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This is a quote used in the book “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert. She uses this quote in the words of The Bhagavad Gita, the ancient Indian Yogic text. “It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.” Bravo!
It is my hobby to find great movies which are not advertised in public. “Queen to Play” is a stylish, sophisticated, warm-hearted, intelligent, and charming movie, well-played by Kevin Kline and Sandra Bonnaire. The movie is set on the beautiful island of Corsica. The cleaning lady (Bonnaire) found her passion and obsession in the game […]
Thank you very much for supporting our Japan Relief Concert today. We got a great audience and generated $2000.00 to support people in Japan. Our program was all Hungarian music, consisting Koday, Bartok, Ligetti, Dohnanyi, and Liszt. Of course 2011 is Franz Liszt’s bicentennial year, and I played Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. I really enjoyed […]
It has been very difficult for me to digest what have been happening in Japan. No one has prepared for Tsunami disaster. More than 10.000 people died and many are missing, uncountable people lost their houses, boats, cars and everything, and more than 300.000 people have evacuated and are having very difficult days at rescue places, mostly at […]
I was pretty busy last Saturday, but I could not miss great jazz players, especially their duo. It was totally inspiring. Their ensemble was just amazing, and their technique was remarkable. Each piece has different style and uses different musical languages. I am not a jazz musician so I may be entirely wrong. Their creativity and […]
14 year-old Mattie Ross’s father has been shot by Tom Chaney whom he trusted, and Mattie (Hailee Steinfeld) is determined to bring him to justice. She is strong. With the U.S. Marshal, Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), she sets out to hunt down Chaney. The story continues with Texas Ranger named LeBoeuf (Matt Damon). Steinfeld is an amazing young actress. […]
This is a story of British King George VI who overcame his stammer with the help of a speech therapist Lionel Logue. Two became great friends for the rest of their lives. The director, David Seidler, had his own stutter when he was young and he relates to King with his experience and imagination. I […]
While I was practicing Bach’s Goldberg Variations at the church, my friend came over and sat down quietly. I did not notice him for a while. When I finished one movement, I looked around, and saw him sitting in one of pews. We greeted, but he told me he is enjoying music. So I continued […]
It is a deep, emotional, difficult, yet beautiful movie. A director Alejandro González Iñárritu portrays a single father Uxbal (Javier Bardem), struggling in the present-day Barcelona slums, working as a middleman between illegal immigrants from Senegal and China, and those who take advantage of their work. A psychic ability allows Uxbal to hear the messages from the recently deceased and he passed […]
It is an amazing movie, and Natalie Portman’s acting is beyond acting. I was drawn to “Black Swan” for the whole time I was watching. And I am still carrying the emotion from the movie. Between insanity and reality, between love and hate… I don’t know how I express about this movie. This is the story […]