Tibor M. Kalman
@kalmantibs.bsky.social
Building a bridge across the Atlantic, with steel beams and rivets. 🙏🏼🌎 🕊️
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
— Søren Kierkegaard
Budapest HU║Long Beach CA
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
— Søren Kierkegaard
Budapest HU║Long Beach CA
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Tibor M. Kalman
@kalmantibs.bsky.social
· Nov 11
a starry night sky with trees silhouetted against it
ALT: a starry night sky with trees silhouetted against it
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“Work stops at sunset. Darkness falls over the building site. The sky is filled with stars. "There is the blueprint," they say.”
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, 1972.
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, 1972.
Huge win for human rights in Hungary.
Rev. Gábor Iványi’s church (MET) has legally regained its registered status, overcoming years of persecution by the Orbán regime. For decades, MET & Oltalom have provided vital schools, hospitals, and shelters for the poorest & homeless. 🕊️
Rev. Gábor Iványi’s church (MET) has legally regained its registered status, overcoming years of persecution by the Orbán regime. For decades, MET & Oltalom have provided vital schools, hospitals, and shelters for the poorest & homeless. 🕊️
September 15, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Huge win for human rights in Hungary.
Rev. Gábor Iványi’s church (MET) has legally regained its registered status, overcoming years of persecution by the Orbán regime. For decades, MET & Oltalom have provided vital schools, hospitals, and shelters for the poorest & homeless. 🕊️
Rev. Gábor Iványi’s church (MET) has legally regained its registered status, overcoming years of persecution by the Orbán regime. For decades, MET & Oltalom have provided vital schools, hospitals, and shelters for the poorest & homeless. 🕊️
Johan Laurentz Jensen, Danish painter, 1800–1856.
Still Life with Flowers in an Antique Vase on a Marble Tabletop, 1834.
Oil on panel.
Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mousumi Das | Botanical Art
Still Life with Flowers in an Antique Vase on a Marble Tabletop, 1834.
Oil on panel.
Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mousumi Das | Botanical Art
September 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Johan Laurentz Jensen, Danish painter, 1800–1856.
Still Life with Flowers in an Antique Vase on a Marble Tabletop, 1834.
Oil on panel.
Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mousumi Das | Botanical Art
Still Life with Flowers in an Antique Vase on a Marble Tabletop, 1834.
Oil on panel.
Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mousumi Das | Botanical Art
Ricardo Verdugo Landi, Spanish painter, 1871-1934.
Marejada (Surge), c. 1906.
Oil on canvas.
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga, Spain.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Edward Luke Sage
Marejada (Surge), c. 1906.
Oil on canvas.
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga, Spain.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Edward Luke Sage
September 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Ricardo Verdugo Landi, Spanish painter, 1871-1934.
Marejada (Surge), c. 1906.
Oil on canvas.
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga, Spain.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Edward Luke Sage
Marejada (Surge), c. 1906.
Oil on canvas.
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga, Spain.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Edward Luke Sage
"Earlier this week in the Netherlands 🇳🇱."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Martin Podt©
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📷 Photo by Martin Podt©
September 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"Earlier this week in the Netherlands 🇳🇱."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Martin Podt©
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Martin Podt©
Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os, Dutch painter, 1782–1861.
Still Life with Flowers, 1837.
Oil on canvas.
Mompesson House, Salisbury, England.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mousumi Das | Botanical Art
Still Life with Flowers, 1837.
Oil on canvas.
Mompesson House, Salisbury, England.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mousumi Das | Botanical Art
September 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os, Dutch painter, 1782–1861.
Still Life with Flowers, 1837.
Oil on canvas.
Mompesson House, Salisbury, England.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mousumi Das | Botanical Art
Still Life with Flowers, 1837.
Oil on canvas.
Mompesson House, Salisbury, England.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mousumi Das | Botanical Art
September 11, 2001.
❤️🩹🇺🇸🕯️
“When I looked at New York City across the river, I noticed that among the wreckage, debris and smoke, the Statue of Liberty stood out on the skyline, holding her lighted torch high.”
— Dan Loh, Associated Press, September 15, 2001
📷 CNN©
❤️🩹🇺🇸🕯️
“When I looked at New York City across the river, I noticed that among the wreckage, debris and smoke, the Statue of Liberty stood out on the skyline, holding her lighted torch high.”
— Dan Loh, Associated Press, September 15, 2001
📷 CNN©
September 11, 2026 at 10:53 AM
September 11, 2001.
❤️🩹🇺🇸🕯️
“When I looked at New York City across the river, I noticed that among the wreckage, debris and smoke, the Statue of Liberty stood out on the skyline, holding her lighted torch high.”
— Dan Loh, Associated Press, September 15, 2001
📷 CNN©
❤️🩹🇺🇸🕯️
“When I looked at New York City across the river, I noticed that among the wreckage, debris and smoke, the Statue of Liberty stood out on the skyline, holding her lighted torch high.”
— Dan Loh, Associated Press, September 15, 2001
📷 CNN©
John Frederick Kensett, American painter, 1816-1872.
Gathering Storm on Long Island, 1872.
Oil on canvas.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Jane Arbitter Lee | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
Gathering Storm on Long Island, 1872.
Oil on canvas.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Jane Arbitter Lee | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
September 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
John Frederick Kensett, American painter, 1816-1872.
Gathering Storm on Long Island, 1872.
Oil on canvas.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Jane Arbitter Lee | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
Gathering Storm on Long Island, 1872.
Oil on canvas.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Jane Arbitter Lee | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
The breathtaking, sunlit dome of Barcelona's Central Post Office (Correos). Completed in 1926 by architects Josep Goday and Jaume Torres, it serves as a poignant reminder that everyday public spaces can be works of art.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Roc Isern© | Architecture & Design
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Roc Isern© | Architecture & Design
September 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
The breathtaking, sunlit dome of Barcelona's Central Post Office (Correos). Completed in 1926 by architects Josep Goday and Jaume Torres, it serves as a poignant reminder that everyday public spaces can be works of art.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Roc Isern© | Architecture & Design
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Roc Isern© | Architecture & Design
Born on this day, September 4, 1848.
Gustav Bauernfeind, German painter, 1848-1904.
The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 1890.
Oil on canvas.
Private Collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Virtual Art Museum
Gustav Bauernfeind, German painter, 1848-1904.
The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 1890.
Oil on canvas.
Private Collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Virtual Art Museum
September 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Born on this day, September 4, 1848.
Gustav Bauernfeind, German painter, 1848-1904.
The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 1890.
Oil on canvas.
Private Collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Virtual Art Museum
Gustav Bauernfeind, German painter, 1848-1904.
The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 1890.
Oil on canvas.
Private Collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Virtual Art Museum
"Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. Forgetting means to be complicit in the exile of humanity."
— Elie Wiesel
French-Armenian cellist Astrig Siranossian performs Max Bruch, Kol Nidrei, composed in 1880.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Elie Wiesel
French-Armenian cellist Astrig Siranossian performs Max Bruch, Kol Nidrei, composed in 1880.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
September 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. Forgetting means to be complicit in the exile of humanity."
— Elie Wiesel
French-Armenian cellist Astrig Siranossian performs Max Bruch, Kol Nidrei, composed in 1880.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Elie Wiesel
French-Armenian cellist Astrig Siranossian performs Max Bruch, Kol Nidrei, composed in 1880.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
The day becomes more solemn and serene
When noon is past; there is a harmony
In autumn, and a lustre in its sky,
Which through the summer is not heard or seen,
As if it could not be, as if it had not been!
— Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1816
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Manolis Anastasiadis©
When noon is past; there is a harmony
In autumn, and a lustre in its sky,
Which through the summer is not heard or seen,
As if it could not be, as if it had not been!
— Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1816
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Manolis Anastasiadis©
September 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The day becomes more solemn and serene
When noon is past; there is a harmony
In autumn, and a lustre in its sky,
Which through the summer is not heard or seen,
As if it could not be, as if it had not been!
— Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1816
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Manolis Anastasiadis©
When noon is past; there is a harmony
In autumn, and a lustre in its sky,
Which through the summer is not heard or seen,
As if it could not be, as if it had not been!
— Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1816
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Manolis Anastasiadis©
Eilif Peterssen, Norwegian painter, 1852-1925.
Old house in Normandy, 1896.
Oil on canvas.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Anna Agelopoulou | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
Old house in Normandy, 1896.
Oil on canvas.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Anna Agelopoulou | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
September 4, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Eilif Peterssen, Norwegian painter, 1852-1925.
Old house in Normandy, 1896.
Oil on canvas.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Anna Agelopoulou | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
Old house in Normandy, 1896.
Oil on canvas.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Anna Agelopoulou | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
"We people, we like to come home, yes? I mean, wherever home is... a home is a home, and this is that feeling after such a long excursion."
— Sir András Schiff, 2021
Franz Schubert, Impromptu Op. 90, No. 3 in G flat major, composed in 1827.
Welcome home, maestro. 🇭🇺🎹🕊️
— Sir András Schiff, 2021
Franz Schubert, Impromptu Op. 90, No. 3 in G flat major, composed in 1827.
Welcome home, maestro. 🇭🇺🎹🕊️
September 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
"We people, we like to come home, yes? I mean, wherever home is... a home is a home, and this is that feeling after such a long excursion."
— Sir András Schiff, 2021
Franz Schubert, Impromptu Op. 90, No. 3 in G flat major, composed in 1827.
Welcome home, maestro. 🇭🇺🎹🕊️
— Sir András Schiff, 2021
Franz Schubert, Impromptu Op. 90, No. 3 in G flat major, composed in 1827.
Welcome home, maestro. 🇭🇺🎹🕊️
What a powerful moment.
World-renowned Hungarian-British classical pianist and conductor Sir András Schiff returned to his homeland after a 16-year self-imposed exile, having fiercely boycotted performing during nearly two decades of the Orbán regime.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Prime Minister Péter Magyar
World-renowned Hungarian-British classical pianist and conductor Sir András Schiff returned to his homeland after a 16-year self-imposed exile, having fiercely boycotted performing during nearly two decades of the Orbán regime.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Prime Minister Péter Magyar
September 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
What a powerful moment.
World-renowned Hungarian-British classical pianist and conductor Sir András Schiff returned to his homeland after a 16-year self-imposed exile, having fiercely boycotted performing during nearly two decades of the Orbán regime.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Prime Minister Péter Magyar
World-renowned Hungarian-British classical pianist and conductor Sir András Schiff returned to his homeland after a 16-year self-imposed exile, having fiercely boycotted performing during nearly two decades of the Orbán regime.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Prime Minister Péter Magyar
In Budapest 🇭🇺, the 1956 Hungarian Revolution Monument starts with isolated pillars and finishes as a singular, powerful wedge—perfectly mirroring how citizens can come together to form a unified movement.
Cor unum et anima una.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Architecture Hub©
Cor unum et anima una.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Architecture Hub©
September 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
In Budapest 🇭🇺, the 1956 Hungarian Revolution Monument starts with isolated pillars and finishes as a singular, powerful wedge—perfectly mirroring how citizens can come together to form a unified movement.
Cor unum et anima una.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Architecture Hub©
Cor unum et anima una.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Architecture Hub©
Andreas Lach, Austrian painter, 1817–1882.
Traubenstillleben mit Vogel, Still Life of Grapes with Bird, 1873.
Oil on panel.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Creative & Arts
Traubenstillleben mit Vogel, Still Life of Grapes with Bird, 1873.
Oil on panel.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Creative & Arts
September 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Andreas Lach, Austrian painter, 1817–1882.
Traubenstillleben mit Vogel, Still Life of Grapes with Bird, 1873.
Oil on panel.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Creative & Arts
Traubenstillleben mit Vogel, Still Life of Grapes with Bird, 1873.
Oil on panel.
Private collection.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Creative & Arts
"The waves were steeped deep-blue save for a pattern of diamond-pointed light on their backs which rippled..."
— Virginia Woolf, The Waves, 1931
Chinese-Canadian classical pianist Bruce Liu performs Maurice Ravel, Miroirs No. 3, Une barque sur l'océan, composed in 1905.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Virginia Woolf, The Waves, 1931
Chinese-Canadian classical pianist Bruce Liu performs Maurice Ravel, Miroirs No. 3, Une barque sur l'océan, composed in 1905.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
September 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
"The waves were steeped deep-blue save for a pattern of diamond-pointed light on their backs which rippled..."
— Virginia Woolf, The Waves, 1931
Chinese-Canadian classical pianist Bruce Liu performs Maurice Ravel, Miroirs No. 3, Une barque sur l'océan, composed in 1905.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Virginia Woolf, The Waves, 1931
Chinese-Canadian classical pianist Bruce Liu performs Maurice Ravel, Miroirs No. 3, Une barque sur l'océan, composed in 1905.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
"O boundless, silent peace! So deep in the sunset. How weary we are of wandering."
— Joseph von Eichendorff, Im Abendrot, 1837
The transcendent, serene ending to Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder, IV. Im Abendrot, performed by Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Joseph von Eichendorff, Im Abendrot, 1837
The transcendent, serene ending to Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder, IV. Im Abendrot, performed by Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
September 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM
"O boundless, silent peace! So deep in the sunset. How weary we are of wandering."
— Joseph von Eichendorff, Im Abendrot, 1837
The transcendent, serene ending to Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder, IV. Im Abendrot, performed by Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Joseph von Eichendorff, Im Abendrot, 1837
The transcendent, serene ending to Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder, IV. Im Abendrot, performed by Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
"Through sorrow and joy we have gone hand in hand; now we rest from our wanderings above the quiet land."
— Joseph von Eichendorff, Im Abendrot, 1837
American soprano Renée Fleming and Lucerne Festival Orchestra perform Strauss, IV. Im Abendrot, composed in 1948.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Joseph von Eichendorff, Im Abendrot, 1837
American soprano Renée Fleming and Lucerne Festival Orchestra perform Strauss, IV. Im Abendrot, composed in 1948.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
September 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"Through sorrow and joy we have gone hand in hand; now we rest from our wanderings above the quiet land."
— Joseph von Eichendorff, Im Abendrot, 1837
American soprano Renée Fleming and Lucerne Festival Orchestra perform Strauss, IV. Im Abendrot, composed in 1948.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Joseph von Eichendorff, Im Abendrot, 1837
American soprano Renée Fleming and Lucerne Festival Orchestra perform Strauss, IV. Im Abendrot, composed in 1948.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
"Some places do not simply endure the passage of time—they surrender to it."
Dating back to the 11th century, the dramatic ruins of the medieval Château de Léotoing, overlooking the Alagnon River valley of Auvergne, France 🇫🇷.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Enrico Fossati© | Nature Vision
Dating back to the 11th century, the dramatic ruins of the medieval Château de Léotoing, overlooking the Alagnon River valley of Auvergne, France 🇫🇷.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Enrico Fossati© | Nature Vision
September 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"Some places do not simply endure the passage of time—they surrender to it."
Dating back to the 11th century, the dramatic ruins of the medieval Château de Léotoing, overlooking the Alagnon River valley of Auvergne, France 🇫🇷.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Enrico Fossati© | Nature Vision
Dating back to the 11th century, the dramatic ruins of the medieval Château de Léotoing, overlooking the Alagnon River valley of Auvergne, France 🇫🇷.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Enrico Fossati© | Nature Vision
"Now the soul, unguarded, longs to float in free flight."
— Hermann Hesse, When Going to Sleep, 1911
German classical violinist Kolja Blacher and Lucerne Festival Orchestra perform Richard Strauss, III. Beim Schlafengehen, from Four Last Songs, composed in 1948.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Hermann Hesse, When Going to Sleep, 1911
German classical violinist Kolja Blacher and Lucerne Festival Orchestra perform Richard Strauss, III. Beim Schlafengehen, from Four Last Songs, composed in 1948.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
September 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
"Now the soul, unguarded, longs to float in free flight."
— Hermann Hesse, When Going to Sleep, 1911
German classical violinist Kolja Blacher and Lucerne Festival Orchestra perform Richard Strauss, III. Beim Schlafengehen, from Four Last Songs, composed in 1948.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Hermann Hesse, When Going to Sleep, 1911
German classical violinist Kolja Blacher and Lucerne Festival Orchestra perform Richard Strauss, III. Beim Schlafengehen, from Four Last Songs, composed in 1948.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
"Backlit trees in Salida, Colorado. Mount Shavano is visible in the background."
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Photo by Lars Leber©
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Photo by Lars Leber©
September 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"Backlit trees in Salida, Colorado. Mount Shavano is visible in the background."
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Photo by Lars Leber©
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Photo by Lars Leber©
“Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.”
— Rabindranath Tagore, Fireflies, 1928
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Albert Dros©
— Rabindranath Tagore, Fireflies, 1928
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Albert Dros©
September 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM
“Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.”
— Rabindranath Tagore, Fireflies, 1928
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Albert Dros©
— Rabindranath Tagore, Fireflies, 1928
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Albert Dros©
Charles Léon Bonvin, French painter, 1834-1866.
Still Life with Wine, Water, Fruit, and Nuts, 1864.
Watercolor on paper.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland | Art & Life
Still Life with Wine, Water, Fruit, and Nuts, 1864.
Watercolor on paper.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland | Art & Life
September 2, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Charles Léon Bonvin, French painter, 1834-1866.
Still Life with Wine, Water, Fruit, and Nuts, 1864.
Watercolor on paper.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland | Art & Life
Still Life with Wine, Water, Fruit, and Nuts, 1864.
Watercolor on paper.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland | Art & Life
Oxen Fell in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England 🏴.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Tim Dove©
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📷 Photo by Tim Dove©
September 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Oxen Fell in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England 🏴.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Tim Dove©
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Tim Dove©