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 [...]
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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 »
Suncatcher! – song
Posted in Afrikaans, artists, Helmut Lotti, Laurika Rauch, music, music videos, musiekvideos, Poetry, Sarie Marais, Song translated, Sonvanger, South Africa, Suncatcher, tagged Helmut Lotti, Kinders van die Wind, Laurika Rauch, music, music video, Song translated, Sonvanger, South Africa, Suncatcher, The Old Folk, Valiant Swart on 21/12/2007 | 14 Comments »
This is the most beautiful song by Laurika Rauch and Valiant Swart. They sing about the sun….”Suncatcher” - ….Laurika Rauch is really one of our best artists in South Africa… she’s a beloved singer, well, I do love her music and I think most other South Africans too as you will notice the reaction of the audience when she [...]
For a dancer..
Posted in artists, Jackson Browne, music video, tagged artists, For a Dancer, Jackson Browne, music video on 07/10/2007 | 1 Comment »
I didn’t know about this song, only when Jan, a Dutch chess player introduced me to this song, I got to know it and have also never heard before about Jackson Browne…BEAUTIFUL song…! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
My hero!
Posted in artists, music video, singer, songs, tagged artists, Bette Midler, music video, my hero, songs, The wind beneath my wings on 06/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Follow this link for the actual video! http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2413324Bette Midler The Rose – Bette Midler http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Bee Gees
Posted in artists, music, musiek on 05/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Die Bee Gees was nog altyd een van my groot gunstelinge. Hulle bly darem ‘n wenneer. Jy kan in enige bui wees en na hulle luister en hulle sit jou sommer in die regte bui! Fluweel-musiek! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
James Blunt, music movie
Posted in artists, James Blunt, music, music video, tagged artists, James Blunt, music video on 05/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ek het James se CD….”Back to bedlam” en daarop verskyn die liedjie wat op die video is, “You’re beautiful”. Ander wat ook mooi is, is “Goodbye my lover”, “Tears and rain” en “High”… http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Tom Waits…music file
Posted in artists, music video, Poetry, Saint Francis of Assisi, songs, Tom Waits, tagged artists, I hope that I don't fall in Love with you, music, music movie, music video, Poetry, Saint Francis of Assisi, songs, Tom Waits, When there is faith on 05/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tom Waits Bibliography/Biography here on this link. Listen and enjoy Tom Waits here. Somebody on the chess site has told me about Tom Waits, I didn’t know about him! I love this track of him and guess I would love all his other music too! I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You [...]
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! [...]
Billy Joel – Music
Posted in artists, music video on 03/10/2007 | 2 Comments »
Billy Joel has always been one of my favourites! On this album you get the following tracks: on cd: 1. Tell her about it…..2: Uptown girl……3: Piano man……4: New York state of mind…. 5: The River of dreams…..6: It’s still rock and roll time…..7: We didn’t start the fire….. 8: Goodnight Saigon…….9: My life……….10: She’s [...]
Sweet People
Posted in artists, music, Sweet people, tagged artists, music, music video, Summer Dream, Sweet people on 30/09/2007 | 3 Comments »
This is the music of Sweet People, one of my many favourites!! Enjoy! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Mango Groove
Posted in artists, Mango Groove, music, South Africa, tagged artists, Clair Johnston, Mango Groove, music, music video, National Anthem, South African artists, South African National Anthem on 19/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Read about Claire Johnston, born in the UK, but has lived in South Africa most of her life, on this link. In the following music movie, Claire sings the Australian as well as the South African national anthems before a rugby match….in South Africa. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Steve Hofmeyr in America
Posted in artists, South Africa, Steve Hofmeyr, tagged American tour 2007, Beautiful Noise, South African artists, Steve Hofmeyr, Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars, The Story of my life on 16/09/2007 | 4 Comments »
Steve Hofmeyr – Beautiful Noise Click on the link for… —..STEVE’s BLOG Enjoy this video….where Steve sings…”The Story of my Life”… Today…my heart is in South Africa! Vandag is sommer net een van daardie dae wat ek Suid-Afrika mis! En dan maak dit die verlange nog groter as jy na Steve luister! Ai, hierdie man [...]
Enya
Posted in artists, Enya, music on 15/09/2007 | 3 Comments »
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Love
Posted in artists, love, poems, Poetry, poets, tagged love, love poems, poems, Poetry, poets, William Morris on 14/09/2007 | 2 Comments »
I want to continue my Friday’s mood….so here goes… William Morris was an artist too…on the pic here you can see some of his art… There is so much going on in this world of us…do we ever stop! and think….think about an ant crossing a road…a caterpillar on a leave…honeybee buzzing on a flower……a [...]
Nana Mouskouri
Posted in artists, Greece, music, Nana Mouskouri on 13/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nana Mouskouri is still one of the greatest artists! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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 [...]
Laurika Rauch
Posted in artists, Laurika Rauch, South Africa on 26/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Laurika is my other favourite! In this song…”Kyk hoe glinster die maan”… she sings about the surprise she got when she discovered that Santa isn’t really real… And….this beautiful song! “Die mense op die bus…” (the people on the bus)….she sings about a heart that was broken….. And this is an English song of Laurika!“The [...]
Steve Hofmeyr
Posted in artists, Dana Winner, South Africa, Steve Hofmeyr, Sun City on 26/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Steve is one of my top favourite South African artists. He can impersonate a lot of other singers too, one example is Neil Diamond. Dana Winner also performed once with him at Sun City He also wrote a song which she translated into Flemish which brought her fame in her country too….HERE is the song, [...]
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
Radio Stations
Posted in artists, music, Poetry, South African artists, Steve Hofmeyr, tagged music, Poetry, South African artists, Steve Hofmeyr on 04/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
South African Radio Stations, follow this link if you are interested. It is Steve Hofmeyr’s Blog, one of our BEST artists in SA. Belgium artist, Dana Winner, has performed with him in SA a few years ago in Sun City. His blog is mainly Afrikaans, because Steve is a fighter for Afrikaans (and a BIG [...]
Tretchikoff
Posted in art, artists, Horse race, Kuns, paintings, skilderye, South Africa, South African art, South African artists, Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars, tagged art, Balinese Girl, Chinese girl, Horse race, Kuns, paintings, South Africa, South African art, South African artists, Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars, Tretchikoff, Vladimir Tretchikoff, Weeping Rose, Wild horses on 01/07/2007 | 5 Comments »
Tretchikoff is a South African artist, born in Russia, spent some of his childhood years in China and lived in Cape Town. He died in August 2006 in Cape Town. I can remember, I was 11 years old and we were told by our teacher to prepare a speech about any artist. The first and [...]
Paul Klee
Posted in art, artists, Paul Klee, tagged art, Art of Paul Klee, artists, Children's art in the style of Paul Klee, Klee, Kuns, On a motif of a Hamamet, Paul Klee, Paul Klee art, Paul Klee Domes, Red Balloon, Summer Landscape, Temple of Gardens, The Domes on 30/06/2007 | 9 Comments »
Click HERE for more of Paul Klee and in the style of Paul Klee HERE where you can see my Y5′s artwork done in 2007. You can find MORE art of Paul Klee on this link. Paul Klee: Temple of Gardens Paul Klee…Summer Landscape –1924 Paul Klee — The Mosque in Hammamet Klee: Red [...]
Pierneef
Posted in art, artists, JH Pierneef, Pierneef, South Africa, South African artists, tagged art, JH Pierneef, Pierneef, skilder, skilderye, South Africa, South African art, South African artists on 30/06/2007 | 1 Comment »
J H Pierneef http://www.artandframingsolutions.com/SouthAfricanPierneef.htm Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus_Hendrik_Pierneef http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Piet Mondrian
Posted in art, artists, Holland, Mondrian, Mondrian Dress, Piet Mondrian, tagged art, Broadway Boogie Woogie, handbag in the style of Mondrian, Mondrian, Mondrian Dress, Piet Mondrian, Shirt in the style of Mondrian, Shoes in the style of Mondrian, Vogue Magazine, Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent dress in the style of Mondrian on 30/06/2007 | 10 Comments »
I like the style of Piet Mondrian. It looks great and it is different. You can play with the cubus-style and colours the way you want and I’ve discovered that primary school children love this style! A building in the style of Piet Mondrian! http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/mondrian/READ more about Mondrian ON THIS LINK in Wikipedia.WOW! Look [...]
Edvard Munch — Scream
Posted in art, artists, Edvard Munch, Munch, Scream, tagged art, artists, Edvard Munch, Female paintings by Munch, Girl on shore, Madonna, Munch, Red House, Scream on 30/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favourite Artists! And in particular, ” Scream”, my favourite. Image: www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/jpg/munch.jpg Please click HERE for Munch art…The link will open in a new window. Madonna Images: from the official Munch-site….Girl on Shore Springtime: Red House 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
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.Benjamin Franklin
Love is like a Game of Chess: One False Move and You're Mated ~ Anonymous~
Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.Mikhail Botvinnik
The pawns are the soul of chess.Philidor~~Play to win, if not, be an artist and draw~~
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle
By learning we teach and by teaching we learn
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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
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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.
