1. Boredom and Dust Motes Dancing In The Sunbeams (Vilhelm Hammershoi)

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1. Boredom and Dust Motes Dancing In The Sunbeams (Vilhelm Hammershoi)

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In this opening episode, we join the dots between, inter alia, boredom, The Shining, Vilhelm Hammershoi's painting (Dust Motes Dancing in Sunbeams, 1901) and émigré poet and critic, Joseph Brodsky.

Notes and links:

Music: 'Nuages' (Django Rheinhardt avec le Quintette Hot Club de France)
"Midnight, the Stars and You", Ray Noble and His Orchestra
'Maison De Mes Rêves', Django Rheinhardt
Ella Fitzgerald: 'I'm Beginning To See The Light'
T. Humes, 'Loves Farewell' performed by Luciana Elizondo
Mulatu Astatke - Tezeta (Nostalgia)
Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 op. 135, slow movement, Busch Quartet
Hauser & Wirth Unconscious Gestures
BBC4 Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershoi
'In Praise of Boredom', Joseph Brodsky

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All other nonsense is my own. Neil Fitzgerald 2026.

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