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Bellini and Mantegna: Two Versions of The Presentation at the Temple

July 9, 2018 By Guy St. Clair

A Fascinating Experience for the Layman In one of my favorite literary works – Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited – when the two young men arrive in Venice to visit Sebastian’s father, Lord Marchmain asks them what they want to do while they are in Venice. Charles, a budding artist, says he would like to see some …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Personal History Tagged With: Bellini (Giovanni), Bellini (Jacopo), da Vinci (Leonardo), Fondazione Querini Stampalia (Venice), Gemäldegalerie (Berlin), Isaacson (Walter), Mantegna (Andrea), National Gallery (London), Waugh (Evelin)

Midsummer’s Day Thoughts

June 21, 2018 By Guy St. Clair

It’s Midsummer’s Day today, and as I prepare to send this post out (hopefully before Midsummer’s Day turns into a dreamy midsummer’s night), I have to confess that I was shocked to see that my last post was on Easter, some three months ago. My apologies. I’m consistently thinking about how lucky I am. Not …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Personal History Tagged With: art nouveau, Atlantic Charter, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Kurtz-Phelan (Daniel), Marshall (George C.), Marshall Plan, Marshall Plan (China), Midsummer's Day, Obama (Barack), Rhodes (Ben), Truman (Harry S.), Venice, Venice (Lido)

Musical Memories: New York at Easter (Guy at St. Bart’s)

April 1, 2018 By Guy St. Clair

Having lived in New York now for 50 years, I suppose it’s OK to go into “memory-lane” mode occasionally and share a few thoughts about New York experiences. And today is a good day for thinking about one particular experience, for Christians throughout much of the world are celebrating Easter, even here in sometimes-non-conformist New …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: Anglican Church Music, Campbell (Neal), Composers (Religious), Friedell (Harold), Howells (Herbert), Osserwaarde (Jack), Parks (Rev. Leighton), St Paul's Cathedral (London), St. Bartholomew's Church (New York), St. Stephen's Church (Richmond VA), St. Thomas's Church (New York), Stokowski (Leopold)

A New Site, Beginning with Additional Thoughts about Mobile’s Mardi Gras

March 13, 2018 By Guy St. Clair

Since the first post on November 14, 2009 Sharing Guy’s Journey has been intentionally characterized as “personal.” Indeed, as I write professionally about knowledge services, I’m careful to refer to any publications having to do with knowledge services, knowledge sharing, and knowledge strategy development as strictly “professional.” An example is  SMR’s Knowledge Services Blog, intended for colleagues …

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Filed Under: Personal History Tagged With: Blackwell (Cartledge), Carnival, Festivals, Fifty Funny Fellows, History Museum of Mobile, Joynt (Steve), Kirkland (Scotty), Knowledge Services, Knowledge Sharing, Mardi Gras (Mobile AL), Mobile Alabama, Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile Museum of Art, Zweifel (Karyn Kay)

Personal History: The St. Clair Family at Mobile’s Mardi Gras

February 15, 2018 By Guy St. Clair

See: Personal History: The St. Clair Family at Mobile’s Mardi Gras

Filed Under: Personal History

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