Monica Oldenburg
Photography & Digital Art
The music on my website...
I love to have gorgeous music playing in the background. It adds to the atmosphere. But you can click the OFF-button any time you like.
What you're hearing right now is a poem by
Rainer Maria Rilke.
It goes as follows:
"Vielleicht sind alle Drachen
unseres Lebens Prinzessinnen,
die nur darauf warten
uns einmal schön und mutig zu sehen.
Vielleicht ist alles Schreckliche
im Grunde das Hilflose,
das von uns Hilfe will."
In English it goes like this:
"Maybe all the Dragons in our life
are just Princesses
waiting for us
to be beautiful and courageous for once.
Maybe all that is frightning
is basically helplessness
waiting to be helped by us."
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It is performed by Faun, a German medieval pagan-folk group which combines ancient instruments with modern influences to create an enchanting and powerful atmosphere.
The bands performances incorporates with up to three voices chant and employs many different instruments. For example: Celtic harp, nyckelharpa, various lyres, bagpipes, large Japanese taiko drums, cister, Pagan zither, flutes and even Arabic instruments like dombra, rebab, riq, oud, darabukka and bendir.
Influences of Celtic folk, medieval music and Arabic rhythmic tones fusing with driving beats draws an ever fast growing crowd of followers.
Faun Website
all images copyright Monica Oldenburg
