I want to hold your hand...

Touch is a powerful thing.

We've known this since we were babies. Maybe back then, we knew it even better than we do now.
Many things we do instinctively have healing benefits. Did you know, for example, that simply placing your palm on your forehead helps neutralize your body's "fight or flight" response and gets your brain out of its blackout state when you are unable to think?

Read & Listen: Music is the Key

                                  

"Kings and queens don't seem so far...." #King'sBlood
Source: Twitter

It was another casual Thursday, my shift in Perach was over, and I was waiting at the central station for the bus to get back home. While I was waiting, something weird happened to me.  A band  I never heard of before followed me on Twitter.  I usually do not follow back because they all sound the same to me, but something about the band’s name (Secondborn) caught my attention. Since the bus was late and I had some free time, I decided to check the band’s video clips on YouTube, and while I listened to the songs on YouTube, suddenly, I realized that I was falling in love with their music.

My Favorite Hotel

If you are a person who likes tanning in the sun, eating quality food, drinking special wines and relaxing through meditation- Cramim hotel is a perfect place for you!

The Story of the New Last Name by Elene Ferante

Not long after I finished My Brilliant Friend, I gathered that its sequel, The Story of a New Name, is out in stores. I hurried to get it, not knowing than that it would be the finest novel I ever laid my hungry fingers on.

Some impressions of Thessaloniki and My Brilliant Friend

Years ago, when it was published in Israel, I read The Days of Abandonment by the anonymous Italian author who is known by her pseudonym Elene Ferrante. The novel was an international success, and when it was translated into Hebrew it was not long before it reached the best-selling book list and received praise from literature critics in Israel. But to me, a bookworm ever since I learned my Aleph Bet, the book was slightly overrated. It contained graphic language, but that was not an advantage or a disadvantage. It dealt with the subject of rage, and I found it hard to read two-hundred pages about rage, since it is not an evolving emotion. Many years have passed since I purchased that yellow cover skinny novel, and again, the newspapers and media feeds were all singing praises for Elene Ferrante, be whoever she may be, and her new novel translated to Hebrew, My Brilliant Friend.  Curios by the ongoing accolades, and the different poets and screenwriters who posted photos of the book lying on their coffee table, I decided not to go against the flow – and give 
this new novel a go myself.

Let's Go to The Movies

La La Land

This is the movie everybody is talking about and for good reason. I have recently seen the movie in the cinema and would like to recommend you go to the movies. Today!!

La La Land is a romantic musical set  in Los Angeles.  Emma Stone gives a wonderful performance as  an actress struggling to succeed (Mia Dolen) and mail lead Ryan Gosling gives a brilliant performance as  a jazz musician (Seb. Wilder).both actors were nominated for Oscar for best actor/actress in leading role. Music, costume design, directing, original screenplay are among other categories it was nominated for the Oscar. 14 categories all in all.

The  plot of the movie follows these two characters as they struggle in their line of work trying to make their dreams come true, while along  the way they meet and eventually fall in love.

The  excellent music, graceful dancing and colorful clothes will keep you in a trance for days after you have seen the movie.  The morning after I saw the film I felt like putting on a bright dress and dancing all the way to school. Not to mention the catchy musical tune that ran in my head throughout the day. La L a land is a movie that will keep you smiling even after you have left the theater despite the fact that  the movie ends quite differently than you would like it to….  I will not give it away. You just have to go and see for yourself. 

This movie is witty, charming, soul full and lovely. I urge those  who haven’t already seen this movie to hurry up and see it.

Enjoy!!

Trailer

Left a Mark

At the tender age of 4, he started to play the violin. When he was 16 years old, he decided to move to Azerbaijan, all alone, in order to learn to play the Kamanche, and recently he received the Ophir Award for his music. Mark Eliyahu - composer, musical producer and arranger, leaves a mark with his music.