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Jenifry is a Cornish female name, the Cornish form of Welsh Gwenfrewi. It’s made up of Welsh elements gwen (white, fair, blessed) and frewi (reconciliation, peace) though it’s possible the latter element could derived from Welsh ffrwd (brook, stream) so the name essentially means “blessed/fair peace” or “blessed/fair brook”.
Nicknames: Jen, Jenny
Origin: Proto-Celtic, Proto-Indo-European
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Very beautiful and reminds me of the lovely names of fishing boats where I grew up; “Girl Renee” and “Sweet Promise”.
Iwan Konstantinowitsch Aiwasowski: Eine Bucht in der Nähe Venedigs (1842)
Die schöne Beatrice
Bernardos Kunst, der Gondelbau,
Venedig staunen ließ:
Er liebte eine schöne Frau,
Die Beatrice hieß;
Ihr wollte er bauen,
Der Schönsten der Frauen,
Zeigen, wie lieb er sie hat,
Die schönste Gondel der Stadt.
In seiner Werkstatt unbemerkt
Gedieh das schöne Boot,
Lackschwarz, mit edlem Holz verstärkt,
Im Innern rosenrot;
Ein Vorhang aus Spitze,
Gepolsterte Sitze,
Kissen aus strichweichem Samt,
Darauf ein Herz, das entflammt.
Er baute dran ein halbes Jahr,
Stieg sonntags noch hinab,
Und als die Gondel fertig war,
Schloss er die Werkstatt ab;
Wie herrlich die Planken,
Die Zacken und Ranken,
Kunstvoll das goldene Dach,
Ob Beatrice noch wach?
Die schönsten Kleider zog sie an,
Als sie die Gondel sah,
Ihr Name stand geschnitzt daran,
Sie war den Tränen nah;
Sich Träume bewahren,
Zum Lido zu fahren,
Liebevoll lud er sie ein
Vorm Haus…
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Rowan comes from an Irish surname which is the anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin meaning “descendant of Ruadhán”, the latter meaning “little red one”, a diminutive of Irish ruadh meaning “red”, derived as a nickname for someone who had red hair or a ruddy complexion. It derives from a Proto-Indo-European root. In Irish mythology, Ruadhán is the son of the Brigid, a goddess of poetry, healing, and smith craft. Rowan is also the name of a genus of trees which derives from the same root word as above.
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
Female forms:
Male forms:
Grey is another spelling of Gray, an English name which originated as a nickname for someone who had gray hair or a gray beard. It comes from Old English græg (grey) via Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (grey) which derives from PIE root *gʰreh₁- (to grow). Grey could also be derived from a Roman-Gallo name, Gratus, meaning “pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome” from Latin gratia (favor, kindness) and usually referring to qualities of elegance, pleasantness, charm, kindness, courteousness, and attractiveness. It derives from PIE *gʷerH- (to favor, approve; praise).
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
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Im Wintergarten meines Vaters lief gestern dieses Prachtexemplar von Kakerlake über die Fliesen.
Für diese Fälle hat mein Vater eine Lebendfalle für Insekten, die durch eine Schiebevorrichtung einfach zu bedienen ist und mir die Möglichkeit gab, die Kakerlake zu beobachten. Dabei merkte ich, dass meine Brille für ein so kleines Lebewesen nicht ausreichte und vermisste meine Lupe. Als ich gerade die Fotos und Filme von meinem Handy runterlud, konnte ich sehen, wie genau die Kakerlake aussieht. Da ich gleich zur Uni möchte, muss das Zeichnen nach dem Filmclip warten. Natürlich habe ich die Kakerlake im Garten ins Freie entlassen, nachdem sie mir so gedultig Modell saß.
Benjamin is the son of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible. His name comes from Hebrew Binyamin meaning “son of the right” or “son of the south” made up from Hebrew benבֵּן (son) which derives from a Proto-Semitic word; and yamin יָמִין (right (hand), right side; south. Benjamin has also been interpreted as meaning “son of days”, probably referencing the advanced age of his father Jacob when he was born. Benjamin is also a surname originating from the given name.
Nicknames: Ben, Benji/Benjy, Benny/Bennie, Benj
Origin: Proto-Semitic
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Female forms:
Sitting in Mr Billy’s, cappuccino drunk
I watch the Golowan flag unfurl and roll
over the discount furniture store.
An elegant lizard design ruffled
as Hurricane Hector creeps to shore.
Caffine restores and clears the brain’s funk;
mind having been clogged with too many poets
read too superficially, such a rapid tour:-
Akhmatova, Garcia Lorca, Neruda
-several more.
all read in translation with growing piles
of biographies-Akhmatova’s by Elaine Feinstein
and just recovered, after much searching,
Pablo Neruda’s by Adam Feinstein.
The latter faintly and quaintly inscribed to ” Jessie G-
My passion in my life” signed Den
with five kisses -a bargain at three pounds forty nine.
Although I don’t know these signatories.
I remember the Sixties, when a certain Jessie G occupied
my thoughts and feelings.
As the shoppers come and go- not thinking, I think
of Michelangelo,
I long for the enigmatic winds that energised us all-
when Co-Operative with its cheap and vivid green awning
was not just a shop.
As the street fills with delivery vans,
I long for the fervour again to discover,
Sous les paves, la plage!
Interesting how the technique has been used to convey such different styles. I think there are direct parallels in literature with dramatic contrasts- tragedy interspersed with humour perhaps.
In the first of these two articles looking briefly at the history of ‘compositional’ chiaroscuro in painting, I traced some early examples from the Renaissance before showing a selection from its heyday between 1590 and 1650. With Caravaggio and those influenced by him gone, chiaroscuro returned to occasional use for special effects rather than lapsing into obscurity.
Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), The Foursome (c 1713), oil on canvas, 49.5 x 64.9 cm, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Wikimedia Commons.
It still appeared in nocturnes, such as Antoine Watteau’s The Foursome from about 1713. You may have noticed that I’m not a great fan of paintings from this period, but I rather like this for its subtlety, and the details half-hidden in its darkness.
Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is Put in Place of the Sun…
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Hester is the Latin form of Esther, a name of uncertain etymology though it could be related to a Persian word meaning “star”; it’s also possible that the name could be related to Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of love, fertility, and war, though the meaning is unknown. Hester is also a surname though it originates from two different sources, the first being from Middle Low German hester meaning “beech”, likely a locational name for someone who lived near some beech trees; or it could be an anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hOistir meaning “descendant of Oistir”, the latter a name of unknown meaning.
Nicknames: Hettie
Origin: Persian
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Impressive photographs -where exactly is the Side Gallery?
The time is fleeing from the memories (Gundula Schulze Eldowy)
From September until December, an exhibition named ‘Inner Eye’ has been running at Side Gallery, the place I hang out on a Sunday. The exhibition focuses on photography in the GDR (German Democratic Republic) and shows images taken in East Germany by various photographers and filmmakers throughout the early seventies until the late eighties. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to help at the cinema and watch a number of documentaries in a mini-festival programmed to tie in with the exhibition. At these events some of the German photographers and directors working at that time spoke of their own practices too. This is pertinent to the Side Gallery as back then Amber (the film making collective that also run the Side) were making films in the GDR showing how there were similarities in social issues in both the…
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