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ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 1910

''On or about December 1910 human character changed,'' Virginia Woolf once observed. Relations between ''masters and servants, husbands and wives, parents and children'' shifted, she wrote, ''and when human relations change there is at the same time a change in religion, conduct, politics and literature.''

1910 is often sited as the year Modernism begins. The first Post-Impressionist Art Exhibition came to London in May of that year and it caused a great deal of controversy. Woolf saw this exhibition as the turning point in culture - and therefore (being Woolf), in society. Three years later Nijinksy's The Rite of Spring is staged in Paris and is similarly controversial. I wonder if 2010 will bring us such curios. We'll all need to be as perceptive as Woolf to see it coming though.

Have a brilliant and perceptive 2010!

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  1. Rachel FentonJanuary 1, 2010 at 5:16 PM

    A toast to 2010 then, with a clear glass!

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  2. JAKI MCCARRICKJanuary 5, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    謝謝
    to you too! Keep visiting.

    Jaki

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  3. Karin de la PenhaFebruary 4, 2010 at 6:50 AM

    Oh, I'm all for your wishes for 2010, you gorgeous creature. I hope you're flying. I'm having the most extraordinary time. Take a gander @ this link:
    http://theater.nytimes.com/show/24394/Brunch-Theater-The-Fly-in-the-Fridge/overview
    Hope to be working with you again sooooon

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  4. Karin de la PenhaFebruary 4, 2010 at 6:51 AM

    Great profile shot, by the way

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