Word: musing
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...Lennon was certainly no saint. His personal life did not always match his philosophy and aspirations. When he fell in love with Yoko One - who was truly his soul mate and muse - he treated his first wife rather shabbily. The divorce settlement, while broadly in line with the conventions of the day, was not the act of a generous or gracious man. His laudable devotion to his second son, Sean, was partly in reaction to the guilt of his neglect of his first son, Julian. Though he was just starting to make amends with Julian, his murder took place before...
...lyrics). But on Painting it Red, Heaton comes across as a defender of true love, even if he rarely sinks to clichd subjects and metaphors, singing about love through old age and rages against infidelity and abuse. For all the songs' backwards compliments, Heaton's muse is always in sight, as on "10,000 Feet": "the landing won't be fatal/If love's parachute's been dropped." A- -Roman Altshuler...
...occasionally the muse is indulgent, and when it works, it's irresistible. Sliding the bar and working the pedals adds a quicksilver fluidity to the sound of picked notes, and the richness of the chords makes their guitar counterparts sound puny and one-dimensional. Stumbling through a transcription of "Wichita Lineman," I think I catch a fleeting glimpse of the promised land...
...with the exception of his red Converse sneakers), Rollins stalked the stage throughout the performance, pouncing out toward the audience at one moment, bouncing back toward his drummer at the next. His improvisations combined the high- and low-brow, interweaving complex patterns and quotes from pop tunes. Contacting the muse seemingly at will, Rollins would abstain from soloing for one song, then follow with a 10-minute-plus tour-de-force in the following tune. His freewheeling rendition of "They Say It's Wonderful" (from Annie Get Your Gun) drained the saccharin from the showtune. At the peak improvisatory moment...
...this summer, many of van Gogh's (1853-1890) portraits were spending their summer here in Boston at the Museum of Fine Arts, as part of Van Gogh: Face to Face. Although this exhibit left empty spaces in museums such as the Muse dursay in Paris and the Kršller-MŸller Museum in the Netherlands, it is significant in that it is the first exhibit ever to focus solely on van Gogh's portraits...