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quotespile · 4 months

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He cannot be fully seen by those who look at him, nor can he be fully touched by those who embrace him.

Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities

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litsnaps · 6 months

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#literature #quotes #Chigozie Obioma #An Orchestra of Minorities #quote #lit #books #words

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callmewinged · 2 years

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"... The great fathers speak of a man who is anxious and afraid as being in a fettered state. They say this because anxiety and fear rob a man of his peace. And a man without peace? Such a man, they say, is inwardly dead. But when he rids himself of the shackles, and the chains rattle and tumble away into outer dark, he becomes free again. Reborn. To prevent himself from falling again into bondage, he tries to build defenses around himself. So what does he do? He allows in yet another fear. This time, it is not the fear that he is undone because of his present circumstances but that in a yet uncreated and unknown time, something else will go wrong and he will be broken again. Thus he lives in a cycle in which the past is rehearsed, time and time again. He becomes enslaved by what has not yet come. I have seen it many times." ~ Chigozie Obioma, "An Orchestra of Minorities"

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ms-blue-sky · 1 month

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I made my school email pfp this photo of Melvyn

Pray for me 😭🙏

#electric light orchestra #elo #melvyn gale #hes so beautiful #its just a minor crush I swear #nervous

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 7 months

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𝔜𝔫𝔤𝔴𝔦𝔢 𝔍𝔬𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔫 𝔐𝔞𝔩𝔪𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔢𝔫 - 𝔗𝔬𝔠𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔞

#Yngwie Johann Malmsteen #Yngwie Malmsteen #Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1 #Toccata #Release date:#February 18th #1998 #Full-length #Genre:#Neoclassical Power Metal/Shred #Themes:#Society #War #Life #Love #Heroism #Sweden

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the4chambersofmystery · 4 months

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#gustav mahler #symphony no.5 in c sharp minor #daniel barenboim #chicago symphony orchestra #rodrigo's dance #classical music #Spotify

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thedepressedpelican · 2 months

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#sergei rachmaninoff #piano concerto no. 2 in c minor #rodrigo's dance #classical music #classical coffee #Spotify #london symphony orchestra

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singsweetmelodies · 11 months

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tagged by the lovely @hrhgeorgerussell to share five songs i have on repeat these days 🎶 .... oh dear. i feel like this is going to be very revealing, hahaha 🙈

AUS23 (1:1) by Charles Leclerc (yes, really)

If This Was A Movie by Taylor Swift (of course there's a taylor song on here!!! i die if i'm not obsessively re-listening to at least one of her songs per week, i think.)

Meditation from Thaïs by Massenet (okay, so, i've been doing a LOT of research & academic writing lately, and i can't listen to music with lyrics while i do that bcs i get distracted. so, classical it is. and Meditation, cliché of a choice as it may be, really is one of my favourites ever to listen to)

Eyes Closed by Ed Sheeran, specifically the piano version (what can i say? this song hit all the right notes for me. pun intended, of course)

The Alcott by The National, feat...... Taylor Swift (all i'm saying is "everything that's mine is a landmine // did my love aid and abet you?" this one SLAPS, bestie.)

i'm going to tag... hm, to be honest i have no idea who's done this/been tagged already, so my apologies if i double-tag anyone! but if any of you feel like giving this a go: @boxboxbrioche @welightitup @effervescentdragon @hourcat @mssr-monagato @river-ocean @duquesademiel @wolfiemcwolferson @pinkierre @yukierres 💕🎶

#tag game #music tag! 🎶#about the taylor swift.....#all i have to say is #it's me hi i'm the problem it's me #ALSO! some other classical music pieces i've been listening to a lot lately; for those of you who may be interested:#(i know it's probably nobody. but i'm going to share them anyway because YEAH i'm that nerd who adores classical music)#prokofiev's 'dance of the nights' from romeo and juliet #(this piece is also called 'the montagues and the capulets.' you probably know it even if you're not into classical. it's FAB)#the hungarian dance no. 5 in G Minor by brahms #concerto in G Minor for violin; string orchestra and continuo by vivaldi (for when you're feeling very dramatic!)#that one is SO satisfying to listen to though!!#piano concerto no. 21 in C Major K. 467 Andante by mozart #the rondo alla turca also by mozart (again for the listening satisfaction 👌)#and the last one on my replay playlist is the requiem in D Minor K. 626 Sequentia: Lacrimosa by mozart #which - okay; yes; that one has lyrics #and again a BIT of a cliché choice #but oh my god. it truly does things to my heart #anyways! that's my classical music nerdiness done for the day; lmao #ily all <333

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wonderfulworldofepic · 1 year

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That moment when you want to create a dramatic classical music playlist but you only know a few pieces 😭😭😭 I will absolutely take any and all recommendations. So far, I've got Mendelssohn's concerto in e minor and Dvorak's symphony 9 in e minor

#violin #orchestra #classical music #dvorak #mendelssohn #Classic music newbie #Dramatic classical music #Please feel free to recommend #music recommendation #Music #Building a playlist #Orchestral music #violin music #I apparently love e minor

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bilbao-song · 1 year

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secret rocker santa participants needed!!

so we still have about 19-20 days left before i officially start matching people, but currently we are particularly in need of fans of the following musicians and bands (or even just people with a passing interest in them):

joni mitchell

t. rex

grateful dead

electric light orchestra

bruce springsteen

the guess who

elvis presley

the supremes

everyone is welcome (the literal only requirement is that you’re a fan of some kind of music from roughly the 50s-90s) and there’s plenty of time left!! these are just the ones that so far seem like they’ll be the hardest to match, which means more fans signing up would be very helpful :^) if you or your followers fit this criteria, please consider reblogging this post!

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