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Studio pics from readers of MATRIXSYNTH via the MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.
Facebook gallery where you can find follow-up comments for each here. Also keep an eye out for new studio pics there.
Featured in order:
1 & 2. Erwan Coïc
This is my studio !
3. Lorenzo D Metallan
This is my setup for a live recording few weeks ago
4. Stu Smith
Seeing as we're doing studio selfies here's my little corner of the world.
5. Phil Croker
And here's my little setup at Pooh Corner (so named 'cos of the wallpaper..) Please be kind, I know it's nowhere near as good as some of your rigs
6. Francesco Synth Meeting Mulassano
Homework!
7. Jason Duerr
Location: Chicago
Results: belmontandclark.bandcamp.com/
8. Nick Morey
Most of my collection Betamaxx
9 & 10. Erik Chalmers
my place
11. Eric Vetterick
blurry ipad shot of my crap...
12. Steve Drakeem
13. Adam Gahan
Okay so i may as well join in. I don't have a huge setup but i try and make the most of what I've got. After all I'm only 19, I will most definitely acquire more gear as time progresses.
14. Gabriel Morley
15. Charles Mickaelstein
Same thing as Adam Gahan, I don't have a huge analog setup but I'm glad to have what I have
(plus some small synths, like monotrons, Casio VL-Tone, etc).
I do that kind of things with those :
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16. Marco Vedder
My setup — at Club Tabu.
17. Marco Vedder
My setup
night lights
18 & 19. Jeremy Olson
20. Hani Debbache
21. Mark Milanovich
Jumping on the bandwagon. Couldn't fit all this in one shot.
It's a hell of a mess right now. More pics as I organize it more.
22. Matthew Willox
I'm a complete minimalist.
23. Ricardo Schnidrig
Acid House from Argentina !
24. Brandon McWhorter
Sure, why not? Here's 1/2 of my "mess" — with Roland TB-303 with Kenton CV Mod, Kawai R-100, Tom Oberheim SEM Pro, Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer, Roland RS-505, Roland SBX-10, Roland TR-808 with Kenton MIDI, Roland Jupiter 6 with Europa, Genoqs Octopus, Roland JP-8 Jupiter 8, John Bowen Solaris, Oberheim M-12 Matrix 12, Garfield Electronics MiniDoc, Oberheim OB-X 8 Voice, Oberheim OB-Xa 8 Voice, Roland JP-4 Jupiter 4, Roland PG-800, Oberheim OB-8 with MIDI, Roland Juno 106 with Kiwi106 and Roland SH-101 (Red).
25. Martin Ley
There you go ‘Synth sluts’ Me at the controls back in 1985
26. Huskypop Huskypopo
27. Michal Patulski
Wow, some of your collections are sick! This is my current setup and nothing is there in comparison ha ha.
28 & 29. Hideously Disfigured Hipsters
30. Thomas Götze
Wanna play a game?
31. Dmitri Sfc
32. Shawn Shirey
This is ground control to Major Tom...
33. Nicolas Guichard
How to choose?
34. Colin Johnson
Since everyone's doing one of these right now.. here my spot. just moved in last month.. so you'll have to tolerate the mess and.. also one picture came off instagram. oh well.
35. Fede Manfredi
This is my little studio, at last, in order!
36. Michael Dennis Raleigh
I guess if everyone's putting up their studios... Here's me and mine
37. Bjørn Viggo Andersen
And here is ours
38. Nicky Bendix
My little workspace - thank you for all your inspiring photos!
39. Gavin McCloy
My modest setup
40. Mike Bradberry
Joining the bandwagon.
41. David J Warman
42 & 43. Trevor Gavilan
44. Joshua Andrew Coburn
45. Max Sokoleski
My tiny dungeon studio
46 & 47. TB Aothree
48. Walter Coter
Many Thanks for all members
49. Mark Ireland
My minimal (but very usable) studio setup.
50. Walter Coter
51. Adrian Earnshaw
As everyone is sharing pictures of their studios, here's my humble setup.
52. Discretman Jeff
Ok, this is my my gaming room !
53. David J Warman
54. Yuuki Koide
my studio
55. Olivier Lebra
my "living studio"
56 & 57. Matthew Thomas 1:48pm Mar 23
When in Rome. Geoscience Studio, kind of set up in an awkwardly shaped room, hence two pictures.
58. Jon Adams
This is my studio while I'm confined to bed - missing my hardware - microbrutes +modular the most
Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley ordained five men to the Priesthood on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston.
Cardinal Seán said, “The priesthood is a gift from Christ. We are grateful for the generosity these men have given to the Lord’s call to service. They will join their brother priests, dedicated religious women and men and the faithful ministering in our parishes, working to build strong faith communities. We pray that these newly ordained priests inspire the current generation of young men to consider the possibility of a vocation and, as they are called, to join those in formation at our seminaries.”
The priests ordained are:
Father John Augustine Cassani
One of the three sons of Richard and Mary Ellen (Pumphrey) Cassani, Father Cassani was born on June 7, 1980. A son of St. Jerome Parish in North Weymouth, he is an alumnus of Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood and graduated from Holy Cross in Worcester in 2002. Father Cassani completed his seminary studies at St. John’s in Brighton and spent his deacon year working at Sacred Heart Parish in East Boston. Before seminary, he was a financial analyst for South Shore Savings Bank in Weymouth. Father Cassani will celebrate his first Mass at his home parish of St. Jerome’s in Weymouth on May 26 at 11:30 a.m. He will also be the homilist.
Father Thomas Keith Macdonald
An alumnus of Rome’s Pontifical North American College and a native of Westford, Father Macdonald is one of the three children (one sister, one brother) of Thomas and Kathleen (Verfaillie) Macdonald. He was born on July 9, 1984. This avid hiker is a fan of reading Catholic writers G.K. Chesterton and Joseph Pieper. Father Macdonald, a son of St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish, Westford, graduated from local schools before attending UMass Amherst. Father Macdonald spent his deacon year at St. Paul Parish in Cambridge. Father Macdonald will celebrate his first Mass at St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Beverly on May 26 at 10:30 a.m. The homilist will be Bishop Arthur Kennedy.
Father Jacques Antoine McGuffie
A native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he was born on June 18, 1946 to the late Dickens and Leonie (Jean-Philippe) McGuffie, Father McGuffie is one of 7 children — five sisters and one brother. He attended high school at Lycée Alexandre Pétion in Port-au-Prince. He received his BA from Northeastern University in Boston and his MBA from Boston University. Before entering and completing his seminary studies at Blessed John XXIII Seminary in Weston, he worked for the Massachussetts Department of Social Services. Father McGuffie spent his deacon year at St. Catherine of Alexandria in Westford. He will celebrate his first Mass on May 26 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick Church in Roxbury; Father Walter J. Waldron will be the homilist.
Father Gerald Alfred Souza
This son of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Plymouth was born Nov. 3, 1985 to Paul and Donna (Urquhart) Souza. He has one brother. Father Souza attended Sacred Heart School in Kingston for elementary and high school. Father Souza attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia for the first three years of college, before graduation from Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio in 2008. He completed his seminary formation at St. John’s in Brighton. His deacon assignment was spent at St. Mary Parish in Lynn.
Father Souza’s first Mass will be at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish on May 26 at 2:00 p.m. He will be the homilist as well.
Father Christopher William Wallace
One of two sons of William and Kathleen (Moran) Wallace, Father Wallace was born Jan. 19, 1983. This native of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Methuen, attended local schools before matriculating at Merrimack College in North Andover. Father Wallace completed his seminary studies at St. John’s and spent his deacon year at St. Joseph Parish in Needham. He is an avid Boston sports fan and also supports the Archdiocesan Serra Club for encouraging vocations. Father Wallace will celebrate his first Mass at St. Theresa Church in Methuen on May 26 at 10:30 a.m.
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Mont Saint-Michel
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Le mont Saint-Michel est un îlot rocheux granitique d’environ 960 mètres de circonférence situé à l’est de l’embouchure du fleuve du Couesnon, dans le département de la Manche en Normandie, et dont le nom vient de l'archange saint Michel. Avant l'année 709, il était connu comme le « mont Tombe ». Pendant tout le Moyen Âge, il est couramment appelé « mont Saint-Michel au péril de la mer » (Mons Sancti Michaeli in periculo mari). L'abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel est située sur le mont, et le mont constitue une petite partie du territoire de la commune du Mont-Saint-Michel.
Le mont Saint-Michel baigne dans la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, ouverte sur la Manche. L’îlot atteint 92 mètres d’altitude et offre une superficie émergée d’environ 7 ha, la partie essentielle du rocher étant couverte par l’emprise au sol de l’abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel et de son domaine. Cet îlot s’élève dans une grande plaine sablonneuse.
L’architecture du Mont-Saint-Michel et sa baie en font le site touristique le plus fréquenté de Normandie1. Le mont Saint-Michel est le troisième site touristique culturela le plus fréquenté de France après la tour Eiffel et le château de Versailles, avec près de 2,3 millions de visiteurs par an2 (3,25 millions en 20063, 2,3 millions en 20144).
Une statue de saint Michel placée au sommet de l’église abbatiale culmine à 150 mètres au-dessus du rivage. Éléments majeurs, l'abbaye et ses dépendances sont classées au titre des monuments historiques par la liste de 18625. (soixante autres constructions étant protégées par la suite6) ; le mont (îlot rocheux) et le cordon littoral de la baie figurant depuis 19797 sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO ainsi que le moulin de Moidrey depuis 20077. Depuis 1998, le mont Saint-Michel bénéficie en outre d'une seconde inscription sur la liste du patrimoine mondial en tant que composante du bien en série Chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle en France8.
En 1846, Édouard Le Héricher le décrivait ainsi : « Le mont Saint-Michel apparaît comme une montagne circulaire qui semble s’affaisser sous la pyramide monumentale qui la couronne. On voudrait prolonger sa cime en une flèche aiguë qui monterait vers le ciel (la flèche actuelle ne date que de 1899), dominant son dais de brouillards ou se perdant dans une pure et chaude lumière. De vastes solitudes l’environnent, celle de la grève ou celle de la mer, encadrées dans de lointaines rives verdoyantes ou noires9. »
La baie
Le mont Saint-Michel (l’îlot ou l’abbaye) est situé dans la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, dont le cordon littoral figure au patrimoine mondial de l’Unesco (inscription de 1979).
La baie qui fait partie du Massif armoricain repose sur un socle précambrien de grès et de schistes argileux qui se métamorphisent autour des éperons granitiques cadomiens de Cancale, Avranches, Chausey et Carolles. Toujours pendant le cycle cadomien, les granites intrusifs cambriens ont donné le mont-Dol, l'îlot Tombelaine et le mont Saint-Michel qui est constitué d'un pluton de leucogranite à biotite et muscovite datant de 525 millions d'années : l'îlot Saint-Michel fait une circonférence d'environ 960 mètres et une hauteur de 92 mètres10.
Les marées dans la baie du mont Saint-Michel ont une amplitude de près de treize mètres les jours de fort coefficient, la mer se retire à grande vitesse sur une dizaine de kilomètres, mais revient aussi vite. L’expression consacrée est « qu’elle revient à la vitesse d’un cheval au galop ». Le mont Saint-Michel n’est entouré d'eau et ne redevient une île qu’aux grandes marées d'équinoxe, cinquante-trois jours par an, pendant quelques heures. Mais c’est un spectacle impressionnant qui attire de nombreux touristes ces jours là.
L'ancienne digue
La digue-route qui reliait le mont au continent avait été construite en 1879. En retenant le sable, elle avait aggravé l’ensablement naturel de la baie, au point que le mont risquait un jour de ne plus être une île. D'où la mise en œuvre du projet de rétablissement du caractère maritime du Mont-Saint-Michel.
Le projet de rétablissement du caractère maritime de l’île
Le 24 juin 1983, François Mitterrand inaugure les travaux de démolition de la digue (submersible) de la roche Torin et du rétablissement du caractère maritime. Le projet, appelé jusque dans les années 1990 « désensablement du Mont », est rebaptisé « rétablissement du caractère maritime du mont Saint-Michel » car il s'agit d'un processus naturel, la marée montante (vitesse du courant de flot : 1 m/s par coefficient de marée moyen, soit 3,6 km/h) ayant un flux plus élevé que celui de la marée descendante (vitesse du courant de jusant : 0,75 m/s, soit 2,7 km/h)11.
En 1995, les études sont déclarées honnêtes ; la puissance des ordinateurs a augmenté ainsi que les codes de calcul : on peut monter la commission[précision nécessaire] du Mont-Saint-Michel, qui doit préserver son insularité et faire arriver des touristes payants régulés.
Il s'en déduit les éléments suivants du projet12 :
•suppression du parking : un autre parking est construit au sud du barrage de la Caserne sur le Couesnon (barrage qui est reconstruit) à 2,5 km du mont (planté de 45 000 arbres et arbustes, ce parking situé dans la zone commerciale La Caserne propose plus de 4 000 places de stationnement). Des navettes spéciales (à moteur et à cheval type maringotte) amènent les visiteurs par une nouvelle digue sur les herbus (levée de terre empierrée longue de 1 085 m et haute de 9,50 m). Cette digue est prolongée par un pont-passerelle (longue de 760 m). Cette « jetée » sur pilotis en acier enfoncés dans des pieux de béton de (30 m) de profondeur jusqu'à la roche, est scindée en 3 branches : deux cheminements piétonniers recouverts d’un platelage de chêne et une chaussée centrale en béton armé réservée à la circulation de navettes) et un terre-plein d'ancrage (permettant l'accès aux secours) au pied des remparts surmonté d’un gué en béton submersible lors des grandes marées (120 m), permettant au mont de conserver son insularité 20 jours par an lors des grandes marées ; dans le futur, une gare SNCF sera construite sur le continent, avec des trains directs depuis Paris-Vaugirard (Montparnasse-3)[réf. à confirmer] ;
•côté île : le Couesnon doit être chenalisé de part et d’autre du mont Saint-Michel, 2⁄3 à l’Ouest en Bretagne et 1⁄3 à l’Est en Normandie, le barrage servant de barrage de chasse de 700 000 m3. Des échelles à poissons sont prévues, pour les anguilles (catadromes) comme les saumons (anadromes). La construction du barrage sur le Couesnon est officiellement lancée le 16 juin 2006.
Le projet de liaison ferroviaire est actualisé, mais de nombreuses incertitudes demeurent. Dans un rapport13, le Conseil général des ponts et chaussées détaille les options possibles, en omettant la liaison ferroviaire établie entre 1901 et 1938.
À partir de 2006, l'État, seul concepteur du projet, se désengage de sa réalisation opérationnelle. Les travaux sont alors confiés exclusivement aux collectivités territoriales locales, déjà regroupées depuis 1997 dans un syndicat mixte, le syndicat mixte « Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel »14.
En août 2008, les quatre premières vannes sont opérationnelles dans la partie ouest du nouveau barrage du Couesnon, fonctionnant en portes à flots en attendant la livraison des quatre autres en cours de montage. L'ancien barrage est détruit en novembre 200815.
Le nouveau barrage-passerelle est mis en service en mai 200916 et ouvert au public en juin 201017. La retenue d'eau constituée à marée montante est lâchée à marée descendante, générant un effet « chasse d'eau » qui doit permettre le désensablement de la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel18.
Le projet de rétablissement du caractère maritime de 200 millions d'euros, notamment le stationnement et le transport des visiteurs attribué à l’automne 2009 à la délégation de service public Veolia Transdev, suscite de vives polémiques, tant au niveau de son suivi financier que de ses choix techniques et économiques (prix du parking, suppression de la navette gratuite « Montoise » qui transporte les habitants du Mont et les 600 employés saisonniers), comme le révèle un rapport de la chambre régionale des comptes de Normandie19,14.
Depuis le 22 juillet 2014, les visiteurs peuvent se rendre au mont par les nouveaux ouvrages d'accès créés par l'architecte Dietmar Feichtinger. Une nouvelle digue et une passerelle sur pilotis laissant passer l'eau en dessous desservent désormais l'île. L'ancienne digue a maintenant été totalement démolie20.
Toponymie
À l'origine, il était connu sous l'appellation de in monte qui dicitur Tumba vers 850 (mont Tombe) : le mot tumba, « tombe », rare en toponymie, est à interpréter dans le sens de « tertre », « élévation »)21. Le nom de la localité est attesté sous les formes Montem Sancti Michaelis dictum en 966, loco Sancti Archangelis Michaelis sito in monte qui dicitur Tumba en 1025 et, en 1026, Saint Michiel del Mont au XIIe siècle22, au Moyen Âge, il est couramment appelé « mont Saint-Michel au péril de la mer » (Mons Sancti Michaeli in periculo mari)23.
Son nom viendrait d'un petit oratoire en forme de grotte construit en 708 (ou 710) par saint Aubert, évêque d'Avranches24, dédié à l'archange saint Michel. Les restes de cet oratoire ont été retrouvés et sont encore visibles dans la chapelle Notre-Dame-sous-Terre, c’est-à-dire sous la terrasse qui prolonge la nef de l’abbatialeb.
Histoire
Un village, implanté sur le mont dès 709, voit vers le milieu du siècle suivant sa population s'accroître à la suite semble-t-il des raids vikings qui incitent les populations habitant des établissements ruraux et des villages voisins au mont, à s'y réfugier. Il se développe tout au long du Moyen Âge à l’ombre de son abbaye25. Au nord de l’église paroissiale Saint-Pierre, le bâtiment double appelé La Merveille est un chef-d’œuvre de l’architecture gothique. Il est construit sur trois niveaux à flanc de rocher.
L’économie du mont a donc été tributaire, pendant douze siècles, des nombreux pèlerinages à Saint Michel, notamment jusqu’à la Révolution française, la population locale s'installant pour proposer gîte et couvert aux miquelots. Le pèlerin, appelé michelet26, venait de toute l’Europe : depuis l’Angleterre, la France du nord et de l’ouest, etc. Un réseau de routes montoises a été récemment étudié et remis en valeur, notamment à cause de l’attrait touristique important que représente le site et sa baie. À la suite de la tempête de fin décembre 1999, les vestiges d'un ancien atelier de plombs de pèlerinage sont mis au jour27.
Les habitants du mont vivent aussi du XVe au XIXe siècle grâce à la prison en hébergeant ses gardiens et en accueillant ses visiteurs. La dernière prison ferme en 1863. La construction d'une digue-route en 1879 puis d'une voie ferrée reliant Pontorson permet l'essor du tourisme de masse qui vit notamment grâce à la vente d'articles de souvenir de pèlerinage25.
Le temps du tourisme
Déjà depuis le XIXe siècle, les auteurs et peintres romantiques venaient au mont, pour son charme unique et ses qualités pittoresques, tels Guy de Maupassant. À la fin du siècle, plusieurs hôtels sont établis au Mont. Dans la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle, la mutation du site en un lieu de visite de rang mondial a fait de la petite commune normande l’une des premières destinations touristiques de France.
La fréquentation du site et de l'abbaye est concentrée dans le temps. Elle est la plus forte au cours de la période estivale et de certains week-ends printaniers qui concentrent le tiers des visiteurs du Mont-Saint-Michel, avec une moyenne journalière approchant les 12 000 visiteurs et des pics dépassant les 16 000 visiteurs par jour, avec un flux de visiteurs de moins en moins dense au fur et à mesure de l'ascension vers l'abbaye (un tiers seulement montant jusqu’à l’abbaye). Le temps moyen de visite est de deux à trois heures. « Au cours d’une journée, c’est entre 11h et 16h que la densité de visiteurs sur le site est la plus forte »28.
Le Mont connaît un déclin de fréquentation depuis le début du XXIe siècle, passant de 3,5 millions de visiteurs à 2,3 millions en 2014. Le site pâtirait en effet des nouvelles conditions de desserte de l'îlot et de la mauvaise réputation du Mont-Saint-Michel qui fait payer cher des prestations médiocres29.
Les prisons
Des prisons furent établies sur le mont Saint-Michel durant une très longue période de son histoire30,31,32. Après que les moines furent chassés lors de la Révolution française, le mont Saint-Michel fut transformé en prison pour prêtres réfractaires en 1793 et son nom changé en Mont Libre33 ; puis en 1811 en maison de force pour prisonniers de droit commun et prisonniers politiques jusqu'en 1863.
Monuments et lieux touristiques
Soixante-et-un immeubles situés sur l'îlot sont protégés au titre des monuments historiques6, par plusieurs campagnes de protection, réalisées notamment en 1928 et 1934.
D’une dimension hors norme, les travaux de rénovation de l’immense bâtiment du XIIIe siècle, lancés fin 2020, devraient durer jusqu’en 202334.
Présence humaine sur le mont
Les Fraternités monastiques de Jérusalem
Depuis 2001, des frères et des sœurs des Fraternités monastiques de Jérusalem, venues de l’église Saint-Gervais de Paris, assurent une présence religieuse toute l'année. Ils remplacent les moines bénédictins, qui peu à peu désertèrent le Mont après 1979.
Le Festival 13 siècles entre ciel et mer
Lors de l'élaboration des festivités du 13e centenaire de la fondation du mont, le diocèse de Coutances et d'Avranches et l'association Robert de Torigni décident, entre autres, de créer un festival d'art chrétien pour « sensibiliser le visiteur au côté spirituel du Mont-Saint-Michel ».
Après ce festival, il est décidé de perpétuer le festival, chaque été, pendant une semaine[Passage à actualiser].
Économie
Trois grandes familles se partagent les commerces de la commune, et se succèdent à l’administration de la ville (Éric Vannier35, Jean Yves Vetelé36 et Patrick Gaulois37). On compte trois cents commerces pour trois millions de touristes, alors qu'en 2013 la commune compte 44 résidents (20 dans les polders, 24 intra-muros) et 99 électeurs. Intra-muros travaillent 54 commerçants et résident 24 Montois (une famille de deux parents et deux enfants, une commerçante, l'administrateur du monument, deux pompiers, un agent de sécurité, cinq moines, sept moniales et trois prêtres)38.
L’abbaye est propriété de l’État, gérée par le Centre des monuments nationaux.
Le Mont-Saint-Michel est dénommé « commune touristique » depuis août 200939.
À la suite des travaux de rétablissement du caractère maritime du Mont Saint-Michel mis en œuvre localement par un Syndicat mixte et débutés en 2006, les groupes hôteliers du Mont se livrent à une guerre commerciale, notamment à propos du chemin pédestre qui relie depuis 2012 les parkings au départ des navettes touristiques pour le Mont, Jean Yves Vetelé et Patrick Gaulois accusant Éric Vannier d'avoir usé de son statut de maire pour peser sur un vote en 2009 du syndicat mixte au sujet du point de départ des navettes qui a été fixé au milieu de deux établissements gérés par Vannier40,41. Le maire du Mont-Saint-Michel Éric Vannier est finalement condamné en correctionnelle à 30 000 euros d’amende, dont 20 000 avec sursis, pour prise illégale d'intérêts42.
Personnages célèbres liés au mont Saint-Michel
•Robert de Torigni, célèbre abbé du mont.
•Guillaume de Saint Pair, moine de l’abbaye auteur du Roman du Mont-Saint-Michel.
•Le duc de Chartres (futur Louis-Philippe Ier), venu démolir la « cage de fer ».
•Mathurin Bruneau, sabotier, escroc et faux Louis XVII, prisonnier au mont en 1821-1822.
•Auguste Blanqui, prisonnier politique au mont.
•Armand Barbès, prisonnier politique au mont.
•Monseigneur Bravard, restaurateur de l'abbaye après la Révolution.
•La mère Poulard, restauratrice (voir ci-dessous).
•Émile Couillard, écrivain, historien du mont et abbé du Mont-Saint-Michel.
Gastronomie locale
Le mont Saint-Michel se situe à l’embouchure du Couesnon. Côté terre, des aménagements de digues déjà anciens ont permis jusqu’à aujourd’hui de gagner sur la mer des terrains consacrés à l’agriculture et à l’élevage (dont celui des ovins, qualifiés de moutons « de pré-salé »). Le mouton ou l’agneau de pré-salé, appelé grévin43 est ainsi une spécialité normande, à déguster de préférence grillé au feu de bois.
Une grande activité médiatique, à laquelle a participé de facto le dessinateur Christophe avec sa famille Fenouillard entoure la préparation de l’omelette de la mère Poulard (du nom du restaurant situé dans le village et réputé pour cette spécialité). Celle-ci est faite d’œufs et de crème fraîche, abondamment battus en neige dans une bassine de cuivre avec un long fouet sur un rythme spécial que peuvent entendre les passants avant d’être cuite dans une poêle de cuivre sur un feu de bois.
Références culturelles au mont Saint-Michel
Dans la peinture
•Le mont Saint-Michel fait fréquemment l'objet de représentations dans les manuscrits enluminés du Moyen Âge. La plus célèbre est sans doute celle des Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, illustrant la fête de l'archange dans le livre d'heures. La miniature est attribuée à l'un des frères de Limbourg, qui l'a peinte entre 1411 et 1416. Le mont est également représenté dans au moins sept autres livres d'heures du XVe siècle comme celui de Bruxelles à l'occasion de l'illustration d'une fuite en Égypte (vers 1400), dans les Heures du Maréchal Boucicaut (musée Jacquemart-André) au folio 11v (vers 1405), dans le Livre d'heures Sobieski conservé au château de Windsor, (f.204v) et attribué au Maître de Bedford, le Livre d'heures à l'usage de Nantes conservé à la Bodleian Library (1450-1455)44.
•L'affiche Le Mont-Saint-Michel réalisée en 1934 par le peintre Pierre Matossy pour les Chemins de fer de l'Ouest est recherchée des collectionneurs.
Dans la littérature
•En 1832, dans le roman fantastique La Fée aux miettes, Charles Nodier évoque les sables mouvants de la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel45.
•En 1850, le roman historique de Paul Féval, La Fée des grèves, dont l’action se situe en 1450, évoque les légendes du Mont-Saint-Michel et du mont Tombelaine46.
•En 1887, dans Le Horla, récit fantastique de Guy de Maupassant, le personnage principal termine son voyage thérapeutique au mont Saint-Michel47.
•En 1967, dans le cycle des Princes d'Ambre, Roger Zelazny s'inspire des aménagements et particularités du Mont-Saint-Michel pour créer sa cité d'Ambre.
•En 1984, le ministère de la Culture publie le livre découpage du créateur François Rouillay, permettant de revivre mille ans d'histoire et d'architecture du mont Saint-Michel, préfacé par Françoise Chandernagor.
•En 2003, Da Vinci Code (The Da Vinci Code) de Dan Brown fait référence au mont Saint-Michel.
•En 2004, La Promesse de l'ange, roman policier archéologique de Frédéric Lenoir et Violette Cabesos situe l’action principalement au mont Saint-Michel.
•En 2005, le thriller Le Sang du temps de Maxime Chattam se déroule au mont Saint-Michel en 2005 et dans l’Égypte des années 1920.
•En 2011, le roman de science-fiction L'Ère du Vent de Pierre Bameul, donne le mont Saint-Michel comme siège d'un Nouveau Vatican post-apocalyptique.
Dans la bande dessinée
•En 1999 et 2000, le mont Saint-Michel est le cadre des Aventures de Vick et Vicky ; Bruno Bertin publie aux Éditions P'tit Louis deux bandes dessinées jeunesse, Les Archanges du Mont-Saint-Michel : Le Testament (tome 1) et La Malédiction (tome 2).
•En 2008, la bande dessinée Le Diable & l’Archange, texte et dessin de Guillaume Néel, couleur de Julien Gondouin, reprend une légende médiévale sur la création du Mont-Saint-Michel ; en accompagnement, un livret pédagogique permet de mieux comprendre le Diable et l’Archange, l’historique du Mont, la ville.
Dans la musique
•En 1996, le compositeur anglais Mike Oldfield publie l’album Voyager, dont un des titres est consacré au mont Saint-Michel.
•En 1998, le compositeur français Patrick Broguière [archive] publie sous le titre Mont Saint-Michel un concept album de rock progressif entièrement consacré aux légendes du mont Saint-Michel.
•En 1999, le harpiste breton Kirjuhel publie l’album Echo of Mont-Saint-Michel.
•En 2001, le musicien anglais Aphex Twin, originaire de Cornouailles, publie l’album de musique électronique Drukqs, dont le titre Mt Saint Michel + St Michael's Mount est inspiré à la fois par le mont Saint-Michel et le St Michael's Mount, situé en Cornouailles.
Au cinéma
Voir la catégorie : Film tourné au Mont-Saint-Michel.
•1975 : L'Incorrigible de Philippe de Broca, où le rêve d'un des personnages est d'empêcher l'ensablement du mont Saint-Michel
•1976 : Passion violente (Dedicato a una stella) de Luigi Cozzi
•1983 : Pauline à la plage d'Éric Rohmer
•1998 : Armageddon de Michael Bay
•2009 : Une semaine sur deux (et la moitié des vacances scolaires) d'Ivan Calbérac
•2013 : À la merveille (To the Wonder) de Terrence Malick
•2016 : Tout pour être heureux de Cyril Gelblat
À la télévision
•2010 : L'Ombre du Mont-Saint-Michel, téléfilm français de Klaus Biedermann
•2017 : The Package (더 패키지, Deo Paekiji), série télévisée sud-coréenne, où le groupe de touristes y fait une étape lors de leur voyage en France.
En philatélie
•Dès 1930 la poste a émis un timbre de 5 Francs brun.
•En 1966, un nouveau timbre de 25 centimes, noir, vert et rouge sur paille est émis à l'occasion du millénaire de l'abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel.
•En 1998, nouveau timbre de 3 francs, multicolore. Ce timbre sera élu plus beau timbre de l'année.
•En 2006, la poste dans une émission commune avec les Nations unies de Genève émet deux timbres dont l'un est le mont Saint-Michel et son abbaye (Manche) dont la valeur est de 90 centimes d'euro. Le thème était : Monuments. Patrimoine mondial48.
En numismatique
•Le mont Saint-Michel est représenté sur la pièce de 20 francs Mont-Saint-Michel (1992-2001).
Dans les jeux vidéo
•Le mont Saint-Michel est représenté dans Onimusha 3.
•Le mont Saint-Michel est une des merveilles mondiales qu'il est possible de construire dans le jeu Civilization VI.
•Le mont Saint-Michel est représenté à l'époque de la Renaissance dans Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, jeu vidéo édité par Ubisoft Montréal. La ville est en effet proposée comme terrain de jeu (« carte ») pour des parties multijoueurs dans le premier contenu téléchargeable sorti en décembre 201049,50.
•Dans Kingdom Hearts 3D, le mont Saint-Michel est une partie du monde Pays des Mousquetaires. On en entend aussi parler dans certains dialogues.
•Le mont Saint-Michel est présent sur une des jaquettes du jeu Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
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Nearly 1,000 Students to Participate in WSSU Commencement on May 15
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Christina Wareâs story is one of the many inspiring testimonials of the nearly 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students from near and afar who are expected to participate in Winston-Salem State Universityâs commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, at 9:45 a.m., at Bowman Gray Stadium, 1250 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
Academy Award-winning recording artist, activist and actor Common will be the keynote speaker. There are no guest limits or ticket requirements for the ceremony.
It is conceivable that Wareâs story of work ethic, undeniable spirit and enthusiasm encapsulates the sentiment of her graduating 2015 classmates.
Ware, 43, of Winston-Salem, is quite active on and off campus as a mentor to other students, a member of the non-traditional student organization, the first president of Epsilon Chapter 130 of Tau Sigma National Honor Society at WSSU, a wife and proud mother of two. She is also legally blind. She wants to blaze trails, set examples and raise the bar for others with disabilities.
âIn 2007, I lost my eyesight. After a six-month pity party, I decided to continue my education and make a difference for others. Since 2008, I have spent every day of my life proving to society that having a disability does not mean we are weak. I am now an advocate for persons with disabilities,â Ware, a business major, said, "We are not handicapped, we are handy capable!"
Ware, who can be described as always pleasant and having an unlimited enthusiasm for life, says every day alive is like Christmas. She demands to be treated like everyone else and has been noted to say, âI may physically fall, but mentally I can get back up and pull a 4.0 semester.â After graduation she wants to start a Kosher/Halal foods business and become active on community boards.
The China Connection
From the City of Harbin, the capital and largest city of the Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China, WSSU Master of Arts in the Teaching of English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics students Yaowen Xing and Chunling Zhang have found a second home at WSSU and in Winston-Salem. They perhaps have come the farthest distance attend the university.
With a population of more than five million people, Harbin is situated in the northeast region of China so close to Russia that only the Songhua River separates the two countries. Nicknamed the Ice City, the average winter temperature is -3.5 °F with annual lows hitting -31.0 °F. Itâs no wonder the students say the warmer weather here in the Piedmont Triad has not been lost in translation with them and itâs one of the things they enjoy.
âWe really love the weather in North Carolina, especially the long summer time, since our hometown is so cold with snow for almost 6 months of the year,â Xing, 30, noted. âWe also love the people at WSSU and the faculty who all are nice and it has been a really good experience.â
Xing and Zhang, 35, are in America as part of a Chinese education immersion program to help exchange the cultures between China and America. They enjoy working as cultural ambassadors to students in both the cultures. The two came to the U.S. in 2013 and have been teaching at Konnoak Elementary school during the early hours and studying and researching later in the day. âComing to America was a dream for me after learning about it through books, movies and music, and my time here it has been amazing,â Xing said.
Zhang, said she didnât know much about WSSU or Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUâs), but after a short time here she knew WSSU would be was special part of life. âI have met many African- Americans who have been friendly and helpful. I now can say I truly have many black friends,â Zhang said. She and Xing have taken advantage of the HBCU experience. They have been often seen attending evening lectures and presentations, sports events, musical and visual arts events. With their WSSU master degrees they will return to China one day in the future to make an impact on teaching and the quality of education there.
The All-In Approach
Olivia N. Sedwick, 21, a political science major from Indianapolis, has taken âthe all-in approach" to her WSSU experience. The current WSSU student government president (SGA), honorâs student and champion athlete, chose WSSU over other schools she could have attended.
Featured in a USA Today article highlighting the HBCU experience released last June, Sedwick is quoted as saying about WSSU, âI fell in love with the school.â She says, âWe talked about things that I had never had the chance to before coming from a predominantly white high school.â
Liking the intellectual and social environment, she was comfortable becoming involved around campus. In her first year, a walk-on athlete for the womenâs track and field team, she was a 2013 CIAA Indoor Womenâs Track and Field All-Conference competitor and the WSSU womenâs shot put record holder until earlier this year, although she never competed in the throws until coming to college. In her second year she served as the sophomore class vice president while also being appointed to serve on many committees throughout the university. In that same year, she was a delegate to the UNC Association of Student Governments (UNCASG), representing WSSU students on a state-wide level. At the end of that year, she became the first African-American female elected senior vice president of UNCASG and served in that capacity for the entirety of her third year while being active as the chief of staff for the WSSU student government association that year also. Toward the end of her term in UNCASG, she decided to run for student body president and has served as the voice of the students for the duration of her last year. With all of her activities, she has maintained a 3.95 GPA throughout her time in college.
Sedwick has been selected as a UNC General Administration Presidential Intern, which begins in July. Upon completion of the prestigious one-year appointment, Sedwick plans to attend Howard University School of Law.
A Drum Major who will March for a Noble Cause
Willie Davis, 22, a social work major from Fayetteville, N.C., who has led WSSUâs Red Sea of Sound Marching Band as a drum major for his senior year, will now march to lead the charge for helping veterans and their families cope with typical and unique challenges of serving in military. Davis will be one of four Cadets with the distinct honor of being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant U.S. in the U.S. Army during this yearâs commencement ceremony. Despite that professionally Davis will help vets, military and families with things like dealing with emotions, he said, âI donât think I will be ready for the commissioning part (of commencement) emotionally.â
Readiness for Davis is an understatement. The youngest of three siblings, who was age 10 when his father died, Davis has been an A average student throughout life. He was in the top ten of his high school class and the first generation in his family to attend college. At WSSU, besides maintaining high academic achievement and serving in the U.S. Army ROTC, Davis has been active with the WSSU Band, the University Choir, a Campus Ambassador, a mentor to freshmen students, vice president of the WSSU chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, a Veterans Helping Veterans Heal intern and a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
After graduation, Davis is going to graduate school at the University of South Carolina. He plans to complete that program in one year and begin his military duties. As a clinical social worker, his responsibilities may range from clinical counseling, crisis intervention, disaster relief, critical event debriefing, teaching and training, supervision, research, administration, consultation and policy development in various military settings. He wants to specialize in helping military veterans who suffer from different traumas such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), paranoid schizophrenia and other conditions.
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Nearly 1,000 Students to Participate in WSSU Commencement on May 15
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Christina Wareâs story is one of the many inspiring testimonials of the nearly 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students from near and afar who are expected to participate in Winston-Salem State Universityâs commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, at 9:45 a.m., at Bowman Gray Stadium, 1250 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
Academy Award-winning recording artist, activist and actor Common will be the keynote speaker. There are no guest limits or ticket requirements for the ceremony.
It is conceivable that Wareâs story of work ethic, undeniable spirit and enthusiasm encapsulates the sentiment of her graduating 2015 classmates.
Ware, 43, of Winston-Salem, is quite active on and off campus as a mentor to other students, a member of the non-traditional student organization, the first president of Epsilon Chapter 130 of Tau Sigma National Honor Society at WSSU, a wife and proud mother of two. She is also legally blind. She wants to blaze trails, set examples and raise the bar for others with disabilities.
âIn 2007, I lost my eyesight. After a six-month pity party, I decided to continue my education and make a difference for others. Since 2008, I have spent every day of my life proving to society that having a disability does not mean we are weak. I am now an advocate for persons with disabilities,â Ware, a business major, said, "We are not handicapped, we are handy capable!"
Ware, who can be described as always pleasant and having an unlimited enthusiasm for life, says every day alive is like Christmas. She demands to be treated like everyone else and has been noted to say, âI may physically fall, but mentally I can get back up and pull a 4.0 semester.â After graduation she wants to start a Kosher/Halal foods business and become active on community boards.
The China Connection
From the City of Harbin, the capital and largest city of the Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China, WSSU Master of Arts in the Teaching of English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics students Yaowen Xing and Chunling Zhang have found a second home at WSSU and in Winston-Salem. They perhaps have come the farthest distance attend the university.
With a population of more than five million people, Harbin is situated in the northeast region of China so close to Russia that only the Songhua River separates the two countries. Nicknamed the Ice City, the average winter temperature is -3.5 °F with annual lows hitting -31.0 °F. Itâs no wonder the students say the warmer weather here in the Piedmont Triad has not been lost in translation with them and itâs one of the things they enjoy.
âWe really love the weather in North Carolina, especially the long summer time, since our hometown is so cold with snow for almost 6 months of the year,â Xing, 30, noted. âWe also love the people at WSSU and the faculty who all are nice and it has been a really good experience.â
Xing and Zhang, 35, are in America as part of a Chinese education immersion program to help exchange the cultures between China and America. They enjoy working as cultural ambassadors to students in both the cultures. The two came to the U.S. in 2013 and have been teaching at Konnoak Elementary school during the early hours and studying and researching later in the day. âComing to America was a dream for me after learning about it through books, movies and music, and my time here it has been amazing,â Xing said.
Zhang, said she didnât know much about WSSU or Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUâs), but after a short time here she knew WSSU would be was special part of life. âI have met many African- Americans who have been friendly and helpful. I now can say I truly have many black friends,â Zhang said. She and Xing have taken advantage of the HBCU experience. They have been often seen attending evening lectures and presentations, sports events, musical and visual arts events. With their WSSU master degrees they will return to China one day in the future to make an impact on teaching and the quality of education there.
The All-In Approach
Olivia N. Sedwick, 21, a political science major from Indianapolis, has taken âthe all-in approach" to her WSSU experience. The current WSSU student government president (SGA), honorâs student and champion athlete, chose WSSU over other schools she could have attended.
Featured in a USA Today article highlighting the HBCU experience released last June, Sedwick is quoted as saying about WSSU, âI fell in love with the school.â She says, âWe talked about things that I had never had the chance to before coming from a predominantly white high school.â
Liking the intellectual and social environment, she was comfortable becoming involved around campus. In her first year, a walk-on athlete for the womenâs track and field team, she was a 2013 CIAA Indoor Womenâs Track and Field All-Conference competitor and the WSSU womenâs shot put record holder until earlier this year, although she never competed in the throws until coming to college. In her second year she served as the sophomore class vice president while also being appointed to serve on many committees throughout the university. In that same year, she was a delegate to the UNC Association of Student Governments (UNCASG), representing WSSU students on a state-wide level. At the end of that year, she became the first African-American female elected senior vice president of UNCASG and served in that capacity for the entirety of her third year while being active as the chief of staff for the WSSU student government association that year also. Toward the end of her term in UNCASG, she decided to run for student body president and has served as the voice of the students for the duration of her last year. With all of her activities, she has maintained a 3.95 GPA throughout her time in college.
Sedwick has been selected as a UNC General Administration Presidential Intern, which begins in July. Upon completion of the prestigious one-year appointment, Sedwick plans to attend Howard University School of Law.
A Drum Major who will March for a Noble Cause
Willie Davis, 22, a social work major from Fayetteville, N.C., who has led WSSUâs Red Sea of Sound Marching Band as a drum major for his senior year, will now march to lead the charge for helping veterans and their families cope with typical and unique challenges of serving in military. Davis will be one of four Cadets with the distinct honor of being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant U.S. in the U.S. Army during this yearâs commencement ceremony. Despite that professionally Davis will help vets, military and families with things like dealing with emotions, he said, âI donât think I will be ready for the commissioning part (of commencement) emotionally.â
Readiness for Davis is an understatement. The youngest of three siblings, who was age 10 when his father died, Davis has been an A average student throughout life. He was in the top ten of his high school class and the first generation in his family to attend college. At WSSU, besides maintaining high academic achievement and serving in the U.S. Army ROTC, Davis has been active with the WSSU Band, the University Choir, a Campus Ambassador, a mentor to freshmen students, vice president of the WSSU chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, a Veterans Helping Veterans Heal intern and a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
After graduation, Davis is going to graduate school at the University of South Carolina. He plans to complete that program in one year and begin his military duties. As a clinical social worker, his responsibilities may range from clinical counseling, crisis intervention, disaster relief, critical event debriefing, teaching and training, supervision, research, administration, consultation and policy development in various military settings. He wants to specialize in helping military veterans who suffer from different traumas such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), paranoid schizophrenia and other conditions.
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"Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life." --John Muir
Epic Stoicism guides my fine art odyssey and photography: geni.us/epicstoicism
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” --John Muir
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“The mountains are calling and I must go.” --John Muir
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Exalt your photography with Golden Ratio Compositions!
Golden Ratio Compositions & Secret Sacred Geometry for Photography, Fine Art, & Landscape Photographers: How to Exalt Art with Leonardo da Vinci's, Michelangelo's!
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All art is but imitation of nature.-- Seneca (Letters from a Stoic - Letter LXV: On the First Cause)
The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul. --Chrysippus (Quoted by Cicero in De Natura Deorum)
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells. --To Autumn. by John Keats