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“We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.” – Illustrated London News, Jan. 17, 1931 G. K. Chesterton

Highlighted Quotes That Caught my Attention At The Moment

"I am the last monarch of the old world. As Emperor, it is my duty to protect my peoples from their politicians" -Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary

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In Which I ask if I have been Fooled by AI

Hello, my good friend, reader of this present post! How are you, today? Hope you are okay, do let me know if ever possible! I am okay, just here, trying to stay afloat in a month that has been intense, concerning the news. In my personal life, apart from the unfortunate gain of weight over the past late months, and some moments of deep melancholia, boredom, and so on, I am quite okay... what else can I ask for? It is okay, I suppose.... I mean, I could ask for some more relief from this horrid heat, I could ask my brother to stop with the noise from his bedroom, I don't care if he can play musical instruments, I prefer to have my music on-demand, and I hate the podcasts he listen to (and he listens to them with no earphones). Anyway... I have a good chunk of an idea to share, perhaps you will appreciate it! Let's jump to it, shall we? I wonder, have I been fooled by Artificial Intelligence? Did I ever consider it could be more than just a useful gadget? With the possibility of ...

In Which We Open The Blog's Birthday Week!

Hello, dear reader of this post! Welcome in to this Blog's Birthday week! How awesome is that? As a way to celebrate, I want to do a stream on the 8th doing some art for the blog, and perhaps I may do a stream today as well, even if I'm not sure what I'll be doing! Maybe even more art, because art is awesome! Speaking of Art, I'd like to take this moment to bring to light yet again one of my favorite composers: Gabriel Fauré. The works I've heard of him have such a soft touch that really is capable of comforting one's bad day! I brought Sicilienne in September 2018 if I'm not mistaken, but I'd like to bring it again, because that was almost 4 years ago, and I don't think it's worth scrolling down to so long ago. But I also want to bring to light another piece by him: Après un Rêve! Both those compositions are listened bellow!

Not only a distinguished man, he also had quite a lovely moustache!


Après un RĂŞve - Après Un Reve on Youtube (the video features the spoken words of this piece, that I've no idea it had in the first place! The more you learn)

Sicilienne - Sicilienne on Youtube (Orchestral version, featured in Civilization 5)

I did spoke about Sicilienne before, but I can't stress enough what a strong impact it had in me, as I played Civilization 5, the last game of the franchise so far that really introduced me to some wonderful classical music. The precedent for that was set by Civilization 4's wonderful choices, though not too accurate, but for imagination it really doesn't have to be! I am truly rejoiced to have reached such a point on this publication, I mean, 4 years and more than 450 posts! It is a commitment I'm not used to having, at all! Speaking of commitment, I finished that drawing I was working on, finally, and I'd love to share it with you guys!

It is an absolute joy to finish yet another massive undertaking, drawing buildings is not easy! To be fair, drawing is anything but easy, even my cartoony, childish style took years to mature somehow, and I'm yet to be comfortable with straight lines, or perfect circles, and so on. My trace has improved immensely since 2014, or even 2018, that's very much so, but I am yet to learn and practice and create a great deal more, if God wishes me to keep on doing it. I haven't written much on the first post of celebration of 4 years of blogging, but I think I brought something to light, and that is the music of Fauré, a wonderful composer. Both a traditionalist and an innovator, a kind gentleman who managed to be widely celebrated even in his long life, such is the power of an musical ear and a gentle heart. He is indeed a good representative of the Divagation Store, the one we stand right now! So, I believe this is it for today! But this week we will celebrate! Hopefully I'll be back, if not tomorrow, real soon with stuffs for our enjoyment and wanderness!

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