A Night with Claude Debussy

The music under the picture is Arabesques Number 1, composed by Claude Debussy.

While I enjoy sharing that which is considered beautiful in this life, because it is not just a way to appreciate people; but to bring that which is beautiful into the human heart, even if it is for just a little time.

For the world is actually beautiful, just people tend to forget sometimes going through there daily life.-HRM Deborah

The Angel that Watched Over the Children

By HRM Deborah

This particular piece of art and another that I could not find to show, use to hang on my grandmother’s wall; when I was a little girl.

The two picture’s while they where in simple frame‘s, use to hang on a wall originally in our home in Palestine, before ending up on a wall in America.

When I went to my grandmother’s as a child probably at first the age of the above children, I would look and these pictures’ sometime’s for what seemed like long period’s of time, because Angels really do look over, love and protect good people from harm; especially children. These are known as the guardian Angels.

As to what happened to the pictures after my grandmother was assassinated in 1973, I do not know and many times have wondered about them in fond memory.

As to anything more about them, I have wondered very much, other then I loved them and they always gave me a very good feeling.

This is one of those times; I wished to share a nice memory with everyone.

Pieces of coexistence

Multicultural mosaic

Largest mosaic wall to be built at Gilboa Coexistence Festival; head of regional council wants Guinness Company to declare unique feat a world record

21 August 2008
by Yuval Amir

A mixed group of young Jewish and Arab children will try to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, together.

On August 26 the first-ever Gilboa Coexistence Festival will open. As part of the festival, a seven-foot high by 32-feet long, huge mosaic wall will be constructed.

Lines from John Lennon’s song, “Imagine” in Hebrew, Arabic and English will be included in the work of art. The creators, who have been working on the project for the past two months are Jewish children from the Gan-Ner camp and Arab youngsters from the Maayan-Harod camp with the assistance of a professional studio.

The piece will be displayed by the festival’s participants at Maayan Harod, the Gilboa’s Taibe village and at the opening ceremony at Kibbutz Ein Harod Meuhad in northern Jezreel Valley.

A mosaic of these proportions has most likely never been created before, and thus the festival’s organizers and Daniel Atar, head of the Gilboa Regional Council are planning to turn to the Guinness Company with a request that they acknowledge the unique mosaic as a world record.

Jewish, Arab children together in mosaic.

Sara Meltzer, winner of the Knesset’s Prize for Coexistence Education, is conducting the creation of the mosaic and is responsible for planning the artistic instruction for the project.

Meltzer said that inviting the festival’s participants to create the mosaic, “is actually, the revival of an ancient artistic tradition and includes aesthetic and cultural values that reflect the lives of Jews and Arabs in Palestine.

“The mosaic-creating process allows the entire population to actively and democratically cooperate in the creation, without distinction between levels of ability or talent. This mosaic is coexistence art.”

The Gilboa Coexistence Festival will open with a performance by legendary rock star Joe Cocker at the renovated Gilboa amphitheater.

The second night will include performances by Jewish artists, including David Broza, Hadag Nahash and Arab singer Mira Awad.

On the festival’s third night there will be a show honoring famous Arab female singers with performances by Lubna Salameh, Riham Hamdi, Zehava Ben and Sarit Hadad.

The festival will include additional activities, such as a Bible-Koran national contest for Jewish and Arab teens, an art and food fair in cooperation with Jewish best chefs and singers Dana Berger, Yirmi Kaplan, Efrat Gosh and others. There will also be an extreme jeep tour for Jewish and Arab women.

43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Members of the Jury

Members of the festival jury (L-R) Czech musician Jan P. Muchow, Hungarian-born director of photography Vilmos Zsigmond, Dutch actress Johanna ter Steege, British actress Brenda Blethyn, Czech-born director and jury president Ivan Passer, Palestinian Jewish director Ari Folman and American producer Ted Hope attend a session of the jury during the 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 10 July 2008, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

by HRM Deborah

Every time I think of the Czech Republic, it reminds me of an exceptional man that my mother I met many years ago; I was about 19 years-old at the time.

Vandimer was his name and he was a world famous chief, what artistry he could do with food, especially presentation was remarkable.

While he was usually a very quite, soft spoken gentleman, which I admired too, he was always kind and would watch over (protected) my mother and I for a time; because as he would say we both where nice proper ladies and even to this day I still smile, along with remember what a very kind man he was.

Something else I do remember, was Vandimer was a very wise man.

In those days, Vandimer still called the country, Czechoslovakia and he was very proud he came from there.

Personally, I have always had admiration for the Czech Republic, because this remarkable man came from that particular country.

The Beauty of a Great Artist

A young Maiko (Geisha Apprentice) performing in the Kamogawa Odori, in 2006.

The Geisha are beautiful artists, whose skills include performing various Japanese arts, such as classical music, dance, the tea ceremony; among other very wonderful arts.

Furthermore, there grace and beauty always makes the heart soar to the skies, even if you just think of them. As well as the Geisha has always been considered as graceful as the swan.

It was explained to me as a young child, that the Geisha has a very honored history and I have always especially liked the beauty of the Kimono’s.

Contemplation

Woman sitting in window with a coffee cup.

(Photographer: Bec Parsons)

I happened upon this photograph and thought what artistry this picture has; along with a type of calm beauty.

While I do not know who Bec Parsons is, I must say, they are excellent in the field of photography.

Elementary School Students Take Part in Play

Palestinian elementary school students take part in a play about politics on 30 April 2008 in the West Bank city of Ramallah.