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Schubert's Lindenbaum – Part 3 (MM33) (2023) Painting by Noël Van Hoof
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Thomas Mann – The Magic Mountain – Part 33
It was a fruit of life, sired by death and pregnant with death. It was a miracle of the soul – the ultimate miracle, perhaps, in the eyes of unscrupulous beauty, who gave it her blessing; yet it was regarde with mistrust, and for valid reasons, by the responsible eye of someone “playing king,”[...]
Thomas Mann – The Magic Mountain – Part 33
It was a fruit of life, sired by death and pregnant with death. It was a miracle of the soul – the ultimate miracle, perhaps, in the eyes of unscrupulous beauty, who gave it her blessing; yet it was regarde with mistrust, and for valid reasons, by the responsible eye of someone “playing king,” who affirmed life and loved its organic wholeness. Both a miracle and, in response to the final compelling voice of conscience, the means by which he triumphed over himself.
Yes, triumphed over self, that may well have been the essence of his triumph over his love – over this enchantment of the soul with dark consequences. In the solitude of night, Hans Castorp's thoughts, or intuitive half-thoughts, soared high as he sat before his truncated musical coffin... ah, they soared higher than his understanding, were thoughts enhanced, forced upward by alchemy. Oh, it was mighty, this enchantment of the soul. We were all its sons, and we could all do mighty things on earth by serving it. One need not be a genius, all one needed was a great deal more talent than the author of this little song about a linden tree to become an enchanter of souls, who would then give the song such vast dimensions that it would subjugate the world. One might even found whole empires upon it, earthly, all-too-earthly empires, very coarse, very progressive, and not in the least nostalgic... his truncated musical coffin, inside which the song decayed into some electrical gramophone music. But the song's best son may yet have been the young man who consumed his life in triumphing over himself and died, a new word on his lips, the world of love, which he did not yet know how to speak. It was truly worth dying for, this song of enchantment. But he who died for it was no longer really dying for this song and was a hero only because ultimately he died for something new – for the new world of love and the future in his heart.
(English translation by John E. Woods)
It was a fruit of life, sired by death and pregnant with death. It was a miracle of the soul – the ultimate miracle, perhaps, in the eyes of unscrupulous beauty, who gave it her blessing; yet it was regarde with mistrust, and for valid reasons, by the responsible eye of someone “playing king,” who affirmed life and loved its organic wholeness. Both a miracle and, in response to the final compelling voice of conscience, the means by which he triumphed over himself.
Yes, triumphed over self, that may well have been the essence of his triumph over his love – over this enchantment of the soul with dark consequences. In the solitude of night, Hans Castorp's thoughts, or intuitive half-thoughts, soared high as he sat before his truncated musical coffin... ah, they soared higher than his understanding, were thoughts enhanced, forced upward by alchemy. Oh, it was mighty, this enchantment of the soul. We were all its sons, and we could all do mighty things on earth by serving it. One need not be a genius, all one needed was a great deal more talent than the author of this little song about a linden tree to become an enchanter of souls, who would then give the song such vast dimensions that it would subjugate the world. One might even found whole empires upon it, earthly, all-too-earthly empires, very coarse, very progressive, and not in the least nostalgic... his truncated musical coffin, inside which the song decayed into some electrical gramophone music. But the song's best son may yet have been the young man who consumed his life in triumphing over himself and died, a new word on his lips, the world of love, which he did not yet know how to speak. It was truly worth dying for, this song of enchantment. But he who died for it was no longer really dying for this song and was a hero only because ultimately he died for something new – for the new world of love and the future in his heart.
(English translation by John E. Woods)
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Thomas MannThe Magic MountainFranz SchubertWinterreiseDer Lindenbaum
Almost all my paintings are inspired by books or music, they are a tribute to a certain author, composer or artist and his/her work. Of course I would be happy if a painting encourages someone to read the book[...]
Almost all my paintings are inspired by books or music, they are a tribute to a certain author, composer or artist and his/her work. Of course I would be happy if a painting encourages someone to read the book or listen to the music.
All works are ready to hang. The ecoline paintings are framed with a frame of your choice: light oak or black aluminum. The paintings have a passe-partout and a plate of glass on the front. Oil paintings have a wire on the back so they can be hung.
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Nationality:
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- Date of birth : 1963
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- Groups: Contemporary Dutch Artists
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