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(& pips) Histoire sans paroles Un merci à Pilou, et à Elton pour son accompagnement si sensible. Story without words A thank you to Pilou, and to Elton for his sensitive accompaniment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPu0HnRa3CI Et toujours une pensée pour notre amie Marie-Claire, dont je n'ai toujours pas digéré la disparition si soudaine...

+ demonstrative PiPs The Romanesque co-cathedral of St John (Baptist) of Valletta was built between 1573 and 1577 by the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem to the designs of the Maltese military architect Ġlormu Cassar. The exterior of the cathedral is built in the typical mannerist style of its architect Girolamo Cassar (PiP #1). The portal is flanked by Doric columns supporting an open balcony from which the Grand Master used to address the people on important occasions. The extremely & wonderfully ornate interior (PiPs #2 to 7) was extensively decorated by Mattia Preti, a Calabrian artist and knight, at the height of the Baroque period. Preti designed the intricate carved stone walls and painted the vaulted ceiling and side altars with scenes from the life of John the Baptist. It can be seen that the artist skilfully created an illusion of three-dimensionality through his use of shadows and placement. The Maltese limestone, which gives its colour to the façade of the building (as to much of the city's historic buildings) in which the cathedral is built, lends itself particularly well to such complex sculpture. The floor of the church, which is made entirely of marble, consists of cenotaphs depicting 405 knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. The church has eight chapels, each representing a hospitable language. Many renowned craftsmen contributed to the splendour of the interior decoration. The painting "The Beheading of St. John the Baptist" (1608 - PiP #8) by Caravaggio (1571-1610) is the most famous work in the church. One of the painter's masterpieces, the largest canvas he painted and one of the few he signed. The painting is displayed in the Oratory for which it was painted. Restored in the late 1990s in Florence, the painting is one of the most impressive uses of Caravaggio's chiaroscuro style. Wikipedia.fr/.en Johannes Passion, JS Bach, by N. Harnoncourt, Concentus musicus Wien www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwY3STY0eD8

In PiP our May Day symbol, already bloomed, that was just waiting for her. En PiP notre symbole du 1er mai, déjà fleuri, qui n'attendait plus qu'elle. La rose qui a vu le décès de ma mère il y a juste 3 ans et qui est à nouveau précoce cette année en avril. Tout un symbole... The rose that saw the death of my mother just 3 years ago and which is early again this year in April. Quite a symbol... Pardon de désactiver les commentaires, mes amis. Je vous sais en communion avec ma tristesse, tant d'hommages lui ont été rendus sur ipernity. Je t'honore dans mon coin, mon amie, mais nous sommes tous réunis autour de toi, pour longtemps encore. Sorry to turn off the comments, my friends. I know you are in communion with my sadness, so many tributes have been paid to her on ipernity. I honour you in my corner, my friend, but we are all gathered around you, for a long time to come.

Galerie (XVIème siècle) figurant l'entrée de la ville de La Vallette. Gallery (16th century) representing the entrance to the town of Valletta.

Tranche gênoise de Méditerranée Bill Evans, seascape www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-5m5Lva3yeY

Offrande/Offering, Istanbul Pour la paix dans le monde, contre la guerre économique, contre l'expansionnisme guerrier des grandes puissances occidentales et d'ailleurs... Chine et Russie incluses. For peace in the world, against economic war, against the warlike expansionism of the great Western powers and elsewhere...Including China and Russia L'Europe vote en juin pour son parlement. Les pouvoirs en place, qui maitrisent l'économie, la finance et les médias, l'emporteront, avec le soutien obligé d'une extrême droite plus prépondérante que jamais depuis 1936.

........................................................................... From J. Pollock (MoMa 2014) Mantovani Bruno, music (2015, 1st symphony) ........................................................................... chaos : an obsession / une idée fixe www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYXU3eRh-X0&t=199s

Happy IGA2022 to us all! I'm really happy to meet tomorrow those who were able to make themselves available for the event ; and to celebrate it on behalf of all the others, of our whole community! A big thank you to Ben, Corinne and Urs for deciding to take charge of the future of ipernity alongside the other volunteers and William, our president Je suis très heureux de rencontrer demain ceux qui ont pu se rendre disponibles ; et de fêter cet événement au nom de tous les autres, de toute notre chère communauté ! Un grand merci à Ben, Corinne et Urs pour avoir décidé de prendre en main l'avenir d'ipernity aux côtés des autres volontaires et William, notre président. ~o0o~ They are about to send us to war in the name of their own interests..... Please, let us not be fooled again, and again..... The Who, Won't Get Fooled Again www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDVdomcsjBA We'll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgement of all wrong They decide and the shotgun sings the song I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again

Un doux, délicat moment suggéré par mon amie Héléna et qui convient parfaitement à l'ambiance de ma photo, je trouve : le très émouvant et interpellant Adagio de la Symphonie en Sol mineur op.11 d'Otto Olsson, compositeur Suédois (1879-1964) : www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUho-xD0xxw&t=1296s Ses quelques accents mahlériens ne font pas oublier une expression très personnelle, aussi romanesque qu'exigeante, vigoureuse et sans concession. D'une rare beauté et d'une dimension trop méconnue, vraiment. Otto Olsson fut l'un des plus grands organistes de son époque, nous apprend wikipedia (écoutez ce très profond prélude et fugue : www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxF_Psrxyuk) , fort de connaissances solides en contrepoint - tout à fait audibles - alliées à une grande affinité pour la musique française d'orgue ( ma préférée avec la production allemande incontournable ). Il influença nombre de musiciens suédois. Son œuvre liturgique ainsi que ses ouvrages pédagogiques sur l'art du chant choral et du psaume font référence. Je lui trouve personnellement un modernisme (début 20ème) alliant un post-romantisme habité, authentique, à une éloquence finalement assez rare. Merci ma très chère Héléna pour cette riche découverte !! Requiem for the Ukrainian people doomed to disappear under the bombs or under the still too widespread imperialist yoke (even non-warlike)

Vallée des sources de l'Arc, massif de la Vanoise

Marché Biron, Puces de Clignancourt/Saint Ouen Clignancourt/Saint Ouen Flea Market ~o0o~ No more war / Plus jamais la guerre The Deserter, Boris Vian ,1943 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjndTXyk3mw Mr President, I am writing you a letter That you will read, perhaps If you have the time I came to receive My military papers To go to the war Before Wednesday evening Mr President I don't want to do it I am not on this earth To kill poor people It's not to make you angry I must say to you My decision is made I am going to desert Since I was born I saw my father die I saw my brothers leave And my children cry My mother has suffered so much That she is inside her tomb And she mocks bombs And she mocks the worms When I was a prisoner You stole my wife from me You stole my soul from me And all my dear past Tomorrow in the early morning I will close my door In the nose of the dead years I will go on the roads I will beg for my life On the roads of France Of Brittany and Provence And I will say to people Refuse to obey Refuse to do it Don't go to war Refuse to leave If we must give one's blood Go to give yours You are a good apostle Mr President If you chase me Tell your policemen That I am not armed And that they can shoot

Paris, early morning & PiP Pour les peuples d'Ukraine et de Russie et de partout dans le monde For the people of Ukraine and Russia and all over the world "Cease Fire / Cessez le feu" - Alan Stivell www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKmBHIfH3g Ní thiocfaimid slán go deo na ndeor / Nous ne survivrons pas aux larmes pour toujours / We will not survive the tears forever Ach síocháin a bheith ann a deir an mórshlua / Mais l'existence de la paix dit les masses / But the existence of peace says the masses [...]

& PiP Les Anses-d'Arlet, Martinique : au début de la colonisation, deux frères caraïbes, Arlet et Pilote, auraient abandonné leurs biens et leurs terres aux colons du Nord de la Martinique pour se réfugier dans le Sud, à la suite d’un traité signé entre eux. De ce fait, Arlet s'installa dans la région à laquelle il a donné son nom. ~o0o~ Kassav Kolé séré ♫ ♫ ♫ , la cadence des îles... ( "Coller serré", danse raprochée :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoIMtOBim0M&list=PL1DE3EAE650C82EB6&index=4 Ipernity is saved, thanks to our community spirit. Long live our healthy project !

Avec ou sans ipernity, ce beau monde restera digne d'être vécu ; grâce à vous mes ami(e)s With or without ipernity, this nice world will remain worth living in; thanks to you my friends ~¤~ Mahler, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Ging heut morgen übers Feld Fischer-Dieskau / Kübelik www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9drUEB0VE Ging heut morgen übers Feld Tau noch auf den Gräsern hing; Sprach zu mir der lust'ge Fink: "Ei du! Gelt? Guten Morgen! Ei gelt? Du! Wird's nicht eine schöne Welt? Zink! Zink! Schön und flink! Wie mir doch die Welt gefällt!" ../.. Nein, nein, das ich mein' Mir nimmer blühen kann...

Site archéologique d'Aléria, + Ctrl/Z Divine Corsican skies (ctrl/z)... Archaeological site of Aléria - that I'll show you later .............................................. Ipernity a besoin d'un trésorier, cliquez ici ............... .............................................. Ipernity needs a treasurer, please click here ............ Waking World - Youn Sun Nah, chanteuse inspirée de jazz sud-coréenne / inspired South Korean jazz singer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPwfVrhXK-I If it were a dream I'd surely See your face and be relieved No need to hide from being Our true selves I know this bond will be broken In the day with my eyes wide open In this waking world If it were a dream I'd surely Walk out hand in hand with you No need to run away From anything I know this bond will be broken In the day with my eyes wide open In this waking world In this waking world In this waking world

Evasion... Slightly arranged wall fresco /Fresque murale légèrement arrangée Gare du Nord, Paris .............................................. Ipernity a besoin d'un trésorier, cliquez ici ............... .............................................. Ipernity needs a treasurer, please click here ............ Kurunba , by Rokia Koné, the Rose of Bamako (Mali) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnME7Xdv7fs N ko kurunba, ne tɛ fɛn fɔ i ye Kurunba, ne tɛ fɛn fɔ I've got nothing to say to you, Kurunba !

Mobilisons nous pour l'avenir d'ipernity ! Cliquez sur ce lien. Let's mobilize for the future of ipernity! Click on this link. Bon week-end à vous, mes amis d'ipernity. Merci à vous d'être à nos côtés quoiqu'il arrive. C'est précieux et irremplaçable. Une très chaleureuse pensée à ceux d'entre nous qui vivent des moments difficiles, voire dramatiques. Have a great weekend, my ipernity friends. Thank you for standing by us too no matter what happens. It is so precious and irreplaceable. A very warm thought to those of us who are going through difficult, even dramatic moments. With Chrissie Hynde's "I'll Stand By You", her eternal love song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuWAGT9ZkYE 'Cause even if you're wrong, I'll stand by you,

Mosquée Koutoubia, Marrakech (may be better on night screen) Manfred Mann's Mighty Quinn, from B. Dylan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcDc2S3-KqE Come all without, come all within You’ll not see nothing like the mighty " Queen "