sul sentiero del cuore.

23.11.2004 Poetyca

On the path of the heart

A groped to change themselves because the judgment of others becomes a
uncomfortable, you are likely to get a discomfort worse , in fact, to go against the
its sensitive nature , cover it with rational ” common sense ” , it invades what would emerge locking it.

If a seed is to offset the layer of soil that covers it , for
find the light that it does develop well, add a barrier with other land
makes wasting your energy and then grows bad.

So one has to be content, simply , the fact that despite the
others do not understand, you can be yourself .

What better feeling of harmony and satisfaction in being able to
bring out the best in you ?

Show such aggression, almost having to defend a territory,
it is said that the event is
of courage but often hides the fears.
Who, then, is serene, cheerful , capable of enthusiasm and above
the gift of the others, despite being aware not to try anything
change , I think it may be considered more generous and serene compared to those who , out of fear and selfishness , holds on to little that is .

So we mature through a process that does not block the level of
inner growth but, in spite of the expected obstacles does not react by withdrawing into themselves. Who recommends , therefore, O judges, regarding the need
to close, feeling foolish that keeps on giving, has given up a long time and has not the courage of the heart.

Yes, it is that it confuses the mind and want to send messages ” terrorist ” that
do see how , though it has given you something you is not got nothing in return, but this expectation is not generosity, be slaves
expectations is locked in a prison , to be able to have no
no expectation to be free on the path of the heart.

23.11.2004 Poetyca

Legami – Linkages

Legami

Filo sottile
argenteo nastro
unisce pensieri

Srotolato animo
in sensibile vibrare
oltre ogni confine

Riconosciuto
percorso
che lega

Parole
senza voce
in aliti del tempo

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Linkages

thin wire
silver tape
combines thoughts

Snrolled soul
sensitive to vibrate
beyond borders

recognized
path
that binds

Words
voiceless
breaths in the time

07.03.2004 Poetyca

Legami – Bonds

Legami
Filo sottile
argenteo nastro
unisce pensieri
Srotolato animo
in sensibile vibrare
oltre ogni confine
Riconosciuto
percorso
che lega
Parole
senza voce
in aliti del tempo
07.03.2004 Poetyca

Bonds
Thin wire
silver tape
combines thoughts
Unrolled mind
sensitive to vibration
beyond borders
Recognized
route
that binds
Words
voiceless
breaths in time
07.03.2004 Poetyca

L’Araba fenice – The Phoenix

L’Araba Fenice – 01.04.2004
Credo che la condivisione , in particolare con chi sia affine, il saper ascoltare la parte di noi stessi che il quotidiano con la sua ragionevole razionalità ci ruba, non possa che dar voce a quanto la sensibilità suo malgrado ,sia costretta a soffocare giorno per giorno. Esiste persino la cosiddetta “ terapia della scrittura”,ragione per la quale poter tirare fuori quanto resta impigliato dentro è sicuramente un modo di dare vita e voce a se stessi , un modo per cercare la consapevolezza e affinare un percepire le emozioni che vogliono trovare una via che travalichi lo schema quotidiano che porta a comportamenti che spesso devono “ accontentare gli altri” e poco noi stessi, l’Arte in ogni sua forma è sempre stata linguaggio individuale ma universale della porzione e percezione di “ Anima” che s’innalza delle ceneri di una vita non sempre appagante.
Fa piacere sapere che l’ “ Araba Fenice” possa riprendere il volo e non sia visto come sogno illusorio ma come spazio vitale per prendere fiato.
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The Phoenix – 01.04.2004

I believe that sharing, in particular with those who are similar, knowing how to listen to the part of ourselves that the everyday with its reasonable rationality steals from us, can only give voice to how much sensitivity, despite itself, is forced to suffocate day by day. . There is even the so-called “writing therapy”, the reason why being able to pull out what remains entangled inside is certainly a way of giving life and a voice to oneself, a way to seek awareness and refine a perception of the emotions that want to find a way that goes beyond the daily pattern that leads to behaviors that often have to “please others” and little ourselves, Art in all its forms has always been an individual but universal language of the portion and perception of “Soul” that rises from ashes of a life that is not always satisfying.
It is nice to know that the “Arabian Phoenix” can take off again and is not seen as an illusory dream but as a vital space to catch your breath.

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Nove Sutra sulla Pace – Nina Sutras of Peace – Raimond Panikkar

Nove sutra sulla Pace

I sutra sono fili di un’unica collana.
Insieme formano il gioiello chiamato Pace.

1. La pace è partecipazione all’armonia del ritmo dell’Essere

La pace non altera il ritmo della realtà. Non è statica, né dinamica. Non è nemmeno un movimento dialettico. E non significa assenza di forze o di polarità. L’Essere è ritmico, è ritmo, integrazione a-dualista del movimento e del riposo. La cultura tecnocratica occidentale, coltivando l’accelerazione, ha sconvolto i ritmi naturali: è senza pace.

2. È difficile vivere senza pace esterna; impossibile senza pace interna.

Ogni giorno, dopo l’ultima guerra mondiale, mille persone muoiono vittime della guerra. In tutto il mondo vi sono milioni di profughi, bambini nelle strade e persone che muoiono di fame. Non si deve minimizzare questa degradazione umana della nostra razza. Ma se la pace interna sussiste c’è ancora speranza. D’altronde non si può godere di una pace interna se il nostro ambiente umano ed ecologico è vittima di violenze e di ingiustizie. In tal caso la pace interna è un’illusione. E nessun autentico saggio (da Buddha a Cristo) si rinchiude nell’egoismo e nell’autosufficienza.

3. La pace: non la si conquista per se stessi, né la si impone agli altri. È dono dello Spirito

La pace non proviene né da spiritualità masochiste, né da pedagogie sadiche. I regimi imposti non fondano la pace per chi li riceve: bambino, povero, famiglia o nazione che sia. A noi manca l’atteggiamento più femminile del ricevente. La natura della pace è d’essere grazia, dono. È frutto di una rivelazione: dell’amore, di Dio, della bellezza della realtà, è esistenza della provvidenza, bontà della creazione, speranza, giustizia. È Gabe e Aufgabe, dono e responsabilità.

4. La vittoria ottenuta con la sconfitta violenta del nemico non conduce mai alla pace

La maggior parte delle guerre ha trovato giustificazione come risposta a trattati di pace anteriori. I vinti riappaiono ed esigono ciò che è stato loro rifiutato. La stessa repressione del male non ha risultati durevoli. La pace non è il risultato di un processo dialettico del bene contro il male. Il giovane rabbino di Nazaret invitava a far crescere insieme grano e zizzania. La pace fugge il campo dei vittoriosi (Simone Weil). La vittoria è sempre sulle persone; e le persone non sono mai assolutamente cattive.

5. Il disarmo militare richiede un disarmo culturale

La civiltà occidentale ha sviluppato un arsenale di armamenti, qualitativamente e quantitativamente; deve esservi un che di inerente a questa cultura: spirito di competizione, soggettività, tendenza a trascurare il campo dei sentimenti, senso di superiorità, di universalità, ecc.. Il fatto che i discorsi [per la pace, nella civiltà occidentale] si concentrino sulla distruzione degli armamenti, senza prestare attenzione alle questioni più fondamentali, costituisce un esempio di questo stato spirituale. Allora il disarmo culturale – prerequisito per la pace – è difficile almeno come quello militare. Implica una critica alla cultura e un approccio autenticamente interculturale.

6. Nessuna cultura, religione o tradizione può risolvere isolatamente i problemi del nostro mondo

Oggi nessuna religione potrebbe fornire risposte universali (se non altro perché le domande non sono le stesse). Purtroppo nel momento in cui gran parte delle religioni tradizionali tendono a deporre il manto dell’imperialismo, del colonialismo e dell’universalismo, la cosiddetta visione “scientifica” del mondo sembra raccogliere l’eredità culturale di questi atteggiamenti. Qui bisognerebbe citare la parola pluralismo.

7. La pace appartiene principalmente all’ordine del mythos, non del logos

Shalom, pax, eirene, salam, Friede, shanti, píng-an…: la Pace è polisemica; ha numerosi significati. La mia nozione di pace può non essere pacifica per qualcun altro. La pace non è sinonimo di pacifismo. È un mito, qualcosa in cui si crede in quanto dato. Ma non è irrazionale, anzi rende intelligibile l’atto di intendere. Un tempo la pace veniva firmata in nome di Dio; nella nostra epoca la pace sembra un mito unificante emergente ed è anche in suo nome che si fa guerra. Il mythos non dev’essere separato dal logos, ma i due non dovrebbero venire identificati.

8. La religione, via verso la pace

La religione è stata sempre considerata in passato come via di salvezza. Perciò le religioni erano fattori di pace interiore per i propri adepti e di guerre per gli altri. È un fatto che gran parte delle guerre nel mondo sono state guerre religiose. Oggi siamo testimoni di una trasformazione della nozione stessa di religione: le religioni sono modi di raggiungere la pace (non significa ridurle ad un unico denominatore). E la strada per la pace è rivoluzionaria: esige l’eliminazione dell’ingiustizia, dell’egoismo e della cupidigia.

9. Perdono, riconciliazione, dialogo: solo essi conducono alla pace

Punizione, indenizzo, restituzione, riparazione e cose simili non portano alla pace, non spezzano la legge del karma. Credere che ristabilire l’ordine spezzato risolva la situazione è un modo di pensare grossolano, meccanicistico e immaturo. L’innocenza perduta esige la redenzione e non il sogno di una paradiso ritrovato. La via verso la pace è in avanti e non indietro. La storia umana esige perdono. Per perdonare ci vuole una forza che vada oltre l’ordine meccanico di azione-reazione, ci vuole lo Spirito Santo, Amore pilastro dell’universo.

Da: Raimon Panikkar, Pace e interculturalità, Jaca Book, Milano 2002. (Adattamento. Col permesso dell’A.)

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Nine sutras of Peace

The sutras are strings of single necklace.
Together they form the jewel called Peace.

1. Peace is the harmony of the participation rate of Being

Peace does not alter the rhythm of reality. Is not static nor dynamic. It is not a dialectical movement. It does not mean lack of power or polarity. Being is rhythmic, it’s rhythm, integration-dualist movement and rest. Western technocratic culture, cultivating the acceleration, has disrupted the natural rhythms: it is no peace.

2. It’s hard to live without external peace; impossible without inner peace.

Every day after the last world war, a thousand people die of war victims. Throughout the world there are millions of refugees, children in the streets and people dying of hunger. We must not minimize this degradation of our human race. But if there is internal peace, there is still hope. On the other hand you can not enjoy internal peace if our human and ecological environment is the victim of violence and injustice. In this case, the inner peace is an illusion. And no authentic essay (from Buddha to Christ) to be contained in self and selfishness.

3. The peace is won not by themselves, nor can it imposes on others. It is a gift of the Spirit

Peace does not come as spirituality or masochistic, sadistic nor pedagogies. The regimes imposed do not establish peace for those who receive them: child poverty, family or nation it is.We miss the attitude of the recipient female. The nature of peace is to be grace, a gift. It is the result of a revelation of love, of God, the beauty of reality is existence of providence, the goodness of creation, hope, justice. It’s Gabe and Aufgabe, gift and responsibility.

4. The violent victory with the defeat of the enemy never leads to peace

Most wars have been justified as a response to earlier peace treaties. The vanquished reappear and demand what they have been refused. The same repression of evil has no lasting results. Peace is not the result of a dialectical process of good versus evil. The young rabbi from Nazareth invited to wheat and weeds grow together. Peace fled the camp of the victors (Simone Weil). The victory is always on people, and people are never quite bad.

5. The military disarmament disarmament requires a cultural

Western civilization has developed an arsenal of weapons, both qualitatively and quantitatively, there must be something inherent in this culture: the spirit of competition, subjectivity, a tendency to overlook the range of feelings, a sense of superiority, universality, etc. .. The fact that the speeches [for peace in Western civilization] focus on the destruction of weapons, while ignoring the more fundamental issues, is an example of this spiritual state. Then disarmament culture – a prerequisite for peace – at least as hard as military. Implies a critique of culture and intercultural approach authentically.

6. No culture, religion or tradition alone can solve the problems of our world

Today, no religion could provide universal answers (if only because the questions are not the same). Unfortunately, when most of the traditional religions tend to lay the mantle of imperialism, colonialism and universalism, the view of so-called “scientific” in the world seems to collect the cultural heritage of these attitudes. Here one should mention the word pluralism.

7. Peace belongs mainly to the order of the mythos, not the logos

Shalom, Pax, Eirene, salam, Friede, shanti, Ping-an …: Peace is polysemic; has many meanings. My notion of peace can not be peaceful for someone else. Peace is not a synonym for pacifism. It is a myth, something you believe as facts. But it is not irrational, even the act of understanding makes it intelligible.Once peace was signed in the name of God, peace in our time seems to be a unifying myth and it is also emerging in his name that makes war. The mythos should not be separated from the logos, but the two should not be identified.

8. Religion, on the road to peace

Religion has always been considered in the past as a way of salvation. Therefore, religions were factors of inner peace for their followers and other wars. It is a fact that most wars were religious wars in the world. We are witnessing a transformation of the very notion of religion: the religions are ways of achieving peace (means do not reduce them to a common denominator).And the path to peace is revolutionary: it requires the elimination of injustice, selfishness and greed.

9. Forgiveness, reconciliation, dialogue: they alone lead to peace

Punishment, indemnification, restitution, reparation and things like that do not lead to peace, do not break the law of karma.Believe that restoring order to resolve the situation is a broken way of thinking crude, mechanistic and immature. The innocence lost and do not require the redemption of the dream of a paradise regained. The road to peace is forward and not backward. Human history requires forgiveness. To forgive takes a force that goes beyond a mechanical action-reaction, we want the Holy Spirit, Love pillar of the universe.

From: Raimon Panikkar, Peace and Interculturalism, Jaca Book, Milan 2002. (With permission from the A Adattament..)

Non dimenticate! – Do not forget! – Giornata della memoria

Non dimenticate!
(Giornata della Memoria )
Senza rispetto
e solo una parola
Lontana
oscurata per sempre
stracciata
Senza freno
“libertà”
che non ebbe ascolto
che non ebbe senso
per chi ha tolto la vita
di gente innocente
Senza motivo
e solo potere
che ha calpestato
graffiato l’anima
di un intero popolo
Non si resta a guardare
ora
non si lascia grondare
altro sangue innocente
Tutti sapevano
tutti avevano compreso
Olocausto
che ha disperso ceneri
che ha tranciato vite
con una sola colpa
– Stella di Davide
gialla sul petto –
e incrostate lacrime
piaga che
non si rimargina
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Do not forget!
(Memorial Day)
Without respect
and only a word
Far
obscured forever
torn
Without brake
“Freedom”
who did not listen
who had no sense
for those who have taken the life
of innocent people
No reason
and only power
who trod
scratched the soul
of an entire people
No one is watching
now
does not let pour
Another innocent blood
Everyone knew
they understood all
Holocaust
that has scattered ash
who sliced vine
with one fault
– Star of David
yellow on the chest –
encrusted and tears
wound that
does not heal
26.01.2004 Poetyca

Correre il rischio – The risk

Correre il rischio

Quante volte per seguire un flebile volo d’anima ,
un fruscio leggero che conducesse oltre le paure,
oltre le chiusure e gli orizzonti – chiusi alla mente –
ho tentato di sperare , di scorgere una fiammella
che con la sua luce spezzasse le ombre.

Piccole immagini di brillanti colori
che portassero senso alle cadute,
soffio di brezza che accarezzasse i pensieri
per avvolgere e portare forza .

Eppure non era difficile ,
con la speranza legata stretta
ai tremiti incerti della mia anima,
non era che un attimo e poi…
Indomita riprendevo quella strada
che sentivo essere tracciata dentro.

Quante volte , dalla cima di un monte,
tra la libertà trovata, su ali aperte
a toccare il cielo , ho desiderato
che tutto quello che divide, che è
solo un effimero percorso , divenisse
un modo per ritrovare accanto
tutti coloro che non vedono ,
non conoscono oltre le buie prigioni
di sensi illusi che non tacciono.

Gioia avvolge e porta lontano,
ma non potrei tenere tutto chiuso
dentro lo scrigno di verità
che neppure conosco
semplicemente vorrei
poter amare e non chiedere nulla.

11.09.2004 Poetyca

The risk

How many times to follow a faint air of soul,
a slight hiss that led beyond the fears,
over the closures and horizons – the closed mind –
I tried to hope, to see a flame
who with his break light shadows.

Small images of brilliant colors
that bring meaning to the falls,
breeze that caresses the thoughts
to wrap and wear strength.

Yet it was not difficult,
closely linked with the hope
the quakes uncertain of my soul,
was only a moment and then …
Indomitable take over the street
I felt to be drawn inside.

How many times, from the top of a mountain,
between freedom found on wings
to touch the sky I want
that everything that divides, that is
only an ephemeral route became
a way to find next
those who do not see,
do not know beyond the dark prisons
meaning of illusion that are not silent.

Joy envelops and brings distant
but I could not keep everything closed
inside the box of truth
I know that even
I simply
could love and do not ask anything.

11.09.2004 Poetyca

Ragazzo dei sogni – Boys’ dreams

Nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you. Gospel Luke 17:21

Ragazzo dei sogni

Tenerezza sprigiona
il tuo silenzio
che osserva muto
il fumo che sale
da un cuore seduto
tra sagome di cartone

Quanti sorrisi ha il tuo volto
ragazzo che sogni?
e quante mani
ti cercano al buio?

Dipingerai anche l’aurora
appena la luna smetterà
di confondere i tuoi occhi
con aliti argentei

E non sono lacrime
sono solo stelle
che si donano
dall’universo

19.02.2004 Poetyca

Boys’ dreams

Tenderness releases
your silence
that looks dumb
the smoke that rises
from a heart sitting
between shapes of cardboard

How many smiles have your face
boy who dreams?
and how many hands
you seek in the dark?

It also paints the aurora
just stop the moon
to confuse your eyes
with silvery breaths

And there are tears
only stars
who give themselves
universe

19.02.2004 Poetyca