JaZzArt en València

Aquí os presento a mi pianista preferido de todos los tiempos, (aunque quiero a muchísimos otros, contemporáneos, del jazz, del rock, hasta del pop como a tantos otros clásicos), Ludovico van Beethoven, genio de la música que comparte la posición cimera con mis otros dos compositores favoritos de la música culta, Mozart y Wagner. Como se que de Beethoven se ha hablado mucho y hasta varias pelis han salido y como también se que tu eres un tío o una tía de puta madre que estas bien empapado/a en la cultura, no te voy a agobiar con detalles, al fin y al cabo, para apañarse esta Wikipedia…

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Here I introduce to you my favourite pianist of all time, (although I love many others, contemporary, jazz, rock, even pop like many other classics), Ludovico van Beethoven, a musical genius who shares the top position with my other two favourite classical composers, Mozart and Wagner. Since Beethoven has been extensively discussed and there have even been several movies about him, and since I know you’re a cool person who is well-versed in culture, I won’t overwhelm you with details. After all, there’s always Wikipedia to rely on…

Gracias…

Cheers…

Presumptuous bits of subliminal fatuousness that while climbing a ladder to the moon,

manage to escape, like worms from rotting flesh do when the rain comes to flush out all indignities,

and become the words of love that wistful whispers transfers to the burning sun and far from the cool light of the ghostly moon.

C.2023, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 27 JUN 2023, Valencia, Spain

SO WHAT THE HELL IS A «EURO-KU?»

It is a way for a Westerner to create a poem in a style created by Easterners and still make it spiritual, interesting and meaningful. It is impossible for me to write like a Japanese poet. I have not experienced his history nor have been raised in his culture, therefore his thought process is unknown to me. But the simplicity, ephemeral nature and spirituality of the Haiku impress me.

So I invented on 02/02/2022 the Euro-Ku to solve that problem. I would use the structure of the traditional Haiku, but change a few things to make it fit into my idiosyncrasy. Here are the rules:

1. Three stanzas or verses (like the original Haiku) but the verses will have no syllabic restrictions. Write them as long as you want.
2. The verses must flow into each other coherently completing or continuing the initial phrase or thought. They must not be inconclusive or flow off into outer space.
3. The Euro-Ku must be accompanied with a unique, unedited image created by the author.

In the Americas I launched the Ameri-Ku, the exact same thing but written by those whose history, culture and background are from across the pond. And by the «Americas» I mean the entire continent, North, Central and Southern portions…

Cheers…

Un dibujo es un cuadro con menos elementos y a veces menos colores, pero sigue siendo un cuadro y sigue teniendo el poder de miles de años de historia de arte…

Yo pinto porque encuentro y porque el arte es la búsqueda, pero no una búsqueda estática sino una búsqueda para encontrar y pintar…

Y como hay que buscar…y encontrar…he buscado y he encontrado que el arte digital («Art Digital en Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia») mola…

Espero que os guste el vídeo y que lo compartáis con vuestros amigos…

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A drawing is a painting with fewer elements and sometimes fewer colors, but it is still a painting and still holds the power of thousands of years of art history…

I paint because I seek and because art is the search, but not a static search, rather a search to find and paint…

And as one must seek…and find…I have searched and I have found that digital art («Digital Art at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia») is cool…

I hope you like this video and that you share it with your friends…

Gracias…

Cheers…

La luz es el elemento esencial que nos permite ver todo en el universo, el movimiento es señal de vida, de crecimiento, y la intención la pongo yo cuando estoy pintando, guiando y desarrollando una idea a través de un cuadro. Ese es mi trabajo aquí en Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia…

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Light is the essential element that allows us to see everything in the universe. Movement is a sign of life, a definite indication of growth. And I put intention into it when I am painting, guiding and developing an idea through a painting. That is my job here at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia…

Gracias…

Cheers…

Voy a decir que es Handel… Georg Friedrich Händel, o Jorge/Jordi digamos… Este tio era la leche, fijaos: 42 operas, 25 oratorios, más de 120 cantatas, trios and duos, un montón de arias, odas y serenatas, sonatas, 18 concerti grossi, and 12 conciertos de órgano. Su pieza mas famosa es el oratorio titulado Messiah que contiene el famoso «Aleluya» y es una de las piezas de coral preferidas durante la época navideña. No se como seria el tío, no creo que nadie sepa, por eso lo pienso como me lo imagino, en la oscuridad de una catedral gótica componiendo a piano lo que luego tocaría con el órgano enorme que todas esas catedrales tienen…

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I’m going to say it’s Handel… Georg Friedrich Händel, or George, let’s say… This guy was amazing. He wrote: 42 operas, 25 oratorios, over 120 cantatas, trios and duos, a bunch of arias, odes and serenades, sonatas, 18 concerti grossi, and 12 organ concertos. His most famous piece is the oratorio called Messiah, which features the renowned «Hallelujah» chorus and is often performed during the Christmas season. I don’t know what the guy was like, I don’t think anyone does, so I imagine him in the darkness of a Gothic cathedral, composing on the piano what he would later play on the enormous organ that all those cathedrals have…

Gracias…

Cheers…

Pop Art es un tipo de pinturas que se hicieron popular en EEUU y en el Reino Unido precisamente por que se basaban en temas populares, los pintores pintaban más o menos cosas de la vida cotidiana. Las pintaban con colores primarios, principalmente y con una forma casi caricaturesca para enfatizar que no era filosofía lo que transmitía el cuadro sino la aburrida cotidianidad. El padre de este estilo es Andy Warahol y le siguen Peter Max (el que más me gusta), Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, y David Hockney, entre otros miles. Claro los nombres de estos artistas no los he puesto particularmente en ningún orden. En Japón tenemos también a estos artistas «pop» como la «gran» Yayoi Kusama, que yo creo, de todas todas, que ella y Yoko Ono son la misma, pero bueno…

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Pop Art is a type of painting that became popular in the US and in the UK (later in almost all countries) precisely because it was based on popular themes. The painters depicted various aspects of everyday life using primary colours and a caricature-like style to emphasize that they were not conveying deep philosophy, but rather the mundane nature of reality. The father of this style is Andy Warhol, followed by Peter Max (my personal favourite), Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, and David Hockney, among many others. Please note that the names of these artists are not listed in any particular order. In Japan, we also have «pop» artists like the «great» Yayoi Kusama, who, I think is also Yoko Ono, but what the hell…

I was before, and I have been here since, walking on these turquoise marble floors, eating bread and drinking wine, the wine left to survive the year of the draught where less than three barrels came out,

and you, yes, it’s always been you, the one without faith, without principles, who dared to rub her body on mine and kiss my lips, wet with wine for I’ve been drinking, and who invited me to die in her arms, but your arms were the wings of a butterfly, born on the first of December to die on the first of May,

when the stars weep above the sea, the green and grassy sea, where butterflies live and hide in the branches of bramble bushes, wise and slow, butterflies who knew and know what there is and what will be, especially at the hour when one drinks the sour wine of grapes that grew on floors of turquoise marble, and I raise my glass and there, toasting you, I will be.

2023, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 06 JUL 2023, Valencia, España

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I have talked a lot about my invention, the Euro-Ku before, so I will just mention that the Euro-Ku is a style of poetry that aims to connect with the traditional Japanese Haiku, but from a Western perspective. One must stay true to their own identity and the only way to appreciate a work of art is through the lens of one’s personal background, life experiences, and position in society. Therefore, I concluded that as a Western poet, it would not be appropriate for me to write a traditional Japanese Haiku. Instead, I chose to create something…similar…to convey the same concepts.

Thus on the 2nd of February 2022, the Euro-Ku was born. It has three verses but without syllabic count and with the requirement that the verses must be clearly understood by all and flow into each other in a simple, straightforward manner. And then there’s the illustration. The Euro-Ku must be accompanied by an original illustration created by the poet…

Yolanda Diaz, Pedro Sanchez, basta de cazas de brujas que esto no os pertenece así que no tratéis de quitarle el protagonismo a las chicas y hacer de una simple gilipollez de un tío un caso para vuestras ideologías anticuadas…

Casi nunca me atrevo a hacer un retrato, salvo que no sea uno surreal-expresionista, pero bueno, os tengo que decir que la obra de Rubens me animó a hacerlo. Fue un genio, definitivamente y auténticamente y cuando veáis el vídeo lo comprobareis.

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I rarely dare to create a portrait, unless it is a surrealist-expressionist one, but well, I have to tell you that Rubens’ work encouraged me to do it. He was a true genius, and when you see the video, you will see it for yourself.

Gracias…

Cheers…

La luz del sol no tiene color pero nos permite ver colores… aunque trabajo mucho el blanco y negro, me fascinan los colores pues como dijo Kandinsky, son música para los ojos…

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Sunlight has no colour but it allows us to see colours… although I work a lot in black and white, I am fascinated with colour and as Kandinsky said, colours are music for the eyes…