November 21, 2017
Our Inner Cosmos Take a deep breath! Gather your wits and all of your strength. Are you prepared? Be sure, for once you take this journey, your heart at breakneck speeds will be propelled. Yes? Fine then. Grab a mirror from your den, Hold it up to your face and prepare for the leap. The […]
Tags: beauty, chaos, Cosmic Field Trip, cruelty, existence, history, our inner cosmos, poem, wonder
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July 28, 2016
A dragon did not crawl on its belly in front of its enemies, begging for their help. A dragon did not vow to rid the world of infidels, and then invite them into its home. A dragon did not flee its land in the middle of the night like a criminal. A dragon burned everything […]
Tags: and i darken, corgi books, desire, history, hope, kiersten white, lada, love, pain, review, sorrow, strength, the conquerors saga
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June 12, 2016
Though I’ve already written a review in Romanian for Prometheus Bound, it would have been strange if I didn’t write something about the entire volume that includes four of Aeschylus’ tragedies: The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes and Prometheus Bound. What you need to know about Aeschylus is that he is one […]
Tags: antiquity, death, e. d. a. moreshead, four plays of aeschylus, greece, history, istoria teatrului universal, myth, ovidiu drimba, past, pity, pride, prophecy, revenge, review, suffering, the persians, the suppliant maidens, theatre, tragedy, war
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April 21, 2016
A History of the Expatriate Writers in Paris That Made Up the Lost Generation Several months ago I wrote a Romanian review for Woody Allen’s film, Midnight in Paris, which is one of my favourite movies of all time. Due to this amazing film and also due to my fascination with the City of Lights, […]
Tags: art, books, culture, ernest hemingway, ezra pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, gertrude stein, history, james joyce, literary guide, literature, lost generation, mentality, midnight in paris, modernism, past, paul brody, review, the real midnight in paris, the roaring twenties, ts eliot, war
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December 11, 2015
I could see his face better now, and the cruel strength of it made me shrink back – the great dark eyes under knitted brows, the long straight nose, the broad bonelike cheeks. His mouth, I saw now, was closed in a hard smile, ruby and curving under his wiry, dark mustache. At one corner […]
Tags: death, dracula, dragon, elizabeth kostova, fantasy, history, letter, life, literature, love, mystery, review, the historian, vampire, vampirism, vlad the impaler
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July 29, 2015
I think that it’s been too long since I last spoke of Gackt’s songs. The winner for today is one I discovered a couple of months ago, Sakura Chiru. I had no idea that there’s also an English version sung by Yohio, so I have to thank Ana Maria for telling me about it. Both […]
Tags: death, friendship, gackt, history, life, love, memory, moon saga, music, mystery, nostalgia, pain, sadness, sakura chiru, song, time, yohio
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July 7, 2015
We think that the West and the Eastern world are very different from one another. However, there are times in history when both of them are equally threatened by totalitarian regimes. Some people believe that history is cyclical, but sometimes it can be somewhat simultaneous and this aspect can be seen clearly in the war […]
Tags: autobiography, brad pitt, buddhism, communism, culture, david thewlis, drama, family, film, heinrich harrer, history, identity, nazism, peace, religion, review, seven years in tibet, the dalai lama, war
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March 25, 2015
I usually don’t like films that contain battle scenes, but I couldn’t resist the temptation to watch Doug Lefler’s 2007 screening of Valerio Massimo Manfredi’s novel The Last Legion. This adventure/ fantasy film stars Colin Firth as Roman general Aurelius, Sir Ben Kingsley as Ambrosinus and Merlin, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Mira and Thomas Brodie-Sangster […]
Tags: adventure, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, ben kingsley, colin firth, Doug Lefler, fantasy, film, friendship, history, legend, review, Roman Empire, the last legion, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, violence, war
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March 1, 2015
I must say that this film is very dear to my heart, due to three reasons: I admire British actor Colin Firth very much, anything related to the British Royal Family is of interest to me and, last but not least, this film is about friendship beyond social status and nationality. How did it become […]
Tags: colin firth, david seidler, derek jacobi, drama, family, film, friendship, geoffrey rush, helena bonham carter, history, jennifer ehle, king george VI, ludwig van beethoven, monarchy, review, the king's speech, tom hooper, war
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February 15, 2015
J. R. R. Tolkien – the Age of Myths… and modern fantasies (Part 2 – of spiritual things) Welcome back! In the first part I tried to explain the whole allegory versus imaginary history project. Now let me expand on the whole symbolic / mythical / spiritual level of the story. ~*~ Here we reach […]
Tags: allegory, angst, cosplay, fantasy, film, history, imagination, jrr tolkien, legend, literature, love, magic, mystery, myth, religion, review, silmarillion, story, the hobbit, the lord of the rings
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