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In The House Of Sleep by Kittybriton, literature

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Current Residence: USA
Favourite genre of music: Early
Favourite photographer: Henri Cartiér-Bresson - the only one I know
Favourite style of art: surrealist (the original)
Operating System: varies depending on where I am / what I'm doing.
MP3 player of choice: the nearest one
Shell of choice: my own (or Korn)
Wallpaper of choice: show me something
Skin of choice: Clepsydra
Favourite cartoon character: Adam by Michelangelo Buonarotti
Personal Quote: Go where you're sent. Do what you're told. DON'T ASK QUESTIONS.

Favourite Visual Artist
Magritte
Favourite Movies
anything I can remember
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
(the late) David Munrow
Favourite Writers
John Donne? Isaac Asimov?
Favourite Games
chess
Favourite Gaming Platform
the table
Tools of the Trade
hands, eyes
Other Interests
constantly changing
Soon it will be Christmas, a time for feasting and merrymaking. Today, the commercialism has more-or-less taken over the spirit of what was once a major religious festival, but the veins of tradition can be traced throughout European culture and even beyond to the colonies. In the same large paperback format as "The Armed Man" this anthology of short stories and music takes a look at some of the traditions, the culture, and the history that relates to Christmas from a voyage by sea, through the battlefields of 1914 France to a fourteenth-century castle among other adventures. US $7.99 from Lulu, 132 pages paperback with black and white illus
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From the blurb for my recently-released book: Imagine that in some unspecified future when the secret of time travel has been unlocked, the ancient practice of writing music down has been rediscovered and humanity has learned anew the language of the emotions, and of mathematics, embodied in making music. You have been picked as one of a small team of investigators whose task it will be to insinuate yourself into other times and other situations to retrieve forgotten songs and lost melodies. Your specialist task will be the rediscovery of the songs and tunes that lightened the load, and made shorter the marches of soldiers generations ago.
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When I worked in the publishing industry corporate identity devices were treated as sacrosanct: we were not allowed to recreate in any way a company's corporate identity device. If a logo had to be reproduced camera copy had to be provided, or the design had to be revised so that the logo did not feature in it. In the age of the internet, our avatars are our personal logos. Deviant Art thought it would be hilarious to replace everybody's avatar for the duration of April 1st 2010 with images promoting the New Moon movie franchise. Not everybody thought the prank was so funny, as a few samples from comments on the relevant news thread illust
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I came for the lutes, I stayed for the vibrancy and classic picturebook-esque artstuffs.
You are very kind. I have to say that I'm not so active these days, partly since I have found employment in a field that offers rewards not found elsewhere, and partly because I am disappointed that DA has become somewhat less than when I first joined. Quantity is no substitute for quality, present company excepted.
Just checking to see if you're still around.   I'm still alive, though regrettably not doing as much as I once did.  Real life seems more of a burden than it once was.   Everything is a struggle, and more of a struggle every day.
Still here, albeit a couple of weeks behind.
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I just learned how I can simulate a Valkyrie's hair blowing in the wind. When I get to that point, that is.
You're the only person I know from whom I could expect a knowledgeable answer to this question:

Listening to some Christmas carols, I get the impression that there was a time, perhaps several centuries ago, when certain modern musical conventions had not yet taken hold -- especially the division of time by powers of two. You know, groups of 4, 8, 16, 32 etc measures, each divided into full- , half-, quarter- , eighth- , sixteenth-notes etc. Certain carols -- "Foom foom foom" [link] may be an example -- seem to ignore that convention, with charming effect, though it makes me a little dizzy to listen to them. Is this an echo of times past?
Yes, until somewhere around two-to-three hundred years ago, notes were divided by a rule of prolation (which at its height of development, defined major prolation, for an outer rhythm, and minor prolation for an inner rhythm), the prolation being either perfect (three shorter notes to one longer, symbolized by a circle prolation symbol) or imperfect (two shorter notes to one longer, symbolized by a segment of a circle crossed by a vertical line, echoed today by the use of the barred "C" used today for "cut time" (2/2 metre)