JaZzArt en València

This was one of my favourites all throughout the 70’s and they still are. I do not think that any band from the XXI Century can surpass them, or even match them in music, energy and success. The band was formed in El Cerrito, California and was only active from 1959 to 1972. But their

#music, Great American Bands Part 5: Creedence Clearwater Revival

El expresionismo, especialmente el expresionismo alemán y austriaco, fue un gran movimiento vanguardista del S. XX y todavía tiene mucha vigencia, especialmente aquí en OCS Valencia… +++ Expressionism, especially German and Austrian Expressionism, was one of the great vanguards of the XX C. that still is quite relevant today, particularly here, at OCS Valencia… Gracias…

El arte puede ser expresionista – Art Can Be Expressionist

Jazz is America’s Classical Music, as it rightfully should be called… And I love the idea that is why I adopted it…from the very beginnings…to my work here at OCS València. +++ El Jazz es la música clásica estadounidense, y así se le debe denominar… I a mi me encanta la idea por eso la

#art, “JaZzArt” OCS València

La abstracción, es todo aquello que no sea figuración en la pintura. No se relaciona con nada en la vida natural, pero que puede evocar grandes emociones por el uso de colores y otras formas geométricas… +++ Abstract art is everything that is not figurative art. An abstract painting bears no resemblance to anything in

El arte puede ser abstracto – Art Can Be Abstract…

SOMEBODY We learned hardnessbefore we learned to be held.Carried our hearts like contrabandunder work shirts,pressed against the bullet.At night, the city lit its yellow rows of glass,silent and accusatory.A woman scrubs copper rustfrom a child’s knuckles.A man sleeps on his stomachto anchor the empty mattress.Forget love as an answer—it is only a hand in the

“SOMEBODY” (poetry by Bodo Vespaciano/OCS Valencia)

Y a los comunistas jamás los vas a agradar porque odian a nuestro Dios, odian nuestra libertad, odian nuestras propiedades y nuestra democracia.

“Aunque nos embobecen con sus pancartas y mentiras, la mayoría no se puede dejar convencer por aquellos que lo que quieren es destruir.”

Even though they to dumb us down with their slogans and lies, the majority cannot allow themselves to be swayed by those whose only goal is to destroy.”

FRANCISCO BRAVO CABRERA

Forests in the Blackness of SilenceSpace unravels like salt spilling from a shakersomeone knocked off the kitchen counter,and the salt that spilt is a reminderof little stars of whitethat shine in forests in the blackness of silence. Reality floats like trees without roots,tanning their leavesin the bright midnight sunmade of honey and flour. Discarded thoughts

#poem, “In The Blackness of Silence”

When I started uni as a Fine Arts major conceptual art, in other words, performance art, was pretty strong. We had the performances of Marina Abramović and Ulai as well as of others. And of course we all knew about the conceptual “art” of Yoko Ono. But in our art school we had no classes,

#art, Traditional Art vs Conceptual Art

Well, tomorrow is the first of October and what does that mean? Well, to many nothing, but in many places it means the total and complete end of summer. In some places things change completely once October arrives. In summer villages and towns, bustling with beachgoers in July, August and although a bit less, also

We’ve Been Having Fun (All Summer Long)