Yesterday I was starting to climb Le Saleve (Haute-Savoie) and in a small village I saw this house. It happens that it is true! The text reads
“The Valkyrie were composed here.”
“Here lived Two Immortals : Richard Wagner (1856) – John Ruskin (1863 – 1864).”
I can see the alppeal.
Well done, Paulo!
The Word leaded you to itself!
I mean, probably there is a link between the word Walkyries and that place, maybe something has to be completed, I don’t know (we’ll never get all the answers for our questions).
Anyway what’s important, I think, is that the Universe brought you right where you had to be.
Isn’t it wonderful?
By the way, why Walkyries haven’t been published in Italy yet?
we’re waiting for it.
love,
Chris
I’d like to walk in your shoes, to pass so many places. I’d like to have your eyes to see all that good things you have seen and learn so much like u did Paulo. Wish one day I could see you and thank personally for all positives you shared with me and us gathered here…
Few months ago I had an opportunity to be in Lourdes and I know I would never forget that place. As more I think about it as more I want to be back there, feel again so safe and free at the same moment. Now I really do understand your love to Pyrenees and I think everybody who ever had a chance to be there, comes to the same conclusion. Standing there I’ve closed my eyes and suddenly felt them power which is difficult do describe – maybe like a thunder from a fairy sky – unexpectable and powerfull. Whole world stopped for few seconds just to let me feel that moment. Pyrenees are one of the places in this world where is pure magic involved. I’ve found it right there, where untill now runs a Holy Water… And this is so priceless like my little daughter’s smile.
With love
Iza
The Strength of Attraction.
I love to come upon such places! I remember a castle in a small village in the Tuscan countryside where I used to go with my boyfriend’s family. They were from that village originally and many of their relatives lived there. The castle was owned by a German family and it wasn’t a touristy sort of place. In fact, there were no tourists there at all, perhaps because it was so remote and so removed from the normal tourist path. We inquired about the castle and were invited in for a tour. The very kind and knowledgeable lady who showed us about took us up into one of the castle towers and there led us into a small chamber which, for a time, had been occupied by Dante Aligiere. In the chamber were many artifacts from that period, but what caught my attention the most was a sort of window-seat fashioned into the stone wall of the tower chamber and overlooking the landscape beyond. From that small arched window one could see the whole of the surrounding countryside stretched out below. The view was breathtaking. Just the thought that Dante had sat in that very seat, looked out that very window, and perhaps composed some portion of The Divine Comedy was amazing to me. I love to come upon such places, because they give me such a keen sense that even the great masters, the finest writers and artists who have ever lived, were, just like the rest of us, merely human. Just knowing that they sat in that seat, stood on those steps, or drank from that very well, somehow serves to root the artist’s image firmly in the reality of a manifest world. They no longer seem like gods, but people, and because of this it is easier to imagine that they too must have had doubts and fears, that they too must have faced challenges and obstacles in the creation of their art. It makes the creation of art, even the possibility of creating something truly great, seem just a little more accessible.
In fact, dear Savita, Dante Alighieri is considered one of the very first humanist writer in the literature. Great experience you had if you was in places where he lived. Do you know he lived lots of years out of Florence, as outcast?Than cities were as states. I am happy you like the Divine comedy. By the way. My tutor made me cancel lines from my thesis. He sustain is wrong writing ” great Dante”, and ” his masterpiece “The divine comedy”. ???
Love
Alexandra
Trust Thou Thy Love by John Ruskin
Trust thou thy Love: if she be proud, is she not sweet?
Trust thou thy Love: if she be mute, is she not pure?
Lay thou thy soul full in her hands, low at her feet;
Fail, Sun and Breath!–yet, for thy peace, She shall endure.
…..Trust Thou Thy Love by John Ruskin (1819-1900)
LOVE.
Thelma.
Thank you, dear Thelma. Wonderful lines.
Quel Treso r!
Om! Om!
Wow! I love the picture as I enjoyed the book Valkyries!!!
Dear Paulo, Thank you.
It reminded me for some reason of Edvard Griegs home and resting place in Bergen, called Troldhaugen, The Hill of the Trolls.
http://www.kunstmuseene.no/Default.asp?enhet=troldhaugen&kat=298&sp=2
I’d love to see where you Paulo grew up, where you live now and where you wrote the Alchemist! Our surroundings inspire us so much.
Heart
Who is Ruskin?
Wagner of course I know.Anyways,thanks.
Dear Alexandra, i looked it up on the Internet..I wasnt aware of him.
John Ruskin, was an English author, poet and artist, most famous for his work as art critic and social critic. – Wikipedia
I love these quotes of his
“When we build, let us think that we build for ever.”
“Of all God’s gifts to the sight of man, colour is the holiest, the most divine, the most solemn.”
“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.”
Love and Graditude
Annie
Wow, I really like his quotes!
Thank you Annie. Really nice quotes. I love them, especially the one with the color, because I remember a good funny book, The Color of the Magic, by Terry Pratchett.
Love
Alexandra
Wow… what a discovery! How Wonderful!! Le Saleve must be a beautiful place. Thank you for sharing Paulo!
love.
….Paulo discovering Le Saleve…
I can imagine that living in this environment gives beautiful rides yes…like The Valkyrie.
Thank you for sharing dear Paulo…enjoy your walks.
Love
Hildegarde
xxx
There is no wealth but Life… JR
SO, dear/est Paul from Austria, “Life is .. not full of surprises”!! ;]
There is no coincidence!! In Greek we say : ‘Great Spirits always meet!’= Τα μεγάλα πνεύματα πάντοτε συναντώνται.
We have picked the same theme.;]
LOVE,
Thelma.
Small house in the mountains … creativity requires simplicity … I need to write for September the material for groups that I will entertain … I am taking the next step … your words have an impact … Need an environment that will help me not be disturbed, that brings me close to God (being Nature, simplicity) so that all the great powers in me surface by being close to their Source. When in the immensity of God, true nature is more sensible, humility is more present, sensibility too … put aside all that is vanity, basic human day to day chores and responsibilities … just be basic human needs (food, shelter) and the Source. This makes me thing of the road to Compostelle … once the food is found, the shelter is found, the rest is relation to God and myself and my mission, which will be to put in words all the love that I have for the other for him to love himself and transmit to another
Thank you. Well appreciated this morning. Love those travels in time … Jojo
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ride+of+wagner%27s+valkyries&emb=0#q=ride+of+wagner%27s+valkyries&emb=0&start=0
I have come here with the Ride of the Valkyries’ video [copy/paste] and Paul had already done his … ‘homework’!! I have not watched it yet Paul,, Thank you.
I have looked to see Le Saleve [Haute-Savoie...] As you say here in twitter, dear Paulo Coelho you have decided to stay for four months in Geneve.. Beautiful city!! I have stayed there…. two days, as a tourist!! It seems that your book ‘The valkyries’ has not been translated into Greek yet.
LOVE,
Thelma.
Now that you mention Le Saleve, i have to admit that dear Paulo Coelho, you are very very very very fit..It seems that you know the phrase “mens sana in corpore sano” (“νούς υγιής εν σώματι υγιεί”)!!
p.s As i recall,Wagner was a huge admirer of Beethoven and Beethoven was his inspiration when he was young! :D
Love and Graditude
Annie
I don’t understand.
Wagner was there in 1856 and Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) was published in 1870.
Tristan und Isolde (1859) is first apparition after Wagner’s visit in that small village.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AlEvy0fJto
Thank you Paul. I knew the song, but was not aware was one of Wagners famous work.
and ….Star Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZpWxGF7xr4