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. .. Hello, good to see you here...

I am Avital, and here I have a small piece of paradise:
Some stories to share with you.


The site is...hum...a long net-time old.
Now that it stands on its own feet (hmmm?!) I am taking the liberty to talk about myself.
I was born in Israel 39 years ago to a family that is rooted all over Europe.
English (Act like a lady!)
Austrian (Eat your shnitzel!)
Polish: (Laugh so they don't see you cry!)
I've done some traveling:
Boat trips to Greece and to Cyprus.
Trains, hitch hiking and other trips all over Europe.
Half a year in India (Blame The Razor Edge by Somerset Mougham)
Nepal-the eternal Katmandu and the Hymalayas.
"Ashrams" in India and Thailand (Well, only out of curiousity and interest. I am not a nun.)
South America.

Later in my life I chose (quite comically) to be a lawyer. Soon enough I corrected this error. As soon as I got married to my charming Argentinian-Israeli (count Russia into it too), we went for half a year to South America and then moved to Brazil...
Obviously, I left the Israeli law, and turned to art. What else can a confused person do?
That was 10 years ago...Since then, I have maunfactured marionettes and acted in a theatre, taught English, and finally studied and developed Interior Decoration projects For comercial and residencial constructions.
Noa, my daughter (the lovely, sharp and emotional girl) was born in 1990
Tom, my son (the sweet, smart and reckless boy) was born in 1993
A dramatic ending:
Through all these years I have been writing. The Internet has opened new horizons for publishing.
(And for chatting,discussing,relating and sharing all sorts of experiences with the most interesting, colourful, warm, friendly and/or weird people...)

Phew....

I only left here stories that are either published or too old, personal and unedited. Still: each one of them is a piece of history. I have to re-edit my favorite things list for my in Mind-Space.



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BOOKS
OLD CHOICES:

  • The Devil In Moscow by Michail Bulgakov
  • Kites by Romain Gary
  • Catch-22 by Josef Heller
  • 100 Years of Solitude and others by Gabriel Garcia Marques
  • When Nietche wept by Irvin Yalum
  • The Balcony by Jean Gennet
  • Zen and the art of motorcycle maintanance by Robert Pirsing.
  • The Gold Notebooks by Dorris Lessing
  • Heroes and Tombs by Ernesto Sabato
  • Cat`s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegout
  • The joke and Laughter and Forgetfulness by Mylan Kundera
  • The Zigzag Child by David Grossman

      Want to discuss any of these? Share opinions? Trade great books?
    Let me know...I will be Pleased and grateful!  



    MUSIC
    Those who may change time, space, state...within  

  • Marisa Monte-Cor de rosa e carvao and Mais
  • Tom Waits-Blue Valentine
  • The glory of Gershwin-featuring Larry Adler
  • Heroes symphony by Philip Glass from music of
         David Bowie & Brian Eno and-Songs for liquid days
  • Ney Matogrosso &Rafael Rabello-A flor da pele
  • Marian Faithful
  • Lou Reed-New York and Transformer
  • Arcady Duchin & Natasha's friends-all records
  • Madredeus-O Espirito Da Paz
  • The Pink Floyd-Wish you were here
  • Laurie Anderson-Big Science Natalie Merchant-Ophelia Emma Chaplin
    And:
  • Chopin-Nocturnes
  • Hyden
  • J.S.Bach
  • Grieg-Peer Gynt
  • Mozart-Piano concertos no.23 & 26 Coronation  



    MOVIES


    The last I loved-Central Do Brazil of Walter Salles
  • The Bicycle Thieves-Vittorio de Sica
  • Frederico Felini-most works
  • Woody Allen-most works
  • Almodovar-Mulheres a beira de ataque de nervos
  • Bergman-Fanni & Alexander
  • Mel Brooks Silent Movie, Young Frenkenstein, Dracula
  • Punchline of David Seltze
  • The English Pacient of Anthony Mingella
  • Separate Tables of Delbert Mann (1958, mind you...and revolutionary) Bunuel Wim wenders There are so many others, of course........................  



    Shapes and Stractures
    Among the greatest sculpturers there are those that everybody knows, yet their sculptures still hold a mystery to reveal. Michael Angelo in Italy
    Camille Cloudele
    Rodin (yes, in that order...)France
    Painters:
    No..no..too many...My cup of tea are the Impressionists.
    Arquitects:
    Carlos Bratke, a Brazilian creative genious
    Oscar Niemeyer-well, same...
    Jean Jacques Servan Schreiber-The master of movement in statics
    Frank Lloyd Wright- But of course :-)
    I will add more soon..they tend to escape when I want to talk about them!



    My Oh My
    Loved Ones:

  • Pablo, Noa and Tom.
  • More family...
  • And good friends!!!!!!!!

    Special one is Steven Mather who helped, and is still helping
    with my home page!!!

    To visit him - click
     




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