Gene Hackman, the versatile leading man renowned for his smoldering performance as hard-nosed New York City narc Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in The French Connection, has died. He was 95.
Gene Hackman, star of The French Connection, est mort
Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox: Ways to Ground Oneself in Fierce Times of Apocalypse & Antichrist
Do not deny the darkness in you or the darkness of the times. Denial is not a healthy response. “God is the denial of denial.” (Eckhart)
It is no secret that we are living in a time of apocalypse and antichrist. Hildegard of Bingen painted such times as an unraveling of order. But also how Christ arrives to challenge Evil and bring peace.
Thus, breakthroughs and revelations occur amidst the darkness. “Apocalypse” also means “Revelation.”
How turn Apocalypse into Revelation? How stay grounded during such fierce times? I offer here some practices for surviving spiritually during times like these.
1. Do not deny the darkness in you or the darkness of the times. Denial is not a healthy response. “God is the denial of denial.” (Eckhart)
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End the Wars! Francis Cabrel performs “Le gorilla” and “Pourquoi ces canons”
Yves Montand “Chanson de Bilbao”
Yves Montand was a French singer and actor (born in Italy as Ivo Livi), whose popularity began in the 1940’s, when Edith Piaf discovered him, and lasted well into the 1980’s. Montand acted in 31 movies in that span of years.
French jazz man / novelist Boris Vian (composer of the anti-war song “Le Déserteur” )adapted the lyrics of ‘La Chanson de Bilbao’ from the 1929 musical Happy End, written by Kurt Weill Elisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht. Montand sang it Vian’s adaptation on his 1961 album ‘Rengaine, ta Rengaine‘.
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Peter Turnley (Français / Américain, né en 1955), Chez Jeannette, Paris, 12 février 2023
Pas De Merde 