The Point of Urban Life Is to Meet People More Often than Rabbits. Tuwim at the Opera.
“Hello! Oh, hello lo lo lo lo!
Here here here here here
Radio, radio, dijo, ijo, ijo,
Tijo, trijo, tru lu lu lu lu
Pio pio pio lo lo lo lo
Plo plo plo plo hello!”
To this the sparrow said:
“What kind of music is this again?
I have to look in the dictionary,
To understand the nightingale's singing.
Ćwir ćwir świrk!
A freak, a freak!"
Before we start dressing up for the opera, it is worth meditating for a while on the literary patron of the city Łódź. Then they will play him. The presence of Tuwim (he was born in Łódź, twice - in 1928 and 1949 - he received the Łódź City Literary Award, after all "Łódź called the greatest city on earth") gives Łódź an almost incredible plasticity. Thanks to this, you can set up everything in this city, even do everything, build the wildest bends and breakers and still do not exceed the limit of freedom of language formation that Tuwim achieved in Ptasi Radio or Lokomotiv (planning a new Dąbrowski Square in front of the theater largely boils down to inventing new functions corresponding to the modern way of life: many years ago, architects liked the idea of a baroque "pond", but the mayor of the city no longer).
What are the proportions between the construction of the type: "Ćwir ćwir świr" and the architecture (as Krier said - inflated architecture) of the type: "Pio pio pijo lo lo lo lo lo" in Łódź XIX and 20th centuries? How to use Tuwim's speculation on non-undeed language in urban planning? (What is the relationship between the distinctly Russian concept of non-unsual language - Foreign language And, for example, the tradition of constructivist "intellectual montage" in Polish film and collage in Stremiński's art?)
How to build identification [Genius loci], the nature of the place. Is it different than in Krakow? Krakow, together with Łódź and three other Polish cities, was included in the list of "European mission of 100 climate-neutral and intelligent cities until 2030". Starting to build anything from the stage of discussion of specialists on green leaves, tracts, strings and sups can turn out to be a big mistake - because although perhaps in a professionally short time we will determine the professionally optimal shape, form, function and construction of the whole, this whole will never become a topic for the laymen living there (the mistake of modernist architecture was in the neglecting this).
Today, when people live in cities not because of security (on the contrary) the main meaning of such a way of life (Urban vita) there is a need for density and intensity of human contacts. The meaning of the city is to meet other people more often than among fields and forests (in other words, the meaning of urban life is to meet people more often than hares). Some cities manage to be the subject of such conversations more often than others and this can be considered a verbal fulfillment of a social city. Creation at least to the same degree of material as symbolic.
“First of all, you should not wear a white shirt. This is not a school academy!" - emphasize specialists in numerous guides for liones and salon lions.
Rightly so, because there is nothing pleasant about choking under a tight collar, which can't be envied by men who should spend the whole evening in a tight tailcoat or tuxedo. But also for women, experts have found solutions to support the overclocking of operatic impressions. On the Snobka.pl portal we read to wear a "heavy pearl necklace", thanks to which after four hours of listening to Ryszard Wagner's music, our neck will definitely fall off... And "in the opera, women should definitely not appear in blouses and dresses that strongly expose the bust, or mini skirts. It's better to leave screaming, defiant stylizations for fun in a club or a trip to the pub (but pio pio). An important element of the women's opera outfit is the outerwear. Cocktail dresses and midi skirts look best in the company of jackets and jackets. Others: the best opera outfit for a man will be a timeless black or navy blue suit and a white shirt. However, many men feel bad in such official outfits, so they can safely replace the suit with, for example, black trousers and a checkered jacket. A shirt in an intense colour or a patterned pocket square will bring some looseness to the styling. A mandatory element of formal men's styling are shoes. Black oxfords or brown derby will work perfectly this evening. Men often wonder if they can wear jeans to the opera. This is not forbidden, but if we decide to wear casual pants, let's make sure that the top of the outfit and shoes are kept in an elegant style. For example, a fine checkered shirt and suede stilettos or cashmere, thin turtleneck and chocolate monks will suit black or navy blue jeans.