July 6： 王大閎；WilliamFaulkner; John Lennon and Paul McCartney's first meeting；The 14th Dalai Lama, Frida Kahlo de Rivera
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays, and screenplays. Wikipedia
Born: September 25, 1897, New Albany, Mississippi, United States
Died: July 6, 1962, Byhalia, Mississippi, United States
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.
--from THE TOWN (1957) by William Faulkner
“Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame. No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash: your picture in the paper nor money in the bank either. Just refuse to bear them.”
―from INTRUDER IN THE DUST by William Faulkner
-----
7月6日，是國寶級建築大師王大閎先生的百歲生日。有「建築詩人」美譽的王大閎，他的作品早已超越技術的層次，昇華為藝術，具有禁得起時間淘洗而彌新的經典價值。
走訪林語堂故居，這幢由林語堂親自設計的宅邸，也是經由王大閎的巧思，才將林先生的理念具體呈現出來。不過呢，故居導覽員絕對不會告訴你的是－－其實王大閎並不是很認同林語堂的設計理念，曾經在文章中發了一點牢騷。
究竟，「幽默大師」與「建築詩人」之間有什麼不同調的地方呢？有興趣的朋友可以參考《近鄉情悅：幽默大師林語堂的台灣歲月》第八章。
She was often referred to as “Mrs Rivera”, but Kahlo didn't lack pluck. Asked whether she too was a painter, she exclaimed, “Yes, the greatest in the world”
Frida Kahlo, born on this day in 1907, decorated her corsets with drawings of tigers, monkeys, and plumed birds.
Frida Kahlo de Rivera was a Mexican painter, who mostly painted self-portraits. Inspired by Mexican popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society.Wikipedia
Born: July 6, 1907, Coyoacán, Mexico
Died: July 13, 1954, Coyoacán, Mexico
Spouse: Diego Rivera (m. 1940–1954), Diego Rivera (m. 1929–1939)
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
------
The 14th Dalai Lama is the current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are important monks of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism which is nominally headed by the Ganden Tripas. Wikipedia
Born: July 6, 1935 (age 82), Taktser, China
Full name: Lhamo Dondrub
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
7月："Everyone has the right to achieve a happy life." — the world's most adorable leader, the Dalai Lama, turns 80 today
NPR Morning Edition 和 NPR 都分享了 1 條連結。
60 Years Ago, 2 Boys Met And The Beatles Began
On the anniversary of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's first meeting, revisit the church garden party that changed the course of popular music forever.
NPR.ORG
NPR Morning Edition
Paul wore a white sportscoat with a pink carnation. John played a cheap guitar. They would eventually combine for 200 songs valued at almost a billion dollars.
留言
張貼留言