Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony 5 “Radiant beams shoot through the deep night of this region, and we become aware of gigantic shadows which, rocking back and forth, close in on us and destroy all within us except the pain of endless longing — a longing in which every pleasure that rose up amid jubilant tones sinks and succumbs. Only through this pain, which, while consuming but not destroying love, hope, and joy, tries to burst our breasts with a full- voiced general cry from all the passions, do we live on and are captivated beholders of the spirits”. — …
A Moment Of Silence by Emmanuel Ortiz A stunning poem on mourning the victims of history’s violence, putting Sptember 11 into context. Emmanuel Ortiz is a Minnesota poet who read this in the National poetry slam this year. A MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE I START THIS POEM Before I start this poem, I’d like to ask you to join me in a moment of silence in honor of those who died in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last September 11th. I would also like to ask you to offer up a moment of silence for all of those …