Pictures I like

[mahler10th]

More of Delius that I like:



Portrait painted by his Delius' wife, Jelka.



Portrait drawn by Max Beckmann



Delius with his wife, Jelka



Delius at the piano

What I pick up on how Delius physically looks is the impression of a very thoughtful man, someone with patience and no mind for the harmful.  I would spend an awful long time talking to a fellow like Delius.   

[Mirror Image]

What I pick up on how Delius physically looks is the impression of a very thoughtful man, someone with patience and no mind for the harmful.  I would spend an awful long time talking to a fellow like Delius.   

I would have loved to have known him and have been able to speak with him before his disease took over his mind and body. In other words, when he was healthy and more cordial. He could still function mentally towards the end of his life of course, but he was in so much pain all the time that talking with him would have been nerve-wracking and unbearable. He appears to be a patient, easy-going man and many people have recalled this was true when he was younger, but the closer the disease zeroed in on him, the more acidic his personality became.

[mahler10th]

I would have loved to have known him and have been able to speak with him before his disease took over his mind and body. In other words, when he was healthy and more cordial. He could still function mentally towards the end of his life of course, but he was in so much pain all the time that talking with him would have been nerve-wracking and unbearable. He appears to be a patient, easy-going man and many people have recalled this was true when he was younger, but the closer the disease zeroed in on him, the more acidic his personality became.

Very interesting and insightful stuff.  Can you believe after all the hullabaloo I made of the Delius video, I've still only watched the last half hour when it was broadcast, I've yet to watch it in entirety.     I've still got it and I will watch it.

[mahler10th]

By all the Gods, look at this here, you'd think I owned the place because I got up so early.      



I will butt out for a wee while.      I was in danger of answering my own posts.   

[Opus106]

Via Richard Wiseman

[North Star]

Via Richard Wiseman

Brilliant!

[Lisztianwagner]

Some various pictures of Delius that I like:



Delius towards the end of his life (probably dated around '30 or '31)

Poor Delius....his last years were very gloomy.

[mahler10th]

Via Richard Wiseman

I checked this out Nav.  Unfortunately, after repeated  viewings, now I need to make an appointment to have my head examined for any parallax interpretation mutations.   

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Very interesting and insightful stuff.  Can you believe after all the hullabaloo I made of the Delius video, I've still only watched the last half hour when it was broadcast, I've yet to watch it in entirety.     I've still got it and I will watch it.

You should definitely watch it. I knew probably 99.9% of the information that was covered in the documentary, but for someone who is interested in the composer and doesn't know much about him it will be quite insightful for them I think. Like I've mentioned to you, this is the best documentary on Delius I've seen yet.

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Poor Delius....his last years were very gloomy.

Yes, Ilaria. I can't imagine what kind of suffering he went through, but he lived to be 72 years old. For someone with this fatal disease, that's quite astonishing. Smetana, Schubert, and Schumann all died from the disease, although all three causes of these composers' deaths are still being disputed.

[Opus106]

I checked this out Nav.  Unfortunately, after repeated  viewings, now I need to make an appointment to have my head examined for any parallax interpretation mutations.   

Um... good luck?

[Szykneij]

[Opus106]

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[Florestan]

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We are well past the first generation... 

[Opus106]

This is bound to become an historical image.

[mahler10th]

This is bound to become an historical image.

It looks so....other Worldly.  What a very strange image, almost like the black eye of Mars!

[Papy Oli]

[Opus106]

Given that a video is essentially a series of images -- pictures -- I'm posting this here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/8465269711/in/photostream

No special effects, folks. Full screen recommended.

[Szykneij]

Given that a video is essentially a series of images -- pictures -- I'm posting this here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/8465269711/in/photostream

No special effects, folks. Full screen recommended.

It ended just when it started to get good!

(Do the guys who narrate these things moonlight as golf announcers?)

[George]

It ended just when it started to get good!

(Do the guys who narrate these things moonlight as golf announcers?)

Pun intended?