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Deux Arabesques, L.66, No.1 : Premiere Arabesque In E Major - Andantino Con Moto 

By Composer Claude Debussy

Performed By Pianist Francis-Joel Thiollier

Here’s a list of books and movies that have been alluded to in WINGS and You Never Walk Alone so far.

BOOKS

Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth (1919, Herman Hesse) Inspiration for the short films, MV and concept during WINGS era.

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (1973, Ursula Le Guin) Inspiration for Spring Day.

The Owl Service (1967, Alan Garner) Subtle references for the concept photos for You Never Walk Alone and Short Film #2 LIE

MOVIES

The Chatroom (2010) Alluded to in Blood Sweat & Tears and the WINGS Tour Trailer

No Vacancy (2012) Alluded to in Spring Day

Snowpiercer (2013) Some of the lyrics and scenes from the MV are inspired by Snowpiercer. It’s about the remainder of humanity surviving on a train as there is a new ice age (caused by global warming).

Helike is a moon of Jupiter.

M64: The Black Eye Galaxy : This big, bright, beautiful spiral galaxy is Messier 64, often called the Black Eye Galaxy or the Sleeping Beauty Galaxy for its heavy-lidded appearance in telescopic views. M64 is about 17 million light-years distant in the otherwise well-groomed northern constellation Coma Berenices. In fact, the Red Eye Galaxy might also be an appropriate moniker in this colorful composition. The enormous dust clouds obscuring the near-side of M64s central region are laced with the telltale reddish glow of hydrogen associated with star forming regions. But they are not this galaxys only peculiar feature. Observations show that M64 is actually composed of two concentric, counter-rotating systems. While all the stars in M64 rotate in the same direction as the interstellar gas in the galaxys central region, gas in the outer regions, extending to about 40,000 light-years, rotates in the opposite direction. The dusty eye and bizarre rotation is likely the result of a billion year old merger of two different galaxies. via NASA

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Beautiful floral medical art

Find them here :)

Debussy - La Mer

Behold, the Sea! Wait, wrong piece…so maybe this work doesn’t have an immediate grandeur to it that a turn-of-the-century audience member would expect from an orchestral work called “The Sea”; it’s quiet, subtle, several build ups like waves until a few moments of collapse then back to the murkiness…not the superficial awe and violence the audience expected, I think. Why else would critics say things like “Debussy promised us the ocean, what we got was a puddle”. But maybe because Debussy wasn’t working from a Western sense of drama? Instead of using the term “symphony”, and the conventions of that form which [at the time] allude to some grand finale, he calls them “three symphonic sketches”, and the power comes and goes and flows. Cyclical. Eastern. Perhaps that’s why they chose to use Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” for the sheet music cover art. And the negative reception at the time could also be because this wasn’t exactly absolute music [after all, it’s about the sea] but it isn’t exactly programatic either [no human connection, no story], it simply…is. Nature that is indifferent to humans. The life and energy that goes on every day beyond our sight.

Movements:

1. "De l'aube à midi sur la mer" – très lent – animez peu à peu [“From dawn to noon on the sea” or “From dawn to midday on the sea” – very slow – animate little by little]

2. “Jeux de vagues” – allegro (dans un rythme très souple) – animé [“Play of the Waves” – allegro (with a very versatile rhythm) – animated]

3. “Dialogue du vent et de la mer” – animé et tumultueux – cédez très légérement [“Dialogue of the wind and the sea” or “Dialogue between wind and waves” – animated and tumultuous – give up very slightly]

Spring Day Theory (Sewol tragedy)

After reading some people’s comments saying that it is a tribute to the people who died in the Sewol ferry accident. I feel that this makes the most sense and I have so much more respect for BTS for doing this (if this is true). Here are some of my thoughts on it, hope it somewhat makes sense.

The pile of clothes This would be a representation of life, memories - of the victims of the Sewol tragedy - together with death. This takes on same idea as Christian Boltanski’s art exhibition called ‘Personnes’. Also presented in a mountain of clothes, representing the memories and identities that the dead has left behind, in his case it’s the victims of the Holocaust.

Omelas This is a utopian society where everyone is happy without any worries but to preserve this happiness, a child’s happiness and life is being sacrificed - in this case, it’s the people who died in the tragedy - this symbolises (perhaps is criticising) how people in Korea and the Korean government choose to turn a blind eye and consider it taboo. (There are articles about how the government is to blame for this tragedy that could’ve been prevented)

Essentially, I believe (one of the) underlying messages BTS is trying to convey is that we must confront and talk about these 'taboo’ issues in order to move on and so that history does not repeat itself. Thus, linking in with the book: we must all leave Omelas together and not indulge in this feigned happiness that is only preserved because of someone else’s suffering.

Ah there, it’s good to get this off of my chest lol