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The One Fine Art website warmheartedly reflects the diverse cultural perspectives of having a culturally rich and varied society.

Enjoy a visit!





Poem:

Fairuz in her Beyrouthian garden of an afternoon in May

Enjoy!






The EddéYard is a charming speciality bookshop/art gallery in Byblos Old Souk dedicated to works celebrating Gibran’s beloved Lebanon.

Enjoy a visit!




  21st-century beacons of hope and joy are selfless Micheál Mac Diarmada of the Irish Lebanon Project and his dedicated team of volunteers.

  Visit their site to learn more about their work.





Though best known for the Book of Kells, the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin also houses the Book of Durrow, the Book of Armagh, the oldest surviving harp in Ireland and many other interesting antiquities. Every morning a page of the Book of Kells is carefully turned for visitors to view.

Well worth a visit!




 
Introducing Irish author              Jim Maguire
              & his work
         Quiet People
           - Korean stories -



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- Announcement -
 
From today the 19th July 2008 to the end of October 2008 I will need to be
away from my regular active participation on my website, and on MySpace
in order to devote myself fulltime to the completion of my next book.

See MySpace blog: From today the 19th July 2008 for more …


Arbor Philosophica

Independent bona fides; a cache of self-published antiquities in the making





      SIX - Newly Published BOOKS  

Myriam of Lebanon 

(Hardback: 111 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84753-673-0)  

Description:


    I have often asked myself how might the myriad contemporary becloudments of the mind, and as a consequence their frustration of the body be transcended once and for all? WhereI have asked dwells in beauty a paraclete?

    To such questions and the like, I have pondered with an idea that I have had for some time, namely that most likely a joyous, bright, contemplative of heart, non-denominational woman’s word would be more effective, and even more warmly received by peoples of the world than say a man’s, especially, if she were perceived by them to be in every way exceedingly beautiful, and equally as important, if she were in melliferous voice and rhyme to talk ‘with’ them rather than ‘at’ them.

    Myriam of Lebanon presents a philosopher-poetess called Myriam from the Phoenician port city of Byblos of the land of Lebanon who visits the isle of Éire and while there shares of her profound wisdom. 

    This work is a bright beacon of hope and strength for our times and beyond; a beautiful and endearing work born of the green fields of Éire and the snow-capped mountains of Lebanon.

    A lyrical philosophy of ambiance steadfastly established on Gibran Khalil Gibran Ben Mikha'il Ben Saâd's The Prophet.

     


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A Jesus of Nazareth 

(Hardback: 316 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84799-030-3)

Description:

    
     This genre-breaking work readily encourages and lends itself to comparison and contrast with the Holy Bible, the Holy Qur’an, and the Holy Tanakh as well as with the principal philosophical Taoist texts, namely the Tao Te Ching  and  The Chuang-Tzu.

     A Jesus of Nazareth
closes the book for me on Jesus content in my writings. 

     This essentially contemplative work, written as it is to be interpreted both exoterically and esoterically, is an attempt to restore to the bright - the light, the memory, and the power of insight, dream, and intuition.       

     A necessary caveat respectfully to the reader: neither the Jesus of the Gospels nor the Isa (Arabic for Jesus) of the Qur’an exists here within no more; no more too the Jesus of such works as Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ, Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises or Brown's The Da Vinci Code.

    Rather what exists here within is a Jesus of my own inspiration, and, who to my own heart is eminently credible, enjoyable, and profound.

    The work traverses the lands we in modern times would refer to as the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria.


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Generations Reaching 
(Hardback: 503 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84799-110-2)

Description:

    Reflections on a sampling of life’s eternal concerns.

    Like all my writings, Generations Reaching is being presented as a time barque for the generations of our future, thence enabling them to know, and to come to appreciate the reflections and aspirations that one of their ancestors had, with respect to a sampling of life’s eternal concerns while happily living simply and plainly with his wife and two children in a 21stcentury of his era; 

    Happily living simply and plainly in a beautiful border village that the people of his day called Tallow, on the lovely isle they called Éire, of the fragile planet they called Earth, of the solar system he called Garden, of the spiral galaxy they called Milky Way, of the thirty galaxies or more they called Local Group, of the beyond and beyond which he called Horizon, and of the that which they called Great Universe

    Generations of the future in their readings and reflections on this work will be with the delight of knowing that all those decades, hundreds, and thousands and more of years ago, one of their ancestors was already with bringing them and their time to his mind. 

    Contemporary readers of today's world are cordially invited as honoured guests on board the exquisite Time Barque of the Eternal Ocean for its precious cargo to bethink for themselves, and to bless before it sets sail from out of the bay of our own day. 


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Hearing in the Write
(Hardback: 499 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84799-293-2)

Description:

    
    A purely philosophical-poetic work, Hearing in the Write shows a marvellous fluidity and rapidity of thought.
 

    While it neither advocates nor adheres to any philosophy per se; a philosophy in the sense of being a time-honoured discipline hauling and dragging after itself otiose luggage of correct principles of reasoning, it definitely does concern itself in its own lyrical way with profound questions on what exists, what are some of the essential natures of things, how we live our lives, what ‘knowledges’ are thought to be, and above all it concerns itself with safeguarding the spontaneity of speculation.
 

    This delightfully exhilarating work has healing qualities about it in that through means of its powerfully nebulous thought engagements it encourages the mind back out into the heartland of wondrously uninhibited speculations.
 

    The work presents diversion and digression in thought and expression as essential ingredients for the good of our intellectual health.
 


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Innkeeper's Fire 

(Hardback: Vol. One 493 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84799-551-3)
(Hardback: Vol. Two 605 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84799-552-0)


Description:

     Innkeeper’s Fire  is a keeper; a fascinating piece of literary art.

      It has been said of the celebrated Russian soprano Anna Netrebko that even if she were to learn many more new parts, the role of Natasha Rostov in War and Peace will remain one of the chief roles in her life.

      The same could very well be said of myself, in that even if I were to write many more new books, the role of  Rísteárd Mac Grailt  in this work will remain one of the chief male character roles in my life.

      That’s because this type of calm, wise, bright, joyous, courteous, warm voiced, nuptial hermit and family man; this rural philosopher-poet of Éire who tells mythic stories and engages in homely conversations perfectly fits my imaginative, writing, and poetic possibilities.

      There is the quiet man and his lady of the valley of Ballylee, the quiet man and his lady of the lake isle of Innisfree, and now here the quiet man and his lady of the hill country of Deisi Mumhan.





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"It could be six months of daydreaming. I live in a landscape (i.e. the landscape of Éire) which every single day of my life is enriching. It's food and drink to me. And very happily, I'm allowed to be with my family, who don't get to see a lot of me when I'm working. So I wish to make up for that when I'm not.
It's a gift. It's a great privilege."


(from -The Mystery Of Daniel Day-Lewis with photograph courtesy of CBS News
Sunday Morning, 6th January 2008)



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Quiet rhythm man Daniel by hearth




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      “… in these new days and in these new pages a philosophical tradition of the spontaneity of speculation kind has been rekindled on the sacred isle of Éire, regardless of its creative custodian never having been taught how to freely speculate, how to profoundly question, and how to playfully define.

       Spontaneity of speculation being synonymous with the philosophical-poetic, the philosophical-poetic with the rural philosopher-poet, and by roundelay the rural philosopher-poet thee with the spontaneity of speculation be.

       And by the way of the rural what may we say?
A philosopher-poet of illimitable space we say.

       Iohannes Scottus Ériugena the metaphor of old salutes you; salutes your lyrical ear and your skilful strumming of the rippling harp.”

                                           (Hearing in the Write, Canto 19, Ivy-muffled)





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ToPatronage

Benevolent fellow space traveller I am in need of your patronage:

a) To enable me to devote my time and energies totally to writing

b) To proffer my books as gifts to major libraries around the world

An invitation to personal philanthropy for future generations.

With gratitude and well being,

Richeart


::::: French :::::

Benevolent boursier espace voyageurs je suis dans le besoin de votre patronage:

A) Pour me permettre de consacrer mon temps et mes énergies totalement à l'écriture

B) Pour formuler mes livres en cadeau aux grandes bibliothèques du monde entier

Une invitation personnelle à la philanthropie pour les générations futures.

Avec gratitude et de bien-être,

Richeart


::::: Italian :::::

Benevolo borsista spazio viaggiatori Io sono nel bisogno del tuo patrocinio:

A) Per mi permettono di dedicare il mio tempo e di energie completamente alla scrittura

B) Per proffer miei libri come doni a grandi biblioteche di tutto il mondo

Un invito a filantropia personali, per le generazioni future.

Con gratitudine e benessere,

Richeart


::::: Spanish :::::

Beneficencia compañeros de los viajeros espaciales estoy en necesidad de su patrocinio:

A) A fin de que me dedicar mi tiempo y energías totalmente a la escritura

B) Para ofrecer mis libros como regalos de las grandes bibliotecas de todo el mundo

Una invitación personal a la filantropía para las generaciones futuras.

Con gratitud y el bienestar,

Richeart


::::: German :::::

Benevolent Kolleginnen und Raumreisenden Ich bin in Not Ihrer Schirmherrschaft:

A) Damit mir meine Zeit zu widmen und Energien vollständig zu schreiben

B) anbieten meine Bücher als Geschenke an großen Bibliotheken in der ganzen Welt

Eine Einladung zur persönlichen Philanthropie für die künftigen Generationen.

Mit Dankbarkeit und Wohlbefinden,

Richeart


::::: Russian :::::

Благотворительный собратьев космических путешественников Я нуждается в вашей патроната:

а) Для того чтобы мне посвятить свое время и энергию совершенно в письменной форме

б) proffer мои книги в качестве подарка для крупных библиотек в мире Приглашение к личной филантропии для будущих поколений.

С благодарностью и благополучия,

Richeart


::::: Chinese :::::

德政研究員空間旅行者,我需要你的使用量:

a)使我付出我的時間和精力完全以寫作

b)在proffer我的書作為禮物,以大型圖書館世界各地

邀請,以個人的慈善事業,為子孫後代負責。

懷著感恩和幸福,

Richeart


::::: Arabic :::::

الخيرى للزميل المسافرين في الفضاء لأني في حاجة للرعايه الخاصة بك : أ) لتمكنني من تكريس وقتي والطاقات كليا الى الكتابة ب) العرض كتبي كما هدايا الى كبرى المكتبات في جميع انحاء العالم دعوة شخصية الى عمل الخير للأجيال القادمة. مع الشكر ورفاهها ، Richeart

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       My work at Saatchi Gallery

        Visionary fine art prints in charming Bovgvereavian settings.




MySpace Blog

sunpath

A mid-winter solstice at Newgrange.

Showing a way IN or a way OUT?


The UNESCO designated World Heritage Site of Newgrange is one of the passage tombs of the Brú na Bóinne complex in County Meath, and to date is the most famous of all Irish prehistoric sites.
Originally built between c.3300-2900BC.

To learn more about Brú na Bóinne, and the ‘Cygnus Enigma’ visit the Mythical Ireland website.


emigration

The staute of Annie, Anthony and Philip Moore at Cobh.



There are over 1 million Irish-born people living abroad and it is estimated that over 70 million people across the globe can claim Irish descent.


gkgibran

Introducing the life and works of the Lebanese philosopher-poet
Kahlil Gibran.

"You have your Lebanon and I
have my Lebanon."

Yes, and I my Éire, my Europe, my Middle East, my Far East, my World, and my Beyond …



rumi

Introducing the life and works of the Persian philosopher-poet Mawlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī.

 “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn't make any sense.”

UNESCO has announced that it will celebrate the 800th birthday of Rumi in 2007 by designating it International Rumi Year.


fisherman

Artist: Qi Bai Shi
Introducing Chinese paintings from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing Dynasties up to the 20th Century.

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Soprano Anna Netrebko as Rosina in
Il barbiere di Siviglia 
Kirov Opera

Photographer: Peter Schünermann
  http://www.annanetrebko.com

    "My dream is for everyone to be    
     able to enjoy opera."
                             Anna Netrebko

    6th November 2007:
    Musical America today announced     its 2008 Musician of the Year.
    Anna Netrebko is -
       Musician of the Year for 2008

    Identified by Musical America as
           “a genuine superstar for

             the 21st century.”
         
          Anna singing performing



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Canadian chanson diva
Isabelle Boulay

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