Mythology of the “Edge of the World”
…Norse mythology is an unfathomable universe, a cosmos without beginning or end, much like Eternity itself. This is precisely what the mythology of the “Edge of the World” ought to be: a realm where the night is long and time seems to have stood still.
Neither among the Gods nor among mortals is there an equal in beauty to the goddess Freya!
Freya is the goddess of love. Her heart is brimming with tenderness and compassion.
When Freya weeps, her tears fall upon the earth, transforming into gold, and descend into the sea, turning into translucent amber.
“Tears of Freya” is a work suffused with radiance, a sense of opulence, and aesthetic charm, which the internet has famously attributed to Gustav Klimt. Yet, it is an “art fake”—or more elegantly, a mystification—and whether this was intentional or not is now difficult to ascertain. Indeed, the use of gold leaf and those signature swirls of hair do, in a way, truly evoke Gustav Klimt’s “Golden Phase”.
Yet, the creator of this beauty is a French artist about whom the all-powerful internet knows absolutely nothing! Neither a dedicated website nor even a Wikipedia entry! Only a name: Anne-Marie Zilberman.
Puccini’s Jeweled Chord
…And the signature piece for every soprano in the world—the aria “O mio babbino caro,” Lauretta’s aria from Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Gianni Schicchi”.
A miniature—scarcely thirty-two bars—jeweled and precious, it shimmers and scintillates with every note, like a fine piece of jewelry glistening with the brilliance of its diamond-cut facets.