MORE BEETHOVEN a la C. FLOTILLA

No one ever said Beethoven was a painter, but when he wrote The Moonlight Sonata for 1) a forbidden love and actually 2) he didn’t call it “Moonlight” because he wasn’t that hokey and 3) he did actually draw a beautiful sketch of his love and if you have some spare time you might consider taking his sketch and placing over the likeness of his forbidden love and you will note that there is a striking resemblance, even though Ludwig Van Beethoven only uses a few simple strokes in order to reveal her essence. Because of this resonance in economy and style to the greatest of one of the greatest of Chinese Jueju poets Li Po, who, like Beethoven, was a bit of a tippler, we have decided to commemorate December 16th, Ludwig Van Beethoven’s birthday, as National Bavarian Chinese Jueje Essence Romantic Poet Composer Painter Day. On that day, we are to write symphonies and and bicycle down to the river for a good swim, screaming at the top of our lungs like little musical notes–but not any musical notes–ones that are painterly, ones that ride bicycles and aren't afraid of a quick, refreshing dip.


all artwork, except likenesses of Lyndon B. Johnson, by Crispy Flotilla ® 2006