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Tag Archives: W. Somerset Maugham
Golden Shadows – Despair and the Music of the Companionship of the World
The Lost Arias of Henk van Strijk, my third manuscript of poetry, was completed in July, 2011, in Peace River, Alberta. It was begun in the summer of 2009 when I returned to Vancouver after having spent three years as … Continue reading
Posted in Golden Shadows, Writing
Tagged Aristotle, Canada, Charles Dickens, Gareth Davies, Golden Shadows, Gustav Mahler, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Music, Norman Lebrecht, Poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke, San Francisco, Shostakovich, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Vancouver, W. Somerset Maugham, Wendy Lesser
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Illuminations Along the Way
I will only add, to what I have already written of my perseverance at this time of my life, and of a patient and continuous energy which then began to be matured within me, and which I know to be … Continue reading
Posted in Illuminations Along the Way, Individuals
Tagged Aristotle, Charles Dickens, Fray Luis de Leon, G.I. Gurdjieff, Gustav Mahler, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Lao Tzu, Pablo Neruda, Rainer Maria Rilke, Richard Wagner, T.S. Eliot, Taming of the Shrew, W. Somerset Maugham, William Shakespeare
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8 July 1997 – Telemann, Schubert, Maugham
Tuesday, 8 July 1997, 10:42 am, Vancouver, BC Yesterday I analyzed the components of the three seminars for the West End Community Centre winter session, and scheduled these. This went more quickly than I had anticipated, and compounded my earlier thinking on … Continue reading
Posted in 15 Years Ago, Journals, Music
Tagged Art, Franz Schubert, Georg Philipp Telemann, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Music, Vancouver, W. Somerset Maugham
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26 June 1997 – Freedom and Old Age
Thursday, 26 June 1997, 9:52 am, Vancouver, BC Began studying Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer last night; with the score. After having selected subject matter for today’s writing. Awoke with Somerset Maugham’s thought in my mind that the writer can attain … Continue reading
