in florida for the week, enjoying the sun's warm rays, my mom's home cooking, & the slow-paced dynamics inherent to orlando. just takin' 'er easy...
went to the salvador dalí museum in st.petersburg earlier in the week - it was awesome. the collection is actually one of the most extensive in the world. plus, the museum usually has other works on loan and also houses temporary exhibits - currently on dalí & film (which -ironically - opened at the london tate modern). here's what i learned:
1. dalí & walt disney collaborated on a surreal, animated film called destino, which was abandoned midway through & lay dormant for 57 years until disney's nephew ordered it to be completed. i loved it. like fantasia, the images morph into one another to create crosses between reality and fantasy. also, right around that time, dalí was designing a dream sequence for alfred hithcock's film spellbound - a freudian scene in which an amnesic (gregory peck) narrates a recurring dream to his psychoanalyst (ingrid bergman) in an attempt to decode his subconsciousness.
2. in the 70's, dalí released a hallucinogenic tv documentary called impressions of upper mongolia. he was inspired in great part by patterns obtained staining the brass band of a pen. here's the catch - he would regularly urinate on it to "improve the patination" ... !
on to other things.
here's otros aires, a neo-tango group founded in barcelona in 2003 by miguel di genova. they sound good! click here to listen to sin rumbo on their own website - or check out another of their songs, below. enjoy!
milonga sentimental - otros aires
and a bit more of a classic, by one of the masters.
libertango - ástor piazzolla - performed by yo-yo ma
besos.
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