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Finding the secret of the Prince of Persia in Weimar

Video: Placido Domingo interprets “Nessun Dorma” from Puccini’s opera Turandot One of the most wonderful events that a human being could get to see in his lifetime is the opera Turandot. And for the...

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“This Is the Dream” by Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge

Last night I couldn’t sleep. I choose to read some poetry to go somewhere else for the night.  Now I share with you the poem that moved me the most.  I hope you enjoy it, This Is the Dream by Norwegian...

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TED lecture. Sheikha Al Mayassa: Globalizing the local, localizing the global

After watching a TED lecture by Sheikha Al Mayassa, a patron of artists, storytellers and filmmakers in Qatar, I had some questions.  First, she emphasizes how art and culture create a country’s...

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2012, Early Summer Reading List #Books

I am reading all day long specialized non-fiction books and journal essays.  That is how life is like when you want to be an Academic in a world in which competition is getting harder and harder....

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Terracotta vase in the form of a lobster claw

Visiting history museums is one of my favorite activities.  There, one of the things that I appreciate the most is learning about the paintings they have in vases and other pottery utensils from...

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82nd & Fifth. “My First Time” from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

One of my favourite museums is The Met and one of my favourite paintings is also there.  I was just impressed and happy to see that a new video cured by the art historian and curator George Goldner...

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