How did you celebrate Earth Hour & have you been to a Tertulia?
Last night we dimmed the lights promptly at 8:30 pm during the Tertulia I was invited to. It made for a beautiful setting for the topic of our dinner party conversation: Madness & the Arts.
The candles sparkled, the conversation was spirited, whilst we all did our part to contribute to Earth Hour. Such an unexpected beautiful evening! And to talk about Art ... What a dream come true.
What's a Tertulia: It is similar to a salon, but a typical tertulia in recent centuries has been a regularly scheduled event in a public place such as a bar, although some tertulias are held in more private spaces, such as someone's living room. Participants may share their recent creations (poetry, short stories, other writings, even artwork or songs). Usually (but not always) the participants in a regularly scheduled tertulia are, in some respects, likeminded, whether by having similar politics, similar literary tastes, etc.
Last night's Tertulia was held in the private residence of an architect. When I drove up, I knew I was in for an unusually special evening. The house is a 2-story modern version of a Frank Lloyd Wright design & the tall picture windows give view to several gorgeous paintings. As I walked up to the front door I passed by a Water Chain - As described by our hostess, "Earrings for the house!" Google that ... Very cool!
Our party was made up of 16 people, all from different backgrounds but all art lovers. Painters, writers, poets & some of us leading double lives like me ... Art by night & non-art career by day. Our hostess provided us all with questions tucked into charming little sequined boxes. When the discussion strayed from our topic, one of us was asked to read their question ... Such fun. The bourbon & red wine played their part too!
Here's a Word Cloud that represents lots of what we passionately discussed ... Double click on the image to see it in detail.
This is a favorite quote from a friend of mine that summed up how I felt about the evening ... "Life Beats You Down and Crushes the Soul, and Art reminds you that you have one." Amen.
Thank heavens for art!
The ever Art - Full,
JoceBean
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What's a Tertulia: It is similar to a salon, but a typical tertulia in recent centuries has been a regularly scheduled event in a public place such as a bar, although some tertulias are held in more private spaces, such as someone's living room. Participants may share their recent creations (poetry, short stories, other writings, even artwork or songs). Usually (but not always) the participants in a regularly scheduled tertulia are, in some respects, likeminded, whether by having similar politics, similar literary tastes, etc.
Last night's Tertulia was held in the private residence of an architect. When I drove up, I knew I was in for an unusually special evening. The house is a 2-story modern version of a Frank Lloyd Wright design & the tall picture windows give view to several gorgeous paintings. As I walked up to the front door I passed by a Water Chain - As described by our hostess, "Earrings for the house!" Google that ... Very cool!
Our party was made up of 16 people, all from different backgrounds but all art lovers. Painters, writers, poets & some of us leading double lives like me ... Art by night & non-art career by day. Our hostess provided us all with questions tucked into charming little sequined boxes. When the discussion strayed from our topic, one of us was asked to read their question ... Such fun. The bourbon & red wine played their part too!
Here's a Word Cloud that represents lots of what we passionately discussed ... Double click on the image to see it in detail.
This is a favorite quote from a friend of mine that summed up how I felt about the evening ... "Life Beats You Down and Crushes the Soul, and Art reminds you that you have one." Amen.
Thank heavens for art!
The ever Art - Full,
JoceBean
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4 comments:
Dearest JBeane,
I have not ever been to a Tertulia, nor have I ever heard of one. I know a lot about 18th-c literary salons, so think it is interesting that there has been something of a revival. 18th-c people were very club-ish & liked to have conversation-based assemblies. Your evening sounds lovely and very 18th-c, especially by candlelight. We went to a presentation of Beethoven at the Symphony last night; it is Jane Austen period music, very elegant & naturally the lights were dim, at least in the concert hall. Marvelous post, love the quote! I'm sure you had an excellent time!
Cheers, Lizzy Bean
Tank woo fur sharing ALL that!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
We'd never heard of that but Mommy thinks it would be very fun to go. The quote is lovely.
That sounds like a wonderful night! The PM and MM went to Taliesin West when they were in Arizona and love, love, love anything FLW.
What a cool way to spend the evening and Earth Hour.
What did we do?
Went to bed early. Gosh. What a bunch of bores.
Purrs Goldie
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