Showing posts with label Barcelona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barcelona. Show all posts

February 28, 2026

Carrer Carma, Barcelona & the perception of time

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I find it hard to believe it's been sixteen years since Tom & I were in Barcelona; it seems like it was centuries ago but at the same time only a few moments ago. Funny how that works.         
 
Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. The perception of it, the subjective experience, or sense, of time, which is measured by someone's own perception of the duration of the indefinite and unfolding of events. This perceived time interval between two successive events is referred to as perceived duration.        

The ancient Greeks recognized the difference between chronological time (chronos) and subjective time (kairos).

Pioneering work on time perception, emphasizing species-specific differences, was conducted by Karl Ernst von Baer who was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and is considered the founding father of embryology. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a co-founder of the Russian Geographical Society, and the first president of the Russian Entomological Society, making him one of the most distinguished Baltic German scientists.           

 
 
        


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Styrous® ~ Saturday, February 28, 2026        
      






















December 9, 2025

Gray Loft Gallery Uptown ~ Tom White

Tom White - Puzzle 2025                                     
 
 
Tom White, is Professor Emeritus at California College of the Arts, where his groundbreaking journey with Butohdrawing started in 1997 with his first performance, ButohDrawing and the Passage of Time, at CCAC. That same year, he collaborated with Betty Jo Costanzo, Malia Oliver, and Styrous® on Action/Reaction, launching a series of performance projects.    
 
 
Butohdrawing: Pentagon VS Hexagon 
photo by Mark Neibauer 


Tom, with artists Betty Jo Costanzo and Styrous®, brought the Butohdrawing Project to the Monagri Foundation in Cyprus in 2000. During his sabbatical in Barcelona that same year, he introduced Butohdrawing workshops at La Poderosa and expanded the practice internationally with performances in Europe, China, Mexico, and the US.         

 
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Max 
 
 
 
 Boogie Woogie
 
 
 

Cat Girl 
 

Kitchen Sink 
 

 

Nautical 
 
 

Sharp & Shiney 
 
 
 

Trine E 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Orchard / Galleries on 25 
489 – 25th Street, 
Oakland, CA 
 
Gallery Hours: 
First Fridays, 5:00 - 8:00 pm 
Fridays and Saturdays 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. 
and by appointment     

     
      
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November 27, 2025

Fifteen Turkeys Ago

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As usual, every Thanksgiving I consider the many things I have to be thankful about in our lives. This year was no exception.        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 



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 photo by Barbara Hodovan
 
 



As I was processing this bounty, I had a realization; I can hardly believe it's been fifteen years since I had one of my favorite Thanksgiving experiences in Barcelona (link below).       
 
 
 
 
 
 
        
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Styrous® ~ Friday, November 21, 2025       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 









 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

November 22, 2025

November 22 events

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There have been very many events in the world, music and the arts that have happened on the 22nd of November over the decades . . .    
 
 
The International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin adopted the SOS distress signal in 1906.   
 
Tennis player Billie Jean King was born in 1943.   
 
The U.N. Security Council approved resolution 242. The resolution called for Israel to withdraw from territories it had captured in 1967 and called on adversaries to recognize Israel's right to exist in 1967.   
 
Juan Carlos I was proclaimed King of Spain upon the death of the dictator of Spain Gen. Francisco Franco in 1975.            
 
 
Gen. Francisco Franco
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38,648 immigrants became citizens of the United States in 1985: it was the largest swearing-in ceremony.         
The Mexican Senate overwhelmingly approved the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993.     
 
The CBS "60 Minutes" program aired a tape of Jack Kevorkian giving lethal drugs in an assisted suicide of a terminally ill patient in 1998. He was later sentenced to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder.   
 
Angela Merkel was elected the first female chancellor of Germany in 2005.      
         
The discovery of Siats meekerorum was announced in 2013. The dinosaur skeleton, more than 30 feet long, was found in eastern Utah. This was right up my alley (link below)!       
 
 
 
        
In Arts: 
 
Lillian Russell made her vaudeville debut in New York City in 1880.         
 
Helen Hayes appeared on stage for the first time in 1909. 
 
Actor, comedian Rodney Dangerfield was born in 1921 
 
Actress Geraldine Page was born in1924           
 
Actor Robert Vaughn was born in 1932         
 
Actor Michael Callan was born in 1935         
 
Director, animator Terry Gilliam was born in 1940          
  
Actor, director and  novelist Tom Conti was born in1941   
 
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis was born in 1958.                
 
Actress Mariel Hemingway was born in 1961.        
 
Actress Scarlett Johansson was born in1984.         
 
 
In Music:  
 
Hoagy Carmichael, composer, pianist, singer, actor and  bandleader was born in 1899.     
 
Composer, conductor and pianist Benjamin Britten was born in 1913.       
 
Bolero by Maurice Ravel was first performed publicly In Paris in 1928.  
 
Singer, Jesse Colin Young of The Youngbloods  was born in 1941.    
 
Floyd Sneed of Three Dog Night was born in 1943.  

Aston Barrett of Bob Marley & The Wailers and Burning Spear was born in 1946.     
 
Musician Steve Van Zandt of the E Street Band was born in1949.     
 
Musician Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club was born in 1950.
 
Singer-songwriter, and guitarist Jason Ringenberg of Jason & the Scorchers was born in 1958.       
         
        
        
         
        
        
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Styrous® ~ Saturday, November 22, 2025        
      














August 17, 2025

The Spanish Table ~ end of an era of a taste of Spain


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After nearly 25 years in the East Bay, The Spanish Table Berkeley store closed its doors after a final weekend, August 15–17.      
 
 
  
 
 
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