http://www.flickr.com/photos/33167813@N03/3498315814/ I love this picture – beautiful art! The title is: ‘I will wait’ but I prefer to rename it to: Time – the corner of the image has some beautiful writing and I’ve copied it here: Another by the same artist! ‘Pieces of my past’ Great song! – Find a way to my heart
Archive for the ‘art’ Category
Freaky Friday – Picture
Posted in art, tagged art on 17/02/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Fine Art
Posted in art, tagged art, Chess, classical music, Tchaikovsky on 13/07/2011 | Leave a Comment »
The pianist in this youtube video is brilliant. Enjoy one of my favourite pieces of music: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no 1. The Chess art is by: redbubble.com/people/plunder/
Sonvanger – Suncatcher
Posted in Afrikaans, Afrikaans music, Afrikaans songs, art, Kuns, South African sunset, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans songs, art, Kuns, sonsondergang, Sonvanger, South African sunset, sunsets on 29/10/2010 | 6 Comments »
image:woes.co.za South African sunsets [African sunsets in general] are the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen. This next song’s title is Suncatcher – translated as it is an Afrikaans song – Sonvanger. -one of the most beautiful Afrikaans songs. I translated the song in 2008 - see lyrics at the bottom of this post – and Laurika Rauch [...]
Patches
Posted in art, chess art, General, tagged art, Chess, chess art, Fairy Tales of Grimm, fireworks patches, General, Grimm, Letters of Mark Twain, Mark Twain on 29/12/2009 | 5 Comments »
Like my previous entry of yesterday, I was again playing around with [Adobe]Fireworks and used quite a few images from the web to put this one together, that’s why I call it Patches. You will see again I’ve used Samuel Bak’s art in this creation, but also another classic piece of art [in this post at [...]
Monday’s [chess] child
Posted in art, chess art, General, tagged art, Chess, chess art, Fireworks, Samuel Bak on 28/12/2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been playing around with [adobe]Fireworks and edited/created this top image…I deleted the woman’s corset in the image, replaced it with these chess pieces from the chess art of Samuel Bak – [see more of his art on my Chess Humour-page] and I added the sort-of-border. Original image here …the link will open in a new window.
Fantastic Chess
Posted in art, Chess, chess art, tagged art, Chess, chess art, fantastic chess, surreal art on 26/12/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image here on Etsy.The link will open in a new window. Click on the image for a clearer view.
De man of Delft
Posted in art, chess art, tagged art, chess art, chess players, Cornelis de Man of Delft on 07/11/2009 | 6 Comments »
Cornelis de Man of Delft, The Chess Players, c. 1670, Oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest – Source:mentalblog We all know by looking at evidence like art, poems, photos etc. we can tell what happened in the past. Do I have to say more… See this video if you want me to explain more… [...]
Lekka Lekka ywe!
Posted in Afrikaans, art, gedigte, gedigte vir kinders, General, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaanse gedigte, Afrikaanse musiek, chicken art, chicken jokes, chicken music, Die miljoener se kombuis, Duncan Dok, gedigte, Hoender kuns, Hoender song, I D Du Plessis, liedjies, Peter Blum, South African Poets, Verflenterde Kaalvoetklonkie on 31/10/2009 | 16 Comments »
English Readers – enjoy the chicken jokes in this post. This post is mainly Afrikaans. There is an Afrikaans song too – about chickens – sung by a Capetonion. I really enjoy this song and the Afrikaans is typical of the Cape Coloureds. I love their accent and the way they express themselves, it’s very [...]
London Chess Classic 2009
Posted in art, Chess, chess art, Chess Grandmasters, General, Lewis Chessmen, tagged Andy Warhol, art, Chess, chess art, Chess Grandmasters in London, Chess in London 2009, chess news, David Howell, Hikaru Nakamura, Hua Ni, Lewis Chessmen, London Chess 2009, London Chess Classic 2009, London-chess, Luke McShane, Magnus Carlsen, map details of Olympia conference centre, Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Olympia Conference centre London, The Chess Player by Andy Warhol, Vladimir Kramnik, wonkie cartoon on 16/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Please click on the image for a larger view The Chess Player- 1954: Andy Warhol This early drawing has a surreal quality created by the larger-than-life chess pieces and study of a face, surrounding the young man playing chess. In his later work Warhol would continue to play with scale, enlarging objects and people [...]
Liewe Maan
Posted in art, cinquain, gedigte, General, maan, moon, tagged art, cinquain, gedigte, maan, moon images, Poetry on 15/06/2009 | 7 Comments »
My moon-cinquain Moon mysterious secretive sliding rotating floating Lonely in the night-sky Satellite! [c]N 15/6/2009 Maan misterieus geheimsinnig glimmend sluipend kruipend Alleen, verdwaald in die Sterre-hemel Satelliet! [c]N15/6/2009 My eerste cinquain en dis baie maklik as jy die reëls volg om jou eie te skryf. Eerste reël: ‘n naamwoord/onderwerp, reël 2: twee byvoeglike naamwoorde wat [...]
Fook Island
Posted in art, South Africa, South African artists, Walter Battiss, tagged art, Famous South African artists, Fook Island, National Artists, Somerset East, South Africa, South African artists, Walter Battiss, well-known artists on 20/04/2009 | 14 Comments »
Fook Gallooper Image: artthrob.co.za artist:Norman Catherine I’m not a big fan of Walter Battiss, but do like some of his art. He got his inspiration from Picasso - some of his art appeals to me and other…well…appeals to other people…The art in this post is what appeals to me. What I really like about him, is his [...]
Chess, poetry art and music
Posted in art, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, classical music, Dresden games 2008, gedigte, Grandmaster chess games, klassieke musiek, Magnus Carlsen, music, music MP3 files, Poetry, skaak, tagged audio files, Boris Gelfand, Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess, chess art, chess games, classical music, David Howell round 9 Dresden, David Navara, Dean Baker, Dresden round 6, Dresden round 7, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky, gedigte, Gelfand, Grandmaster chess games Dresden 2008, interactive games of chess grandmasters, ivanchuk, Jim Brickman, klassieke musiek, Magnus Carlsen, Michael Adams, music audio files, music MP3 files, musiek, Nigel Short, Peter Svidler, poems, Poetry, Samuel Bak, Shirov, Topalov, Yelena Dembo on 28/11/2008 | 2 Comments »
Image: Chesscentral.com I believe this is a good combination: chess, poetry, art and music! I’ve started recently reading Dean’s poetry blog and glad that I’ve discovered his blog. This poem in this post, is today’s entry on his blog and I’ve really enjoyed it and thought to share it with you. If you’re a lover [...]
Fire and Ice
Posted in art, field fires, Fire and Ice, Fire images, Kim Berman, Lowveld Fires, Mpumalanga Plantations, music videos, poems, Poetry, Robert Frost, tagged art, Blue Danube, field fires, Fire and Ice, fire art, Fire images, Kim Berman, Lowveld Fires, Mpumalanga Plantations, music videos, poems, Poetry, Prayer of a fireman, Robert Frost on 21/10/2008 | 5 Comments »
http://www.lefpa.co.za/index.php/media/our-photo-gallery All links will open in a new window. The day we arrived in South Africa for our holiday (2007), we were quite shocked to see on the news that the plantations in the Eastern part of the country…The Lowveld… were all under fire! Especially for me it was very sad to watch the news [...]
Angel of the wind
Posted in art, Patrizia Gattaceca, Poetry, poets, tagged angels, art, Corsican poets, Patrizia Gattaceca, Poetry, poets on 04/10/2008 | 2 Comments »
winds come winding, breathing bliss of summer’s heat and springtime mists ring out the bells ring out the bells ring out the bells and sing for joy —shadowscapes See more Angels on this link which will open in a new window. MY SONG You are every moment of the day The land and the shore [...]
Sonnet of the moon
Posted in art, Beethoven, Don McLean, downloadable mp3 music, flowers, lillies, moon images, moon poetry, Moonlight Sonata, music videos, poems, poems about the moon, Poetry, song, Stargazer, Starry Night, Starry Starry Night, tagged Allen Poe, art, Beethoven, Biography of Poe, Charles Best, Don McLean, downloadable music file, E A Poe, flowers, lillies, love poems, moon images, moon poetry, Moonlight Sonata, Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement, Mp3 music file, music videos, poems, poems about the moon, Poetry, Stargazer, Starry Night, Starry Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, youtube video on 22/09/2008 | 13 Comments »
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unluckypuppy/482675237/in/set-72157594195589241/ I know Wipneus is going to freak out about these images from “unluckypuppy” on flickr. She’s a “stargazer!” and loves anything about space. This lily-flower’s name is also Stargazer! I think it’s beautiful! When I came across these images, I had to post it with some poems and I’ve found these lovely poems, enjoy them with [...]
Let’s take the road!
Posted in art, Hockney, In the style of Hockney, Jane Austen, St Leonard Hartley Mauditt Church, tagged art, British artists, Churches in East Hampshire England, Churches in England, David Hockney, East Hampshire, Historical buildings, historical churches, In the style of David Hockney, Jane Austen, St Leonard Hartley Mauditt Church on 11/08/2008 | 5 Comments »
Church : St Leonards Hartley Mauditt Church Services only May-Sept. St Leonards Hartley Mauditt Church St Mary’s Church…near us…in the style of Hockney! Enjoy another Waldo de los Rios piece of music while reading here..but it’s only the first 75 seconds of the track, copied three times…enjoy! In the style of David Hockney… find on [...]
My whole brain
Posted in art, artists, brain, Learning Styles, study, tagged art, Brain dominance test, brain quotes, brain test, Chess and Intelligence, chess and logical thinking, Chess and the brain, Chess and the whole brain, chess and your brain, Creativity, Dora Maar, Dr Kobus Neethling, Femme a la resille, how to learn, how to study, Le Gourmet, Leaning Harlequin, Learning Styles, logical thinking, New Scientist, Picasso, Picasso art, Picasso Blue Period, Picasso painting generator, Picasso selfportrait, PQRST study method, quotes, Research about chess by Brunel University, study methods, The brain, the human brain, whole brain activities, whole brain test, Whole Brain Thinking, Woman in a hairnet, Wounded bird and cat on 19/07/2008 | 26 Comments »
Femme à la resille (Woman in a hairnet), 1938, by Pablo Picasso. Image: http://www.nzine.co.nz/features/Picasso_te_papa.html Picasso selfportrait….Image: artquotes.net Portrait of Dora Maar- 1937 Image: instituto-picasso.com Friendship On THIS LINK you will find an interactive page about the brain. The link will open in a new window. A few years ago I was fortunate to be chosen [...]
Inspirations
Posted in art, fabric paint, fabric painting, Francois Krige, hobbies, Kuns, kunswerke, lapverf, Maggie Laubscher, painting, paintings, Roelof Rossouw, skilderye, South African artists, Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars, tagged art, art South African, art work, Danie de Wet, fabric paint, fabric painting, Francois Kriger, hobbies, Kuns, kunswerke, lapverf, Maggie Laubscher, painting, paintings, Roelof Rossouw, skilderye, South Africa's National Bird, South African artists, Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars, symbols, Walter Battis, Walter Koch, WH Coetzer on 14/06/2008 | 2 Comments »
Danie de Wet Painting celebrating African and European influences –2008 Danie de Wet The Way (2005) Oil on board Roelof Rossouw Blaauwklippen Estate from Jamestown The Red Boat, Hout Bay Roelof Rossouw Walter Koch “untitled” His inspirations come from African Rock and Graffiti Francois Krige…Blue Cranes (they are South Africa’s national bird) I was sent [...]
Chess in Art
Posted in art, Chess, chess art, Samuel Bak, skaak, tagged art, Chess, chess art, Samuel Bak, skaak, Skaakkuns, water colour, water colour paintings on 02/05/2008 | 4 Comments »
Chess in the Art of Samuel Bak Please click on THIS LINK to view and read more about Samuel Bak’s Chess Art!
Ring-a-ring-a-rosie
Posted in art, Chess, chess game 26, chess games, Great Fire of London, History, Louise Mansfield, nursery rhymes, plague, Ring-a-ring-a-rosie, Samuel Pepys, September 1666, tagged art, black death, Chess, chess game 26, chess games, Great Fire of London, history of black death, History of London, history of the plague, Louise Mansfield, nursery rhymes, plague, Ring-a-ring-a-rosie, Samuel Pepys, September 1666 on 18/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is chess game 26! In this game I played black. This was really a tough game….one of those challenging games. If you play through the game you will see why. Luckily…as always… I had a Knight-to-the-rescue. I will even sacrifice a Rook just to have my Knight! Exactly like in real life… that’s why [...]
String figures
Posted in art, string figure, tagged art, cultures, string figures on 24/03/2008 | Leave a Comment »
String figures have been found in almost all of the cultures of the world! Can you remember them? I remember as kids we used to play with string and created all sorts of patterns during break times at school, specially in primary school! Go to this website…to see/read more… stringfigure.com
The gods must be crazy…
Posted in African Art, art, Bushmen, Ethnic groups, Jamie Uys, Khoikhoi, Khoisan, movies, rock art, rock paintings, South African movies, South African tribes, tagged African Art, Bushmen, Bushmen art, Jamie Uys, Khoikhoi, Khoisan, movies, rock art, rock paintings, South African Ethnic groups, South African movies, South African tribes, The gods must be crazy, The San on 01/03/2008 | 3 Comments »
The Khoikhoi and the San are division of the Khoisan ethnic group of south-western Africa. These two groups of people who can be placed archaeologically in South Africa about 25,000 BC. They were, like everyone else at that time, hunters and gatherers. In about 18,000 BC the San-speaking hunter-gatherers, also known as Bushmen (a name [...]
Aleta Michaletos
Posted in art, South African art, tagged Aleta Michaletos, art, artists, South African art, South African artist on 11/01/2008 | 8 Comments »
Aleta Michaletos a South African artist and the South African Women’s Closed Chess Championship’s trophy is also her artwork!! I wanted to say more about her..but… WOW!!, there is far too much to say and you have to read here to see why I say WOW!! again!! I hope you enjoy her art like I enjoyed [...]
Nebulae Art
Posted in art, NASA, nebulae, nebulae art, outer space, planets, solar art, solar system, space, space art, stars, tagged art, art movie, art movies, Children's solar art, NASA, nebulae, nebulae art, outer space, planets, solar art, solar art movies, solar system, space, space art, stars on 16/10/2007 | 5 Comments »
Wow! NASA’s picture of the day is just amazing!! Dusty grains – including tiny specks of the minerals found in the gemstones peridot, sapphires and rubies – can be seen blowing in the winds of a quasar, or active black hole, in this artist’s concept. Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope found evidence that such [...]
Epilepsy drug helps alcoholics quit the bottle
Posted in alcoholism, art, beverages, cocaine, Drug abuse South Africa, drug addiction, Drug addiction South Africa, drug awareness, drug images, drug wars, drugawareness, drugcentre, dwelmgebruik Suid-Afrika, ecstacy, effects of alcohol, Epilepsy, health, healthy mind, how alcohol works, LSD, mandrax, Pethidine, Rohyphnol, soorte dwelms, South African alcohol and drugs, Suid-Afrika, Suid-Afrika en dwelms gebruik, teens and alcohol, teens and drugs, tagged addiction, alcohol, alcohol addiction, Alcohol art, alcohol images, alcoholics, alcoholism, art alcohol, beverage images, beverages, binge drinking, brain activity after drinking, Canabis, cocaine, Dagga, drinking habits, Drug abuse South Africa, drug addiction, Drug addiction South Africa, drug awareness, drug centre, drug images, drug photos, drug wars, drugaware, drugcentre, drugs and alcohol, dwelm gebruik in Suid-Afrika, dwelms, ecstacy, effects of alcohol, Epilepsy, health, healthy mind, heroine, how alcohol works, kids health, LSD, mandrax, Pethidine, photos, Rohyphnol, soorte dwelms, South Africa drugs and alcohol, Suid-Afrika en dwelms, teens and alcohol, The brain, Valiums, Welcanol, what is alcohol, XTC on 11/10/2007 | 3 Comments »
www.drugaware.co.za On THIS LINK - links will open in a new window – you can find ALL information on different drugs, like mandrax, heroine, etc. etc…… click on the images and then follow the links on the top of the page once you are on the site of…www.drugcentre.org.za (South Africa’s site…there’s a lot of info to be [...]
Underground
Posted in advertisements, art, artists, London Underground, platforms, railways, The Tube on 04/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
These pictures were taken on platforms as I was travelling on the Underground…..or ……….the tube…some of the pictures are Platform Art….You will read it in the right bottom corner…it is to promote art and artists throughout London. The other pictures are only advertisements…..and one picture tells you that London Underground is busy improving the stations! [...]
Like vs Love
Posted in art, Chess, love, Matisse, nature, seasons, tagged African Art, art, Chess, lightning, like, love, Matisse, nature, seasons on 14/09/2007 | 2 Comments »
This post is only about a very few things in life that I LIKE and LOVE…there are zillions more, but today I’m posting just a few…later more… I love open places, gardens, parks, fields. This picture was taken in a park nearby. In places like these, you are definitely closer to your Creator and can [...]
A bottle of rum
Posted in art, Niko Tiliopoulos, poems, Poetry, poets, tagged A Bottle of Rum, art, Biography of Niko Tiliopoulos, Niko Tiliopoulos, poems, poems of Niko Tiliopoulus, Poetry, poets on 08/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
I changed this pic with PAIN.NET (a software program to enhance pictures…you can get it for free…or donate…link at the bottom of my blog). Paint.net is a fantastic program and I can truly recommend it! Anyway…I’ve thought this pic looks quite OK and was looking for a poem to go with it. I love writing [...]
Whoops! Glad for this!
Posted in art, Chess, World chess champions, tagged art, Chess, chess art, World chess champions on 07/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Seated: The chess champions Mikhail Tal (1936-1992), José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942), Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941), Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900), and Bobby Fischer (b. 1943). Standing: Boris Spassky (b. 1937), the playwright Arrabal (b.1932), and Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946). On the right-hand side: Paul Morphy (1837-1884), François-André Philidor (1726-1795) and Ruy López de Segura (1530-1580). In photos on the [...]
Leone’s Art
Posted in art, artists, Leone Spies, South African artist, Wales, tagged Aberystwyth, art, artists, Kuns, Leone Spies, South African artists, Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars, Wales on 02/09/2007 | 11 Comments »
Leone and Pieter live in Aberystwyth and we met them here in London. Leone is a fantastic artist and some of her work can be seen in Embassies in some countries. I took two pictures - bear in mind that I’m not a professional photographer- but I think it is still good enough to admire and [...]
Old books sculptures
Posted in art, hobbies, old books, old books sculptures, sculptures, tagged book art, book sculptures, book shelves, books, hobbies about books, Nicolas Galanin, use of old books on 27/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Amazing what some people are thinking of! Why was it not me to think of it first! See this link which will open in a new window. Old books http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Africa mood
Posted in Africa, African Art, art, Continents, Out of Africa, South Africa on 21/07/2007 | 1 Comment »
Saturday mood….my Africa mood!! In 7 days….I’m on my continent!! and then my country! South Africa!! No other place in the world is as good as “my” place…South Africa!! Don’t try and argue with me…then it shows that you haven’t been there! haha!! you better go there….and you would like to go and stay there….This [...]
Chess and Charlie’s Angels
Posted in animals, art, artists, Chess, horses, J H Pierneef, South Africa, South African stamps, tagged art, JH Pierneef, Pierneef, South Africa, South African art, South African artists, stamp-art on 15/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hello Earl, this first picture is specially for you! This chessboard is a game played by Anand and Alekseev (hope I’ve got his name right!) The game wasn’t finished….this was only at a stage during the game… Horses! one of my favourite animals! And……..South African artist…J H Pierneef….stamps to commemorate his work! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Chess on stamps
Posted in art, Chess, countries, Israel, stamps, tagged art, Chess, chess art, chess on stamps, stamps on 13/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Pointillism: Seurat
Posted in art, Georges Seurat, Pointillism, Seurat, tagged art, artists, Georges Seurat, Pointillism, Seurat, Sunday on La Grande Jatte on 13/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
I would like my Y5′s and Y6 children to do a final piece of art. I’m thinking to do it in the style of Seurat! Read more about pointillism here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointillism A Sunday on La Grande Jatte Update: We did a piece of “art” in Paint. My kids enjoyed this style and it was easy [...]
Just Me playing around
Posted in art, Pretoria, South Africa, State Theatre Pretoria, Statue on 09/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This statue by the State Theatre, in Pretoria, is slowly spinning around and at night, there’s a spotlight and you can clearly see the two ballerinas turning…amazing…just a pity that theatre lovers can’t enjoy art by night like before…due to obvious reasons… http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
More designs
Posted in art, tagged art on 07/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This first picture is my own variation on the artist Matisse’s “Snail”…somewhere on my blog. I’ve used Paintshop for the other images. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Children’s art in the style of Paul Klee
Posted in art, Children's art, education, Klee, Paul Klee, tagged art, Children's art in the style of Paul Klee, education, Klee, Paul Klee on 05/07/2007 | 2 Comments »
Paul Klee said..”A line is a dot that went for a walk”…and this was just me being silly! Paul Klee Art Enjoy the art of Y5/6 children in the style of Paul Klee. We looked at different pieces of Art completed by Paul Klee and discussed it, then tried our own ideas in the style [...]
Paul Klee – more
Posted in art, Klee, Paul Klee, Paul Klee art, pictures, The Great Chess Game, tagged Art of Klee, Children's art in the style of Paul Klee, Klee, Kuns, Paul Klee, Paul Klee art, The Great Chess Game on 05/07/2007 | 7 Comments »
See my y5/6′s art in the style of PAUL KLEE here.. Paul Klee Temple of Gardens… Paul Klee’s “The Great Chess Game”.. Finally, Paul Klee’s The Great Chess Game and Juan Gris’s Chess Pieces iconographically evoke the theme of artistic resourcefulness through the image of chess. Klee’s painting, rendered in the German Expressionist [...]
Fun Stuff
Posted in art, tagged art on 04/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Owls
Posted in art, birds, owl, tagged art, birds, owl art, owls, wildlife, wildlife in England on 04/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
I LOVE owls! I think they are cute birds… I was a collector of owls. My sculptures are still in SA, packed away safely. A few nights ago there was a program on the BBC…Springwatch…it’s about a farm and they have webcams hidden on a few places on the farm and one is hidden where there [...]
Art
Posted in art, tagged art on 04/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Guinea fowl
Posted in art, birds, guinea fowls, South Africa, wild life, tagged birds, guinea fowls, South African animals, South African birds, wild life on 01/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Guinea fowl art: These guinea fowls are cute, I have a whole family of them at home! http://www.crazyclay.co.za/raku/rak_guinea.htm http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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A nation that forgets its past has no future - Winston Churchill
Docendo discimus [by teaching we learn]
Gary Player: 'I am a South African, a nation which is the result of an African graft on European stock and which is the product of its instinct and ability to maintain civilized values and standards amongst the aliens'.
In Renaissance Europe chess was part of the education of the nobility and was proclaimed the “Royal Game.” In 1732 Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay, The Morals Of Chess, in which he said “The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualties of the mind useful in the course of human life are to be acquired and strengthened by it....”
'Rebranding the Afrikaner: World Cup watershed?' [CNN] A good link: read all of Jabulani74's comments on this link.
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Aligheri
Sow the wind - Reap the hurricane
Istanbul Chess 2012 [Click the image for the official site]
Biel Chess Festival 2011- Click the image for the official site
"Mag aldus die Afrikaner stam, van wie die toekoms altyd vol hoop was, in die einde opgroei tot 'n kragtige boom, en ons dade toon dat ons waardig is om 'n plek in te neem in die ry van die volke..." Paul Kruger
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning how to dance in the rain-Vivian Greene
No one can know or appreciate the Boer who does not know his past, for he is what his past has made him- Conan Doyle - Click HERE to read more by Doyle.Don't click on THIS LINK unless you want to see a photo of Cecil J Rhodes's Officials happy with their 'job' - if you were a leader and against the 'Chartered Company', then this is what happened to you in Rhodesia.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.
South Africa. Other than Germany probably the most misunderstood White country in the world. A country that has now degenerated into anarchy.Let’s take an unbiased look at their noble history.[click for the link]
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. Thomas Jefferson
Any dead thing can go with the stream; it takes something ALIVE to swim against it.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
This LINK is a must read by a University Professor/Journalist and photographer: Anthony LoBaido...read what he says about the "Mandela Myth"-which not many people know about!
The man who does not know who his great-grandfather was, naturally enough would not care what he was...the man who fears to disgrace his ancestor is certainly less likely to disgrace himself. Charles Major, When Knighthood was in FlowerDie grootheid van die mens kan gesien word in hoe hy teenoor sy minderheid optree.
Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.-Confucius
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words. ~Robert G.Ingersoll
'And lastly, we learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs; the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of preserving in the search of resources.' -Benjamin Franklin, 'The Morals of Chess'
The hardest game to win is a won game --Emmanuel LaskerAvoid the crowd. Think independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece- Rumi
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. -Herman Melville
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy.
Did you know: Chess has the most extensive literature of any game, sport or pastime.
Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe –Indian proverb
Chess is the touchstone of the human intellect.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us--Thomas Huxley.
God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade--C J Langenhoven
Jou persepsie hang waarskynlik alles af van hóé wyd jou opvatting van die poësie is-Joan Hambidge.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.- Proverb. I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am.-Rene Descartes-
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.- Paul Tillich
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. Spanish proverb. Wisdom begins in wonder.- Socrates
Val eerder in my sop as in my rede--Langenhoven
Seek in the past everything that is good and clean and build thereon your future.
Vriende moet soos boeke wees, min, maar goed uitgesoek --Langenhoven
Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected --Langenhoven
Goeie boeke en musiek verryk jou siel --Langenhoven
Good books and music enrich your soul --Langenhoven
Let those love now who never loved before. Let those who always loved now love the more. --Thomas Parnell
Love is like quicksand--the deeper you fall in, the harder it is to get out.
Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
There is no failure except in no longer trying--Elbert Hubbard.
The secret of success is the ability to survive failure --Noel Coward.
You cannot step twice in the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in--Knowing not how to listen is knowing not how to speak--Heraclitus, Fragments. Vuil wasgoed is om te was!-- Langenhoven
'I think one move ahead - but it is always the best move'-Reti
Some part of a mistake is always correct. - Savielly Tartakover
Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble.--Stanley Kubrick A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
Leo Tolstoy
Love is like a knife, it can stab the heart or it can carve wonderful images into the soul that will last a lifetime.
A rising tide raises all boats! - JFKennedy
The artist creates in order to free himself, only to find himself again in the end-Irma Stern
And think not you can guide the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, shall guide your course.Kahlil Gibran
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.Tarrasch
Chess is a beautiful mistress.Larsen
Chess is as much a mystery as women.Purdy
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Love is like a Game of Chess: One False Move and You're Mated ~ Anonymous~
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The pawns are the soul of chess.Philidor~~Play to win, if not, be an artist and draw~~
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"And do you like playing chess against women?
I wouldn’t say I do particularly, but I also wouldn’t say I don’t like it. In general, I try not to make an exception out of games against women. In chess, female logic differs little from male logic, which you can see just by analysing games. After all, the strongest female players work with men in one way or another. I don’t know what the female style of play is. Or more precisely, I don’t see any difference when compared to male play. In everyday life I also don’t divide people into men and women. For me, personal qualities, mentality and upbringing are the important things when spending time with people."
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Everyone is a genius.But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.
The real challenges on the way to become a master test your strength of character more than they test your chess skill!-Kevin Spraggett
A people are what its women are. The woman is the conscience of her nation as well as the measure of its values. The moral life of a nation is controlled by the women and by the women can we measure the moral condition of the people. - Postma
Descartes: cogito ergo sum (ek dink, daarom is ek)
==The stupid neither forgive nor forget, the naive forgive and forget,the wise forgive but do not forget--Thomas Szasz
Wanneer jy groot dinge dink, groot dinge glo en groot dinge bid, gebeur groot dinge - N V Peale
Mense sonder boeke, is soos arende sonder vlerke-G.D.Labuschagne
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. -Joshua Reynolds
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Jou beeld is 'n verflenterde foto in 'n skewe, versplinterde raam en 'n sestal geskommelde letters spel jou tweelettergrepige naam Jou woorde is dor manuskripte vir die motte bewaar op die rak en ons dae 'n kralesnoer syfers op 'n outydse muuralmanak. - Koos du Plessis
Love means nothing in tennis, but it's everything in life.
Einstein:Chess grips its exponent, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected.Die woord 'skaak' kom van die Persiese woord 'sjah', wat koning beteken. Ook die woord 'mat' is Persies en beteken 'dood'.
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2010!
If chess is a science, it's a most inexact one. If chess is an art, it's too exacting to be seen as one. If chess is a sport, it's too esoteric. If chess is a game, it's too demanding to be just a game. If chess is a mistress, she's a demanding one. If chess is a passion, it's a rewarding one.
If chess is life, it's a sad one-Unknown
Anand vs Topalov 21 April 2010
Book of the moment: In Search of South Africa by H V Morton
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Don't Quit
by: Unknown AuthorWhen things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out:
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
