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Monday, 14 August 2017

Romeo and Juliet ~ Romance

Lily James and Richard Madden

Credit ~ Johan Persson

Des'ree - I'm Kissing You

Pride can stand a thousand trials

The strong will never fall

But watching stars without you my soul cried

Heaving heart is full of pain

Oh, oh, the aching

'Cause, I'm kissing you oh

I'm kissing you oh

Touch me deep, pure and true gift to me forever

'Cause, I'm kissing you

Oh, I'm kissing you, oh

Where are you now?

Cause, I'm kissing you

I'm kissing you, oh

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.

Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567.

Frontispiece of The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet.

Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris. Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597. The text of the first quarto version was of poor quality, however, and later editions corrected the text to conform more closely with Shakespeare's original.

Love and light,

Trace

xoxo

Monday, 23 January 2017

Video Beauty ~ Visual Storytelling

Music "Lane Moje", Serbian composer Željko Joksimović

The woman in the video is Mumtaz Mahal and he is the emperor Jahan which built Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife. When she is on the boat she is dead(the pass rite) and she is going to Taj Mahal, her tomb.

Persian princess by Mehran7fox

Mumtaz Mahal (April 1593 – 17 June 1631) "the elect of the palace" was a Mughal Empress and chief consort of Emperor Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal in Agra was constructed by her husband as her final resting place. She was born as Arjumand Banu Begum in Agra, to a family of Persian nobility.

She died in Burhanpur in the Deccan (now in Madhya Pradesh) during the birth of their fourteenth child, a daughter named Gauhara Begum. Shah Jahan had the Taj Mahal built as a mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal, which is considered to be a monument of "undying love".

The Taj Mahal is the final resting place of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan. Many to describe Taj Mahal as feminine. The imperial court documenting Shah Jahan's grief after the death of Mumtaz Mahal illustrate the love story held as the inspiration for Taj Mahal.

The Taj Mahal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 for being "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage". Described by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore as "the teardrop on the cheek of time", it is regarded by many as the best example of Mughal architecture and a symbol of India's rich history.
In building the Taj Mahal, Shah Jahan promoted the use of white marble inlaid with semi-precious stones.The tomb is the central focus of the entire complex of the Taj Mahal. It is a large, white marble structure standing on a square plinth and consists of a symmetrical building with an iwan (an arch-shaped doorway) topped by a large dome and finial. Like most Mughal tombs, the basic elements are Persian in origin.The most spectacular feature is the marble dome that surmounts the tomb. The top is decorated with a lotus design which also serves to accentuate its height.
The calligraphy on the Great Gate reads ~

"O Soul, thou art at rest. Return to the Lord at peace with Him, and He at peace with you."