WYSIWYG

What You See Is What You Get. This is a journal blog, an explore-blog, a bit of this and that blog. Sharing where the mood takes me. Perhaps it will take you too.

Menoizikul; Midweek Musicalisms

Week three of the month brings us to Giacomo Carissimi, born on the 18th of April, 1605, in Marino, Italy. Composing in the early Baroque movement, his works pertain specifically to the Roman School, which is to say, almost entirely sacred in nature. He is credited with formulating the 'rules' for Latin oratorio and produced many masses, motets, and cantatas himself. Here's a short item to give you a taste...

Menonday Art Vibe; Home Hangs Series

As most of you know, I enjoy a bit of photography. I used to have all the equipment... but, along with just about everyone else in the world, I have migrated to using the phone, and rarely bring out the true camera anymore. 

I have lots of great shots to look back on, though. I have even had some printed and framed, and they are hung on my walls among the other original artworks. I am not going to show them all, because most of them have turned up at one time or another (sometimes repeated) on both the photo blog and here at DoWY. However, I don't know that I have shown these before, because they were taken a long time ago - on actual film! (And remember, I have OCD... obsesssive coo disorder...)