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Sunday Poerty with Gypsy Woman, Jenean C. Gilstrap. Today: the leaving of the green

Sunday Poerty with Gypsy Woman, Jenean C. Gilstrap. Today: the leaving of the green. Photo Jenean C. Gilstrap

THE LEAVING OF THE GREEN – For many, the month of March celebrates Irish heritage and culture.  During the time of the French Huguenot Revolution,  my paternal ancestors, the Gaillards [of the Chateau Gaillard south of Paris], fled France for Ireland [and Scotland], making their new life in County Antrim.  There, for many years, they lived  with other family, including the McTaggarts and Rowans, until the great famine forced them to leave their homes once again – this time for the eastern shores of the United States.

 

The family of my grandmother [shown in image], several generations back, were part of that mass movement from France and then from Ireland.  The poem below tells the story of their leaving Ireland, the land of the green, for the United States.

 

the leaving of the green

from islands and highlands

from shores of emerald green

from mountains high with rushing streams

they came to live their life-long dreams

leaving behind the place of their birth

traveling here in a third class berth

they brought with them the crest of their clans

from the lovely lands where it all began

danced their jigs and told their tales of yore

of life and love on those far shores

here they lived and here they died

for a better life they truly tried

and so it is that their own offspring

now long for kilgary and dancin’ the fling

yearn to return to the home of their hearts

to live their dreams right from the start

on islands and highlands

and shores of emerald green

~

Vikings season 4. Who is Loki, the naughty god of Norse mythology?

Vikings season 4 is thrilling! Every episode surprises us and one of the most exciting characters is Floki (Gustaf Skarsgard), who helps and betrays Ragnar (Travis Fimmel), and is always smart but absolutely “peculiar.” Anyway, he is the guardian of Norse traditions as well as able to survive any danger and punishment. Is he Loki, the naughty god of Norse mythology?

Floki (Gustaf Skarsgard). Vikings TV show

Loki, the same as Floki, sometimes assists the gods and sometimes behaves in a malicious manner towards them. He is also smart and has a deep relation with the marine world. In fact, Loki is a shape shifter and in separate incidents he appears in the form of a salmon, a mare or a seal.

Difficult god as Floki has a difficult behavior. Nobody knows his fate but we enjoy his adventures.

Once, Gabriel Turville-Petre comments (1964) that “more ink has been spilled on Loki than on any other figure in Norse myth. This, in itself, is enough to show how little scholars agree, and how far we are from understanding him.”

What do you expect from Floki in the upcoming episodes? Is he Loki? Tell us your opinion now!

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you! Vikings TV show rocks! Don’t you think so?

Who is Loki? Who is Floki? Take a look at this video!

**Vikings TV show is inspired by the sagas of Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes and infamous for the scourge of England and France. The show is an Irish-Canadian historical drama television series written and created by Michael Hirst for the TV channel History. Filmed in Ireland, it premiered on 3 March 2013 in Canada and the United States. On March 26, 2015, History renewed Vikings for an extended fourth season of 20 episodes, which premiered on February 18, 2016.

The dynamic tradition of narrative art among Native nations from the Great Plains at NMAI

Unbound: Narrative Art of the Plainsreflects the dynamic tradition of narrative art among Native nations from the Great Plains. The exhibition traces the evolution of the art form from historic hides, muslins, and ledger books to more than 50 contemporary works commissioned by the museum. Illustrating everything from war deeds and ceremonial events to notions of modernity and identity, the selected artworks are as diverse as the individuals who created them.

Narrative art among Native nations. Photo by R.A. Whiteside, NMAI. (26/8817)

Beginning in the 18th century, Plains narrative art took shape through various media, such as painted deerskin war shirts and buffalo robes. During the 19th century, as trade broadened, artists created elaborate battle scenes on large canvas tipi liners and used muslin cloth, as well as hides, to record winter counts, some documenting more than 100 years of history. When ledger books became available, artists filled their pages with narrative drawings. Native artists began reviving “ledger art” in the 1970s, creating a vibrant art form that takes on contemporary topics, uses a variety of media, and is widely collected.

Curated by Emil Her Many Horses (Oglala Lakota), Unbound features historic masterworks from the museum’s collections by fourteen artists—11 of them known by name—including: Long Soldier (Lakota/Nakota), Mountain Chief (Blackfeet), Bear’s Heart (Southern Cheyenne), Zo-tom (Kiowa), Black Chicken (Yanktonnai), Canté-wani′ća/No Heart (Yanktonai), Chief Washakie (Shoshone), Spotted Tail (Crow), Old Buffalo (Lakota/Nakota), Rain In The Face (Lakota), and Ćehu′pa/Jaw (Hunkpapa Lakota).

The exhibition also unveils new works commissioned by the museum exclusively for Unbound by Dr. Ronald Burgess (Comanche), Sherman Chaddlesone (Kiowa), David Dragonfly (Pikuni), Lauren Good Day Giago(Arikara/Hidatsa/Blackfeet/ Plains Cree), Darryl Growing Thunder (Assiniboine/Sioux), Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty (Assiniboine/Sioux),Terrance Guardipee (Blackfeet), Vanessa Jennings (Kiowa/Pima), Dallin Maybee (Arapaho), Chester Medicine Crow (Apsáalooke [Crow]), Chris Pappan (Kaw Nation/Osage/Cheyenne River Sioux), Joe Pulliam (Lakota), Martin E. Red Bear (Oglala Lakota), Norman Frank Sheridan (Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho), Dwayne Wilcox (Oglala/Lakota), Jim Yellowhawk(Cheyenne River Lakota).

Generous support for the project is provided by Ameriprise Financial.

**Photo details: Lauren Good Day Giago (Sahnish [Arikara]/Minitari [Hidatsa]/Niitsitapii [Blackfoot/Blackfeet]/Plains Cree), A Warrior’s Story, Honoring Grandpa Blue Bird, 2012. Muslin, wool cloth, dye, brass, cotton thread, brass beads, satin ribbon, imitation sinew. Purchase made possible by Devon Hutchins. Photo by R.A. Whiteside, NMAI. (26/8817).

Birthdays Today, March 13: Leigh-Allyn Baker, Jordyn Jones, Kaya Scodelario, Common

Well,,first of all, have a very good Sunday and… our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today, March 13 is for the actress who played the role as Ellen on Will & Grace. She is Leigh-Allyn Baker, she was born in Murray in 1972 and, from Yareah, we wish her and her family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Leigh-Allyn Baker!

Famous Birthdays Today, March 13: Leigh-Allyn Baker at Disney Channels new Original Movie “Bad Hair Day,” starring Laura Marano (Austin & Ally) and Leigh-Allyn Baker (Good Luck Charlie, The 7D) premiere event red carpet at Walt Disney Studios.. Source: flickr. Author: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

Our traditions have been waking up on Christmas morning and feasting on a southern breakfast. I’m from the South. We eat grits and biscuits and gravy and eggs with Ritz crackers and country ham, bacon, you name it.

Leigh-Allyn Baker

Even though I would love a little girl for me, personally, I love being a mom to boys.

Leigh-Allyn Baker

More famous birthdays today, March 13: Jordyn Jones, dancer born in California in 2000; Kaya Scodelario, ffy Stonem on the E4 series Skins; and Common, rapper and actor who starred on the series Hell on Wheels, born in Illinois in 1972.

Happy birthday to all of them. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famous Birthdays Today, March 13 Video: Leigh-Allyn Baker at Disney Channel’s Good Luck Charlie Season IV Press Day @L_A_Baker

Game of Thrones season 6. What we can see on the official trailer?

Game of Thrones season 6 is thrilling! Cersei Lannister chooses violence and she has Ser Robert Strong aka Mountain-stein on her side. Also, her brother Jamie has just returned with Myrcella’s corps, “Everything they’ve taken from us we’re going to take back, and more,” he promises. Then, Lancel and his Sparrows are on risk! Even when it seems that Queen Margaery Tyrell joins the Faith Militant to free herself.

Game of Thrones (HBO)

Once again, it’s not clear Jon Snow’s death. Melisandre can try to resurrect Jon Snow and there’s a high chance that Sansa Stark reaches Castle Black. What will happen with this family now? Arya is blind but Bran Stark meets the Night’s King! Interesting! Because this means that we will get to know more details about the Night’s King and the White Walkers.

And how about Ned Stark? Is he back? Definitely, we are going to see some flashbacks. In fact, we are going to see the Tower of Joy flashback. This is important as it will give us information about Jon Snow’s parents.

In Game of Thrones season 5 things weren’t looking good in Meereen because the Sons of the Harpy nearly managed to kill Daenerys and her dragons. In the trailer we can see a really sad Queen and Tyrion having a tough time trying to contain the Sons of the Harpy. Too dangerous sects!

What do you expect from Game of Thrones season 6? Tell us your opinion now!

Game of Thrones season 6. Official trailer.

** Season 6 of Game of Thrones was formally commissioned by HBO on 8 April 2014, following a substantial increase in audience figures between the third and fourth seasons. The season premieres on April 24, 2016. The season consists of ten episodes which began filming in late July 2015 and concluded on December 17, 2015.

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you!

Enjoy the largest oval fancy vivid blue diamond ever to appear at auction

Enjoy the largest oval fancy vivid blue diamond ever to appear at auction. Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring Sales on 5 April 2016.

De Beers Millennium Jewel 4

Sotheby’s Hong Kong is honoured to present the ‘De Beers Millennium Jewel 4’, a rare and superb Oval Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond weighing 10.10 carats – the largest oval fancy vivid blue diamond ever to appear at auction (Estimate HK$235 – 280 million / US$30 – 35 million), at the Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale on 5 April 2016. Offered for sale from an Asian private collection, ‘De Beers Millennium Jewel 4’ is the only oval-shaped stone among the twelve rare diamonds – eleven blue and one colourless – that form the world-renowned De Beers Millennium Jewels collection unveiled by De Beers in 2000 in celebration of the millennium. Each of the eleven blue diamonds in the collection boasts a combination of colour intensity, even saturation and brilliance that are rivalled by few other stones.

The ‘De Beers Millennium Jewel 4’ will be exhibited in New York, London (15 March) and Geneva (16 March) on an international itinerary, and in Singapore (13 – 14 March), Taipei (19 – 20 March) and Hong Kong (1 – 4 April) in Asia before going under the hammer on 5 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

QUEK Chin Yeow, Deputy Chairman, Asia, and Chairman International Jewellery, Asia, said, “Over the years Sotheby’s has had the honour to bring to the market many important coloured diamonds, including the Blue Moon of Josephine that set the world auction record for any diamond last November. The market for coloured diamonds has gone from strength to strength and this spring we are thrilled to present the ‘De Beers Millennium Jewel 4’, the largest oval fancy vivid blue diamond ever to appear at auction. Fifteen years ago I had the great opportunity of seeing this magnificent stone for the first time and it is an absolute delight now to have it in one’s hand, to admire it again and to offer it for auction in Asia. This beautiful blue stone combining Nature’s rare beauty, superlative colour, unusual shape and illustrious provenance offers yet another wonderful collecting opportunity for connoisseurs worldwide.”

“To be able to unveil not only one diamond but a collection of such rarity that most of us will not see its like again is, I think, the only adequate way to mark the passage of 2000 years of man’s history.” Harry Oppenheimer, Former Chairman of De Beers, on the “De Beers Millennium Jewels.”

DE BEERS MILLENNIUM JEWELS: A ONCE-IN-A-MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE.

To celebrate the millennium in 2000, De Beers, together with The Steinmetz Group, showcased an exceptional collection of rare and valuable diamonds, namely the ‘De Beers Millennium Jewels’, in a specially designed exhibit at London’s Millennium Dome. Assembled over decades, the collection consisted of the 203.04-carat colourless diamond ‘Millennium Star’ and eleven phenomenal blue diamonds (pictured right) of various shapes and sizes, totalling 118 carats, all expertly cut and polished. Nine out of the eleven blue diamonds have been graded by the GIA as of Fancy Vivid colour, the highest possible colour grading for coloured diamonds, and two of Fancy Intense colour. All of them originate from the Cullinan Mine in South Africa and each was specially inscribed with a De Beers Millennium number using a proprietary branding technique. Since their initial appearance at the Millennium Exhibition in 2000, only one of these diamonds have ever come into the open market, when Sotheby’s Hong Kong sold the ‘De Beers Millennium Jewel 11’, a 5.16-carat Internally Flawless Pear-shaped Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond, in April 2010.

BLUE DIAMONDS.

Extremely rare and highly coveted in history for its captivating blue sparkle, blue diamonds owe their colour to impurities of boron during the stone’s formation, and many are naturally modified with a grey secondary tone, or an uneven saturation with areas of colourless windowing. Blue diamonds make up much less than 0.1 percent of all diamonds recovered at the Cullinan mine, and to discover one annually of quality and size is an extremely unusual occurrence. Very few stones have the intensity or even saturation as these Millennium blue diamonds and it is this combination of colour, saturation and brilliance that make them truly miracles of Nature.

TV Shows Today, March 12: Doctor Who, Black Sails, Ghost Adventures

Well, we wish you a great weekend. It’s Saturday and we have three great television shows to watch. First, we recommend the classic show Doctor Who. Today’s episode: The Husbands of River Song. 9:00 pm. BBC. From Wikipedia: Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. As of 25 December 2015, 826 episodes of Doctor Who have aired, concluding the ninth series

Our second choice is for the series from Starz, Black Sails. Today: XXVI. 9:00 pm. STARZ.

And our last recommendation is for Ghost Adventures. Today’s episode: Leslie’s Family Tree. Season 12. Episode 7. 9:00 pm. TRAVEL.

We hope you enjoy the shows. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

TV Shows Today, march 12 Video: The Husbands of River Song Trailer – Christmas Special 2015 – Doctor Who – BBC

Birthdays Today, March 12: Christina Grimmie, Mitt Romney, Andrea Brillantes, Tyler Ward

Our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today is for the pop singer, Christina Grimmie. She is a YouTube sensation, she was born in Marlton, New Jersey in 1994 and, from Yareah, we wish her and her family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Christina Grimmie!

Famous Birthdays Today, March 12: Christina Grimmie performing at the Citadel Tree Lighting in 2014. Source: flickr. Author: Justin Higuchi

Feel with all your senses

Christina Grimmie

Confidence is not ‘they will like me’. Confidence instead is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t

Christina Grimmie

More famous birthdays today, March 12: Mitt Romney, republican politician born in Detroit in 1947; Andrea Brillantes, actress who appeared on the television shows Goin’ Bulilit and Annaliza; and Tyler Ward, pop singer born in Texas in 1988.

Happy birthday to all of thenm. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famous Birthdays Today, March 12 Video: Christina Grimmie – “Hello” by Adele

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) presents the first UK museum exhibition by KAWS

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) presents the first UK museum exhibition by KAWS, the renowned American artist, whose practice includes painting, sculpture, printmaking and design. The exhibition, in the expansive Longside Gallery and open air, features over 20 works: commanding sculptures in bronze, fibreglass, aluminium and wood alongside large, bright canvases immaculately rendered in acrylic paint – some created especially for the exhibition. The Park’s historically designed landscape becomes home to a series of monumental and imposing sculptures, including a new six-metre-tall work, which take KAWS’s idiosyncratic form of almost-recognisable characters in the process of growing up.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) presents the first UK museum exhibition by KAWS

Brooklyn-based KAWS is considered one of the most relevant artists of his generation. His influential work engages people across the generations with contemporary art and especially opens popular culture to young and diverse audiences. A dynamic cultural force across art, music and fashion, KAWS’s work possesses a wry humour with a singular vernacular marked by bold gestures and fastidious production.

In the 1990s, KAWS conceived the soft skull with crossbones and crossed-out eyes which would become his signature iconography, subverting and abstracting cartoon figures. He stands within an art historical trajectory that includes artists such as Claes Oldenburg and Jeff Koons, developing a practice that merges fine art and merchandising with a desire to communicate within the public realm. Initially through collaborations with global brands, and then in his own right, KAWS has moved beyond the sphere of the art market to occupy a unique position of international appeal.

KAWS absorbs popular imagery to produce works that are semi-familiar, with layers of contradictions and subtleties. Outdoors, with their outsize and monumental proportions, KAWS’s sculptures bring to mind dystopian cartoon characters; recognisable personalities from childhood who appear to have lost their innocence. Against the Park’s tree line, the group of six works in natural and black-stained wood, measuring between six and 10 metres in height, are simultaneously spectacular and plaintive. Once bright, iconic characters are rendered in disheartened, world-weary poses; imposing yet full of pathos, they point to an array of psychological narratives, suggesting compassion, surprise and despair.

In Longside Gallery, KAWS’s oeuvre is further extended by works including ACCOMPLICE (2010), a baby pink monstrous rabbit figure, a neon pink CHUM (2009), a bulbous figure, and the spermatozoa-like BORN TO BEND (2013), while COMPANION (RESTING PLACE) (2013), and the three-metre-high COMPANION (ORIGINALFAKE) (2006) from the artist’s Tokyo store, with its skin peeled back to reveal highly coloured internal organs, is profoundly exposed. HE EATS ALONE (2014), fabricated in Corian and aluminium is a hybrid sculpture/painting, while UPS AND DOWNS (2012), the artist’s series of 10 acrylic canvases, point towards SpongeBob.

The artist has made a series of five paintings especially for the exhibition. Each measuring 112 x 92 inches, they will span the largest wall of the spacious gallery, creating a swathe of brilliant colour and complex energy. Constructed with painstaking attention to detail, the abstracted forms overlay and interweave, forming shadows and deepening space to reveal a slinking, enigmatic figure.

Emilia Clarke in Me Before You. Ten Things you should know about this film

Emilia Clarke is starring in the upcoming film ‘Me Before You’ directed by Thea Sharrock. Today, ten things you should know about this romantic movie.

Emilia Clarke in Me Before You

Me Before You is based in a novel written by Jojo Moyes. The book was first published on January 5, 2012. A sequel entitled After You was released on 29 September 2015 by Pamela Dorman Books.

Jojo Moyes, who also writes the screenplay, hax twice won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists’ Association and has been translated into eleven different languages.

The film is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. on June 3, 2016.

Emilia Clarke plays the role as Louisa Clark.

Louisa (Lou) Clark is a 26-year-old woman, who is smart but she underestimates herself. However her life changes completely when she loses her job in the local café. Now, she will learn how to harness her capacities and be self-confident.

Also, the film stars Sam Claflin, Jenna Coleman, Charles Dance, Matthew Lewis, Ben Lloyd-Hughes and Janet McTeer.

Sexy actor Sam Claflin is best known for portraying Philip Swift in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and Finnick Odair in the The Hunger Games film series.

Thea Sharrock (born 1976) was the youngest artistic director in British theater.

Music by Craig Armstrong.

Emilia Clarke in ‘Me Before You’ official trailer. Take a look! What do you think? Tell us your opinion now!

**Emilia Clarke (born 26 October 1986) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones, for which she received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013 and 2015.

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you!