I look inside the form, the phrase structure, the harmony. I look into returning motives. After this whole preparation I need to internalize it. The body has to feel the music. I try to sing out different parts in order to confirm assumptions or ideas, because that always tells me what is natural. Eventually, I go live my life and let the piece sink in.
2020/06/30
2020/06/28
Kusama is a phenomenon
She has been an installation artist, dress designer, art dealer, sculptor, pianist, poet and novelist (at least 18 novels
Stop buying "made in China"!
The construction of defensive infrastructure is in direct violation of the bilateral agreement that both nations made to de-escalate the militarisation of the region. The construction of camps, gun emplacements and roads was one of the reasons for the conflict earlier in June that saw the death of tens of Indian and Chinese soldiers. Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in the violence
Observed and predicted effects of climate change on Arctic caribou and reindeer
the decline of many populations concurrent with Arctic warming has precipitated concern for the future status of the species and for the associated socioeconomic consequences. At the same time, a substantial research effort has developed to study the global effects of climate change, with considerable work going into Arctic species and ecosystems.
2020/06/27
As Permafrost Melts It's Unleashing Ancient Viruses, Carbon - And Now Fuel Spills
Melting permafrost, suspected by Russia of being behind an unprecedented fuel spill that has polluted huge stretches of Arctic rivers, is a time bomb threatening health and the environment, and risks speeding up global warming.
'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean
Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean pollution – adding to a glut of plastic waste that already threatens marine life – after finding disposable masks floating like jellyfish and waterlogged latex gloves scattered across seabeds.
Major fires hit the Amazon and the Arctic for the second year in a row
For the second year running, vital ecosystems are in flames. Several major fires in the Amazon have been spotted ahead of the rainforest’s typical fire season, and it seems likely that 2020 will see worse blazes than the ones which triggered international outcry last year. Fires are also raging across frozen tundra in the Arctic, sending smoke around the world and releasing CO2.
2020/06/26
Urging The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, the Sydney Morning Herald and Handelsblatt to #CancelChinaPropaganda
The Chinese government has stifled media freedoms for decades; imprisoning more journalists than anywhere else in the world; banning social media and non-compliant foreign websites, an resorting to extreme measures to prevent all information about its human rights abuses and unrest getting out, including by routinely locking up anyone who speaks out.
To further efforts to control and censor Chinese Communist Party state media has struck highly lucrative deals with numerous highly regarded news outlets, offering large sums of money for them to carry supplements or 'advertorials'. These outlets include the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and Sydney Morning Herald.
These supplements or 'advertorials' enable the promotion of the Chinese government’s propaganda, which is far factual reporting and includes articles hailing the celebration by Tibetans of “democratic reforms” in occupied Tibet; reports whitewashing the arbitrary detention of at least 2 million Uyghurs and other Muslims in ‘re-education camps’; and stories claiming that the repressive and internationally condemned National Security legislation in Hong Kong will only “better protect” freedoms on the island.
By accepting money from the Chinese government to hold this propaganda, these media outlets are performing as a mouthpiece for Beijing and are complicity in the crackdown on the freedom of Tibetans, Uyghurs,Chinese and all human rights defenders who risk their lives on the frontlines to expose the realities of life under Chinese rule.
2020/06/22
Dos Santos blames asset freeze for Lisbon retreat and failure to pay staff
The Angolan billionaire has closed down her business offices in Portugal and fired dozens of staff after failing to pay wages, rent and bills for months
History will remember Trump as 'an aberration'
"His policymaking is so incoherent, so unfocused, so unstructured, so wrapped around his own personal political fortunes, that mistakes are being made that will have grave consequences for the national security of the United States," Bolton told George Stephanopoulos
2020/06/19
Intelligence
Intelligence — the ability to learn, reason and solve problems — is at the forefront of behavioural genetic research. Intelligence is highly heritable and predicts important educational, occupational and health outcomes better than any other trait. Recent genome-wide association studies have successfully identified inherited genome sequence differences that account for 20% of the 50% heritability of intelligence. These findings open new avenues for research into the causes and consequences of intelligence using genome-wide polygenic scores that aggregate the effects of thousands of genetic variants.
2020/06/18
Over 1.2 millions Tibetans have died as a direct result of China’s occupation of Tibet
"As a Tibetan refugee born and raised in India, I consider India to be my second home, which has given asylum to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people. For centuries, Tibet and India enjoyed peace and friendship; China did not share a border with India until 1959. Over 1.2 millions Tibetans have died as a direct result of China’s occupation of Tibet. However, Tibetans inside Tibet and in exile have never wavered in our struggle against the colonial occupation of our homeland"
Samar has been jailed for her activities and faces ongoing harassment and threats of punishment from both the government and the religious authorities
Samar Badawi is a Saudi woman human rights defender, who has challenged the conservative authorities by attempting to register to vote and driving her car. Samar has been jailed for her activities and faces ongoing harassment and threats of punishment from both the government and the religious authorities. However, she has also been an inspiration to thousands of Saudi women and along with fellow defenders is challenging gender inequality in Saudi Arabia.
2020/06/17
Indians, Slaves, and Mass Murder: The Hidden History
The ensuing Age of Discovery, with its expansions of empires and exploitations of New World natural resources, was accompanied by the seizure and forced labor of human beings, starting with Native Americans.
The UN failed to hold the Saudi and Emirati led coalition to account for killing and injuring at least 222 children, and at least 4 incidents of attacks on schools and hospitals verified by the UN in 2019
In a shocking decision, the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has removed Saudi Arabia from his annual ‘list of shame’. This shows powerful parties can kill and maim children or attack schools and hospitals with impunity
2020/06/10
2020/06/09
Where are going our "advanced" societies?
"When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he’s a woman – and, as I’ve said, gender confirmation certificates may now be granted without any need for surgery or hormones – then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside. That is the simple truth."
"situations of male prisoners selfidentifying as females then raping staff in prison".
“Never have I seen women denigrated and dehumanised to the extent they are now. From the leader of the free world’s long history of sexual assault accusations and his proud boast of ‘grabbing them by the pussy’, to the incel (‘involuntarily celibate’) movement that rages against women who won’t give them sex, to the trans activists who declare that TERFs need punching and re-educating"
2020/06/06
Olof Palme murder: Sweden believes it knows who killed PM in 1986
A charismatic prime minister who led Sweden's Social Democratic party, Palme was also outspoken on several international issues.
At home he had infuriated business owners with reforms and spoken out against nuclear power.
He was critical of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and the US bombing of North Vietnam and had attacked South Africa's "gruesome" regime of apartheid.
Evil brutality and evil monstrosities
- In Buffalo, police said a 75-year-old-man—who was walking alone doing nothing when he was pushed over by a cop, hit his head on cement, started bleeding from his ears, and was ignored by a group of a dozen officers—“tripped and fell.”
Rayshard Brooks was killed following a confrontation with officers outside a fast food restaurant in Atlanta.
Police Said A Black Man Hanged Himself.
- U.N. Panel Says Russia Bombed Syrian Civilian Targets, a War Crime
Parents fear the city’s (Hong Kong) education system will become a propaganda tool for the Chinese Communist Party, preventing their children from developing free thinking. They worry about their physical safety too as police crack down hard on young dissenters.
Hannah Gadsby Offers a Hilarious Art History Slide Show in Her New Netflix Special
the High Renaissance, she reminds us, took place between 1500 and 1520 (though some scholars argue that it began in 1490), a time when Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo were at the height of their careers, painting masterpieces left and right. But where is the final member of the quartet, Donatello? Plot twist: he died in 1465.
2020/06/05
Berlioz’s Grand Traité d’Instrumentation et d’Orchestration Modernes
was first published in 1843/4 then reissued in 1855 in a revised and enlarged edition. It remains a landmark in the history of the symphony orchestra, and though there have been numerous technical improvements in the manufacture and playing of instruments since the composer’s time, especially concerning wind and brass instruments, the work still retains much of its value. It is a historical document on instrumental practice in the time of Berlioz, and also provides a commentary on Berlioz’s own use of the orchestra
A Massive Oil Spill in the Arctic Has Turned a River Red
Russia declared a state of emergency after a power plant spilled 20,000 metric tons of oil and diesel fuel into a river in the Arctic Circle. The possible cause: melting permafrost due to climate change.
In Taymyr the coastal tundra - marshland with permanently frozen subsoil - is a nesting ground for migratory birds, which fly there for the brief Arctic summer.
Polar bears sometimes come ashore on Taymyr while, inland, vast reindeer herds roam and snowy owls hunt lemmings.
Along with the pollution threat, reindeer are now seriously threatened by poaching, says Alexey Knizhnikov, a conservationist at WWF Russia.
"Developing new projects in such an ecologically sensitive area is madness, in our view," he told the BBC.
2020/06/04
Mia Florentine Weiss: don’t provoke to provoke
Nietzsche said: “We have art in order not to die of the truth!”
Sagittarius A*
Supermassive black holes lurk at the center of galaxies, with sizes that reach up to 10 billion times the mass of the Sun. For example, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, is 4 million times the mass of the Sun.
2020/06/03
Major U.S. Museums Criticized for Responses to Ongoing George Floyd Protests
As social media flooded with images of civil arrest and police brutality, many museums stayed silent over the weekend, drawing criticism from high-profile activists, curators, and artists
2020/06/01
Christo Has Died
Christo, the Bulgarian artist who captivated audiences around the world for more than five decades with massive public art installations, has died.
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