Who would have thought that alpine skiing and downhill skiing had their beginnings in Morgedal, a small town in the Norwegian province of Telemark, where Sondre Norheim, known as the fa-ther of both disciplines of winter sport, was born?
It has been almost two years since Karen, my teacher, passed from this physical form to the spir-itual world. Since then, she is more present than ever in my life and everywhere now that Ka-ren’s soul can be in as many places as you can imagine. This tribute to life is based on who Karen is.
The fine arts do not escape the winter season, since ancient times, the white snowflakes have inspired artists, with original works that have endured in the public taste, while others are as ephemeral as ice. For some, winter means the end of a cycle, while others see it as a time for reflection with a view to returning to daily life with renewed vigor.
Throughout history, Cappadocia has been recognized as a central area of power struggles of various civilizations and cultures, as well as a crossing point from north to south and east to west.
The 13th century is known as a time of great mystics, scientists, pathfinders and warriors: Marco Polo, Saint Francis of Assisi, Genghis Khan and St. Thomas Aquinas… It is also the Islamic golden age, due to the multifaceted the most powerful and largest empire in the world, expanding into Europe at that time.
The Maldives, which faces an environmental threat like no other nation due to rising and worrisome sea levels that could leave it underwater in a few years, has received different proposals from architects around the world who agree that the real solution is the creation of semi-submersible oil platforms or floating islands.
There seems to be a general consensus that the basic and predominant function of all art is to express. “The artist's job is to express his emotions and to symbolize his view of his surround-ings.
Among human virtues, love is the first. And if it is strengths one is discussing, one must choose thought. Everything a human imagines, happens; perhaps not by their own hands, but once pro-jected, it is bound to happen.
But life went on... and what did we learn? Are we the same? Has everything changed? But it can be better.
One of the most recognized Australian Aboriginal painters in the world is Albert Namatjira, origi-nally called Elea Namatjira but renamed Albert after his Christian baptism.