The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep.



Free me from gods and spirit life.
Pragmatism, how to survive.

Millions of years away this planet will die.
Physically, I want us to survive.

Drop dead spirit life is surrender.
The crack is, are we the god? small g.

Habitable planets is my search.
Not because its easy, because its hard.

Ambition, we must be ambitious.
The Religions went to sleep, they bore me.

jobee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peNeE3qCMH8

Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.
Steve Jobs

http://www.forbes.com/sites/moiraforbes ... n-of-life/

Berth Moriset

Berth Moriset
French
Cher 1841-1895 Paris
Impressionist

A successful bourgeois family
not the least dilatorilly
ancestor the great Fragonard
Rococo- the old guard.

Starts as a copyist at the louvre
befriends the great Manet
married his brother Eugene
a happily married scene.

Exhibited at the Salon de Paris
a young artistic draftee
struggling for many years
amongst her male peers.

Plein air her chosen theme
incorporates a family scene
Julie Manet her only child
painted adored beguiled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM-tHCOTVlk

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton New York 1815-1902 New York Women’s Rights Movement Suffragist-Anti Slaver. -------- My favourite heroine a single minded kind upper crust-well educated no one manipulated. Despised the religious elite wanted them made obsolete they advocated slavery were morally unsavoury. Women they degraded all freedoms blockaded paid a pittance for work given the donkey work. Even today think women brainless untalented docile aimless they wont sit next to God he’d give them the elbow, the prod. She wrote of the Bible, "I found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. Surely the writers had a very low idea of the nature of their god. They made him not only anthropomorphic, but of the very lowest type, jealous and revengeful, loving violence rather than mercy. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of women." [Women Without Superstition] - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American suffragist (1815-1902). jobee-leicester secular society

Alfred Sisley

Alfred Sisley British Paris 1839-1899 Moret-sur-loing Impressionist --- Affluent British parents life began his teenage years a remittance man in London a business student several years then abandonment. Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts his artistic career starts pals with Bazill, Monet, Renoir their careers would go far. Then the Franco Prussian war his fathers business no more Sisley now impoverished his artistic work dismissed.

Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis
Welsh
Manchester 1914-1990 Eastbourne
Tenor
---
Manchester born of Welsh parents
youthful singing achievements
Manchester music College the choice
a fine boy soprano voice.

Operatic début aged twenty five
his tenor voice great vive
at Covent Garden great applause
the USA for many tours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7DXssuB ... 11z7NSDcf3

Kenneth McKeller

Kenneth McKeller
Scottish
Paisley 1927-2010 USA.
Singer
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The son of a grocer man
environment his career began
a degree in forestry discipline
two years only, not his thing.
Travelling to London and fame
graduating in the music game
Opera, to restricted he claimed
for singing diversity he aimed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGzwN3MciEc

Man Ray

Man Ray

American

Philadelphia 1890-1976 Paris

Photographer

Dabbled in the Arts.

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Informal ties to modernist art

painting talents a bit part

his photography cutting edge

introducing innovative knowledge.

Distinguished amongst Paris elite

itself a remarkable feat

dying in Paris of lung infection

his photography here for reflection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeZRmBAMw7U

david hockey

david hockey

bradford 1937

pop art etc

education wellington primary school

listening interested-no fool

bradford colledge of art

at home- felt he was part

took pride in his work

a serious young turk

honest-openly gay

homosexuality no dismay

the RSA refused graduation

'the diploma' a protestation

wanting assessment on art

regulations-changed in part

supremely confident to this day

an orderly expressionist array

colour and movement abound

artistically truthful- profound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f1vAfIqfvg&list=PL4E18DD0F323232E0

George Frederick Handel

George Frederick Handel
German
Halle 1685-1759 London
Composer Musician.
His father alarmed at his musical interest
doing his best to dissuade divest
father made him study law
Handel finding a dreadful bore.
Critical music training begins
main interest Italian baroque things
turning out a musical genius
finished life rich and famous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_Akuqsv0E

Adolph Hitler- Artist

Adolph Hitler

Austrian-German

Braunau am Inn 1889-1949 Berlin

Forth of six Hitler born

many would wish stillborn

clashed with father many times

introverted detachment signs.

His interest in fine art

father and Hitler far apart

Hitler's father a business mind

young Hitler often maligned

Hitler a boy when father died

artistic skills raw untried

moving to Vienna to improve

Viennese quick to disapprove.

Homeless shelter his next abode

the pace of life slowed

labouring and art several years

tried his luck with auctioneers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Sv8HG2NIE

John Lowrie Morrison

John Lowrie Morisson

Scottish

Glasgow 1948-

Showing talent from an early age

Glasgow School of Art a learning stage

in art education twenty five years

finished head of his peers.

Decided later to work alone

seemingly his comfort zone

colour passion in his actions

bold expressionism no abstractions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3PtHgOmKmc

Tom Jones.

Tom Jones
Welsh
1940- Pontypridd
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Not liking school or sport
singing gave great comfort
performing from an early age
family gatherings and any stage.
Voice breaking into  robust baritone
locally very well known
at The Top Hat, Cymtillery Wales
Impresario Gordon Mills hails.
Jones and Mills London bound
very soon Jones renowned
Its Not Unusual tops the charts
Jones becomes the ace of hearts.
Just the same across the pond
American girls just as fond
Hotel room keys thrown on stage
knickers thrown to assuage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdN50dT6LA

louis anquetin

Louis Anquetin

French

Etrepagny 1961-1932 Paris

Cloisonnes

Education, Lycee Pierre Corneille, Rouen

for the bourgeoisie a sine qua non

then a move to Paris to study art

and meet an artistic al la carte.

Vincent Van Gogh, Lautrec, Bernard

a very talented painting card

eventually abandoning Modernism

to study old masters aestheticism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJvwj_4V6sk

Dusty Springfield

Dusty Springfield

West Hampstead 1939-1999 Henley-On-Thames

Singer Arranger Musician

Percussion Guitar Piano

Comfortable middle class at birth

brother Tom showed musical worth

music then the family activity

natural easy a proclivity.

Dusty's, I Only want to Be with You

rose to four, her big break through

one of the first on Top of the Pops

this one caused a few tear drops.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtEJ2hO-FF0

Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello

Welsh

Cardiff 1893- 1951 London

Actor Singer Composer

Mother internationally known

Mother the stepping stone

a songwriter he made progress

Keep the Home Fires Burning, success.

Eventually giving acting a go

appeared in an Alfred Hitchcock show

more and more success

stage and screen with great finesse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlu35Oir5xQ

Harry Secombe

Harry Secombe CBE

Welsh

Swansea 1921-2001 Guildford

Singer Actor Comedian

One of the happiest men I ever saw

all round entertainer without a flaw

The Goon Show what a chuckle

cuts overseas, bit near the knuckle.

Milligan, Bentine, Sellers, mad

Secombe a singing jack the lad

nine years it went on for

I'd of stood for nine years more.

Secombe developed as comedian/singer

at both an outright winner

his genre bel canto tenor

performed without a tremor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TPQsIJPsXg

Ruisdael

Jacob Van Ruisdael
Dutch
Haarlem 1629-1682 Amsterdam
Landscape
--
A painting family life began
accomplished painter very young
independent master aged nineteen
aesthetic unity his personal scene
'Jewish cemetery at Ouderkirk'
an emotional allegorical work
seemingly influenced by Rembrandt
many thought as relevant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rDgBKTmgNg

halcyon days

halcyon days

those were the days

fitness the craze

I must get those wings

never mind money and things

balloon jumps adrenalin high

jump its do or die

chute opens a sweet caress

nerves calmed-ableness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwoH1-9NNRw&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs

chardin

chardin

paris 1699-1779 paris

his father making billiard tables

and other wooden articles

carpentry not chardins thing

to fathers chagrin abandoning

art the draw for chardin

for him an unpretentious thing

every day things as they are

bottles dead game the mason jar

nearly thirty before finding fame

a master of the still life game

the skate the work that made them look

and him a fresh career outlook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA-9y3J142E

jo

jo seung-woo
south korea
b1980
actor musical star
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jo born into a musical family
singing became customarily
father and sister both competent
gaining national acknowledgement
from a field of a thousand chosen to act
signing his first film contract
marathon the film that brought success
the lead played with great finesse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA3oN14KpPE&NR=1&feature=endscreen

nat king cole

Nat 'king'Cole.

March 17th 1919. Alabama.
Feb. 15th. 1965.California.
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Son of a preacher man they say,
becoming much more famous in his day,
starting early aged just four,
on the piano he plays his first score.

So piano it was into his twenties,
standing out among his contemporaries,
in 'Forty Three his voice first recorded,
half a million bought and applauded.

That wonderful voice brought him more fame,
his country and world acclaim,
an incandescent tranquil voice,
pitch impeccable a verbal Rolls Royce.

The first African American with a TV show,
those white supremacists letting him know,
national sponsorship gradually whittled away,
but Nat unforgettable to this day.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cjPJVmpJnA

what a smooch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juzm3BRksf0

the searchers

the searchers
1960s mersey beat
---
john mcnally
frank allan
spencer james
scott ottaway
---
seems like skiffle started everything
it certainly started the liverpool swing
what an epoch-what a fling
I could dance to everything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd6KXrsjTvE

felix Mendelssohn

felix Mendelssohn

hamburg 1809- 1847 leipzig

composer pianist organist conductor

the second of four felix born

his sister fanny first

fanny also a precocious talent

never reached felix's aggrandisement

concerti oratorios piano music symphonies

seemingly with masterly ease

the death of fanny caused great distress

six months later-goodnight god bless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVhmZUdETDo

edvard grieg

Edvard grieg

norwegian

bergen 1843-1907 bergen

composer pianist

scottish origins edvards family

ancestor fleeing culloden desultorily

mother a pianist of consummate skill

father an eminent vice consul

leipzig conservatory a professional start

piano lessons and organ apart

plagued for life with physical debility

shows great piano and composing ability

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyM2AnA96yE&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs

luciano pavarotti

luciano pavarotti

modena 1935-2007 modena

tenor

luciano abandoning a dream of football fame

father reluctantly encourages the singing game

papa a good amateur singer too

to nervous to make the break through

so seven years of vocational training

breathing pitch confidence gaining

showing no nervous fluster

indeed a beautiful singing lustre

getting the name king of high c's

up there with consummate ease

fifteen times grammy legend award

the whole world loved and adored

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwhP4vZAh18&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs

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antonio bueno

antonio bueno
berlin 1918-1984 italy
italian
modernist
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his father a writer of a certain fame
also involved in the political game
politics causing much chagrin
leaving spain for berlin
antonios father an atypical kind
unusual searching inquisitive mind
spain france england switzerland
executive talents in demand
antonio seemingly much the same
but a passion for art brought him fame
he and his brother precocious talents
eventually settling in florence
antonio develops a unique style
intellectually stimulating fertile
much forgetting near the end
hours searching he would spend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJNs7t4f9hY

paul cezanne

paul cezanne

french

aix en provence 1839-1906 aix en provence

--

post impressionist

his father a prosperous banking man

financial security the master plan

large inheritance when his father died

no need for painting to provide

colledge bourbon at just thirteen

innate talents began to glean

emile zola- baptistin baille-pals

"les trois inséparables" coevals

later simplification his game

single point perspective his aim

mont sainte victoire in provence

cezanne motivated absorbed intense

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D25zQsfNPYY

billy fury

Billy fury

liverpool 1940-1980 london

singer songwriter musician actor

guitar piano drums

piano lessons before his teens

sometime before american jeans

still fashion drainpipe trews

tutti frutti-little richard news

'maybe tomorrow' made the charts

climbs in fits and starts

'halfway to paradise' right up there

'jealousy' a public love affair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ8-cQ6lEaY&list=RD02R8qTDqso5PQ

klimt

gustav klimt

austrian

baumgarten 1862-1918 vienna

symbolist

---

four sisters-brothers two

both brothers artistic hitherto

gustav most devoted of three

ambitious effective more esprit

hans makart was klimts idol

at first his artistic idyll

then klimt began to walk alone

individualism a stepping stone

klimt became secessionist

artistic convention dismissed

unconventionality his aim

sacred spring and youth the game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuHnyct1dmI

gainsborough

Gainsborough

english

suffolk 1727-1788 london




youngest of nine gainborough at birth

the last in line to prove his worth

a family bursting with creativity

imagination invention an inborn proclivity




painting for gainsborough was easy

his relations with humans uneasy

quixotic changing easily bored

with landscape painting calm restored




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=981wrcGVzwE

kaukenhof gardens amsterdam

kaukenhof gardens-amsterdam

fifteenth century hunting grounds

millions of flowers-bird sounds

prizes given for hybrid flowers

families walk for endless hours

centuries of culture around

guides willing to expound

an utterly delightful place

naughty amsterdam at your grace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp75TSs735U

An honest thing

all this richard 111 thing
I cant see truth in anything
I can see a usurping king
of french extraction wanting everything

I can see two young boys
trashed just like toys
I can also see lord hastings
seriously involved in yorkist things

I can see why he went the meet
the coronation would be discreet
no matter what went before
the boys were the last kings in law

nothing is perfect or ideal
but lets try and get real
hastings and the boys did nothing
its those that need accrediting

lets build a statue for three
not just one for tyranny
hastings holding the two boys hands
the victims of greedy usurping commands

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXEOAFiO ... creen&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=74u ... =endscreen

jobee-leicester secular society

O well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXEOAFiO ... creen&NR=1

an honest thing

all this richard 111 thing
I cant see truth in anything
I can see a usurping king
of french extraction wanting everything
I can see two young boys
trashed just like toys
I can also see lord hastings
seriously involved in yorkist things
I can see why he went the meet
the coronation would be discreet
no matter what went before
the boys were the last kings in law
nothing is perfect or ideal
but lets try and get real
hastings and the boys did nothing
its those that need accrediting
lets build a statue for three
not just one for tyranny
hastings holding the two boys hands
the victims of greed-usurping commands
jobee-leicester secular society

stanley spencer

stanley spencer

berks 1891-1959 bucks

early modernist

–

religious indoctrination from birth

believed strongly in afterbirth

commandments he did not adhere

when war came a volunteer

bible- milton- bunyon- spenser

a literary connoisseur

early art lessons by dorothy bailey

local artist and trainee

distinguished himself at the slade

a scholarship top grade

the royal academy he once resigned

finally a knighthood talents underlined

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCopSwxvJw

stanley spencer

stanley spencer

berks 1891-1959 bucks

early modernist

–

religious indoctrination from birth

believed strongly in afterbirth

commandments he did not adhere

when war came a volunteer

bible- milton- bunyon- spenser

a literary connoisseur

early art lessons by dorothy bailey

local artist and trainee

distinguished himself at the slade

a scholarship top grade

the royal academy he once resigned

finally a knighthood talents underlined

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCopSwxvJw

don mclean

don mclean 1945 new york
----
his first interest the folksy weavers
pete seegers group of achievers
first guitar aged sixteen
many labels rejecting in between

his magnum opus american pie
expressing ’the day the music died’
the death of holly- valens and bopper
when their plane came a cropper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U