#Glass Bead Games

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Clifford Jordan: The Unsung Hero of the Tenor Saxophone

Introduction: In the vast landscape of jazz, where legends often overshadow other brilliant musicians, Clifford Jordan stands as one of the most remarkable yet underappreciated tenor saxophonists of his time. His contribution to jazz is immense, marked by his distinctive sound, impeccable technique, and a deep-rooted commitment to the integrity of the music. Jordan’s career, which spanned over…

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Olaf Bisschoff — The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse, 1943) [oil and canvas, on board, 2023]

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Alan Alda // The Bear - S1E8 Braciole // Jane Hirshfield - Da Capo // Big Eden // Joy Harjo - Perhaps the World Ends Here // Peder Severin Kroyer - Hip, Hip, Hurrah!

[rosquinn]

how it feels to read hesse

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Photo by Sergio Larraín

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“Graceful, spiritual, with the gentleness of arabesques our life is similar to the existence of fairies that spin in soft cadence around nothingness to which we sacrifice the here and now

Dreams of beauty, youthful joy like a breath in pure harmony with the depth of your young surface where sparkles the longing for the night for blood and barbarity

In the emptiness, spinning, without aims or needs dance free our lives always ready for the game yet, secretly, we thirst for reality for the conceiving, for the birth we are thirst for sorrows and death.”

–Hermann Hesse, "In Secret We Thirst" from The Glass Bead Game (1943)

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[karnaca78]

The Glass Bead Game // Hermann Hesse (translation by R. and C. Winston), 1943

"The master's reflections had heightened as we neared the Erdtree.

While still a precise calculus, the rhythms grew increasingly wild.

Until he simply ceased."

Brother Corhyn (Leyndell, Royal Capital)

[partangel]

look what came in the mail 🥺🥺🥺. very small october book haul due to the amount of time its taking me to read what i already have (mainly war and peace, which has been proven to be a very enjoyable but slow journey)

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catch up meme ✨

i got tagged by @koreanthrillerenjoyer, thank you so much!

rules: answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to get to know better and/or catch up with!

so!

favourite color: green. so plentiful and vibrant.

last song/album: seb lowe - cavalryman (been listening to seb lowe a lot.)

last movie: dune part two (in the cinema! it was very fun.)

currently reading: finished nádas péter's a bibila (hungarian stuff) yesterday and just started stefan zweig's chess story/the royal game.

currently watching: oh boy. bad and crazy (on ep3), community (on s2), and i want to start an iwtv rewatch before the new season drops.

currently craving: erm... food? and maybe a cooler (in temperature) dorm room.

coffee or tea: tea. all the way. tea is the best thing humans have invented. i don't take criticism on this.

i'm tagging (would love to hear from you but no pressure of course): @foolishmortal, @l-tyrell, @cagedinreality, @iamanonniemouse, @the-kestrels-feather

and (tumblr having difficulties with me tagging hopefully this'll help): @sophieistrashaf @gyunikum @derry-rain @a-trick-or-two-with-lepers

thanks again! 💖

[lady-inkyrius]

I should read worm…

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#shortsvideo of New Novel 999 Playing Glass Bead Game with Pythagoras at my Serbian Writing Paradise in Ada Safari Serbia... Grateful for this Video by Miloš Jokić

"Seated on a panel with her fellow writers, Maltese-Serbian novelist Nataša Pantović has been known to use slam poetry to perform her poetic body of work. A bridge builder between East and West, following ancient archaeological findings, she often dives into historic settings more than 2,000 years back in time. In her novel, Ama, the 52-year-old author makes a bold swerve into less-travelled territory. She chooses for her protagonists Ama, an African priestess, living in China’s Macao in the 17th century;" Sunday Times https://timesofmalta.com/article/a-beautiful-mind.810384

[pdichlorobenzene]

you guys should read The Glass-Bead Game because if nothing else you can see for yourself why Hesse got a Nobel Prize for that

like. he had made an engaging and fun story out of what is pretty much grad school drama

[maggiecheungs]

currently reading the player of games and i am obsessed with how azad is like. a feudal-dystopian cousin of the glass bead game

[boyheros]

Oh btw i made some gay little bracelets the other day with some of my friends. Sorry i haven't trimmed the strings yet I'm gonna put a lil glue on the knots later to keep them from coming undone. also yes the Ethan one is for Mr Winters

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oh wait lol maybe the glass bead game Is treated like classic lit in germany, actually, given that Hesse is a german author. I’m American and I have yet to encounter anyone here who’s even heard of it, its a sad cold place to be a Hesse fan out here 😔

hi, yes, it's that hermann hesse :D i actually havent finished the glass bead game yet (i think im about halfway? but ive kinda had it on pause for a bit cause i was reading other stuff lol). it is classic lit here but tbh i havent met many people who've read it either... my favorite book of his is definitely narcissus & goldmund tho, and i've read siddhartha and demian as well

[dravidious]

I think you're quite cool y'know

I have this maybe-not-exactly-fear of really big stuff. Like, the thought of a colossal Thing looming over me is like. idk. makes me uneasy? I don't know the feeling exactly but whatever it inspired a magic card. I sure hope tumblr doesn't make the image way bigger than it needs to be!