Image of the Day : Geishas

by Paulo Coelho on September 12, 2008

Geishas

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mariangela September 16, 2008 at 5:08 pm

..O que os olhos não veem o coração não sente…??será???….
bjs.
Mari Raphael.

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THELMA September 15, 2008 at 8:49 am

Dear Heart & everybody,
the remark ‘don’t we all want to learn to do that’, made me smile with…self-comlacency[αυταρέσκεια] and ‘mutual understanding’. I think that we, females, EVES, do not need anyone teach us this ‘art’. It is a ..gift[since we speek also about gifts] we are born with. And, of course, to remember Paulo Coelho’s ‘Eleven Minutes’, those minutes are not the essence of the Path.
Have a nice week.
LOVE,
THELMA

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Heart September 14, 2008 at 3:37 pm

How interesting Thelma. I appreciate you sharing this clip so much. The art of seducing a man…oooo… don’t we all want to learn to do that. And as pointed out, not so much, to get him to bed, but to make him feel really good about himself.

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THELMA September 14, 2008 at 11:38 am

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Tr_yDdwRQ
This is a small film about geishas of today. The story of Madame Butterfly is a very sad one. After this beautiful aria, dreaming of the return of his beloved, father of her child. he returns.. married to an American and she gives him their child and she kills herself…
I made a mistake,the other day, the film I mentioned is “The memoirs of a Geisha”.
Thank you, my dear Heart, I found the sound track ot the film, you mentioned above. I will try to find it. { I have a passion with the cinema.]
I am looking forward to seeing our Paulo Coelho’s books on the ‘big screen’ and the music they will ‘dress’them.
LOVE,
THELMA

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Inês September 14, 2008 at 5:07 am

Querido, adoro as fotos que você coloca no blog e adoraria ouvir alguns comentários seus sobre os símbolos que elas trazem.
obrigado por partilhar essas preciosidades.
de coração, Inês

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luce September 13, 2008 at 9:36 pm

However book or painting of geishas might be good, or masterpiece I do not like concept of geisha. It has nothing to do with prostitution, they are not prostitutes, as someone already said….just they seem so completely unpenetrable under their masks which they carry as painting

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mariangela September 13, 2008 at 7:38 pm

Os leques são acessórios que dão movimentos bonitos nas danças. Eles alongam os movimentos dando um ar sensual em determinados gestos…
Bjs.,
Mari Raphael.

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Emi September 13, 2008 at 7:28 pm

at last, chieko put everything into place..geishas are not prostitutes. “Geisha” stands for “artist”..Dancing, playing musical insruments, etc. are all they do…such beautiful creatures, performing beautiful art.

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chieko September 13, 2008 at 4:01 am

i think there seem to be some misunderstanding about geishas. basically, they are not prostitutes. they are talented dancers and musicians. they have patrons for whom they entertain from bottom of their heart. they do not sell sex. there are those who sell sex called yujyo (playgirl). they dress and act differently. well, the line between geishas and yujyo may be blur. but i think both are very intelligent people. love

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Tania September 13, 2008 at 12:11 am

Yes geishas,are so beautiful -but they live such sad lives very true ..and I find that interesting in Italy that it is forbidden to call any prostitue;Maria ,,I gather that it is the reason ..blessings Tania

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Heart September 12, 2008 at 6:27 pm

Yes, thank you Thelma. Another fantastic movie is ‘Dangerous Beauty’ about a courtesan living in 16th century’s Venice.

The personal stories of so many prostitutes are very sad, knowing probably the majority of them, was sexually abused as children. And the sad way men use and despise the geishas, in addition to what they already suffered.

Maria’s story in Eleven Minutes however, has a happy ending, thank god. (I may add, it is forbidden in Italy to name any prostitute; Maria. Guess it is regarded sacrilegious).

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mariangela September 12, 2008 at 5:30 pm

Um ilustração singela e delicada…
bjs.,
Mari Raphael.

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Alexandra September 12, 2008 at 5:11 pm

Today some exotic for us.Nice.Thanks.
I think all women have something to learn from a geisha.I not envy their destiny,but all we know how charming and interesting they might be.

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THELMA September 12, 2008 at 2:45 pm

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRhuQWS4tc&feature=related
Madam Butterfly, best version, by Maria Callas, the Divina.

We may, all have seen the film, or read the book ‘The story of a Geisha’. Both sad stories, about geishas and their destinies.
LOVE,
Thelma

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