Books, Movies and Fine Art
Whatever you can say about Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) and plenty of people have said (and written) a lot about her, she led a fascinating life. She was beautiful and talented. She was a woman in a man’s field. She made her career during Hitler’s Third Reich. Three strikes and you’re out. Despite (I am almost … Continue reading
The things we see are the same things that are within us. There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.” ― Hermann Hesse, Demian Herman … Continue reading
Besser kann große Kunst zuhause nicht erfahren werden., Amazon Review 23. Juli 2012 Ich maße mir nicht an ein Kunst- oder gar Wagnerkritiker zu sein. Es geht um 7 hochwertige DVDs und ob diese Bayreuth und Wagner korrekt abbilden. Die Antwort ist, ja unbedingt. Die Neuauflage der Produktion bietet Breitwandformat und Surroundklang, so dass die … Continue reading
“Wagner’s Ring and Its Symbols” originally published 1984. (English and German article). Applied in my article C.G Jung and Wagner – Rainy Götterdämmerung in Munich. I wanted to learn more about Wagner and bought therfore recently a used copy of the English musicologist Robert Donington. He provides an allegorical interpretation of the Wagners Ring Cycle according to the … Continue reading
This is a very personal take on the opera cycle by Richard Wagner’s “Ring” from a Jungian perspective, how the themes of the Ring, though universal, specifically apply to our lives today. Kent Nagano The Munich Opera Festival draws for over 130 years opera fans to Munich, and as one of the oldest international festival continues … Continue reading
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