Art That Moves You

When I was ten years I have seen musical Jalta, Jalta (it was written in 70s) for the first time. I felt like I was going to cry. It was my first piece of art that moved me, my heart still beats faster when I heard it.
You probably won't understand the words, but this is final song and it's about utopic idea of ideal world and people.
The singer is the greatest lady (better Lady with capital letter!) I've ever seen on stage: Sanda Miladin Langehorz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f6a_SFzYbA
 
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In the sense that literature is Art, I am frequently moved by what I read. For example, the novel 'The Passion' by Jeanette Winterson had me in tears of recognition for the unrequited love I was enduring at the time I read it. Ursula Leguin's 'A Wizard of Earthsea' was also very moving for me. I felt deeply afraid of the shadow that was unleashed by Ged, that he had to take responsibility for and face up to. Again I could relate it to my own experience. Another example would be 'The Old Man and the Sea' by Hemingway. Whilst I can't relate directly to the experience of the man who attempted to catch the big fish, it was for me a moving parable about trying to achieve something against all odds and ultimately failing - the futility of life, but the honour in giving it our best attempt. I thought about that for months after finishing the book. Lastly, 'Knowledge of Angels' by Jill Patton-Walsh was a deeply upsetting read, expressing for me the way outsiders are abused by society, whether they want to be part of it or whether they want to be left alone. It was a book which changed me, which hurt me but which I felt better for having read.
 
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Frida Kahlo

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Goya

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I love Spanish/Latin American surrealist art, cant you tell? :)
 
Everyone, thank you. It's so nice to see what moves you, and it gives me a lot to ponder and look over. Helps when I'm feeling down, or out, a perfect distraction, and how I love my distractions.

Thank you again, and keep them coming. I'm going to venture in saying I bet we could all use a distraction every now and then, and I'm not the only one appreciating the input.

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If someone asks which is my ultimate favorite art—it would be this one, The Veiled Vestal Virgin by Rafaello Monti.
 

Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise

This was the first impressionist painting I was ever introduced to. We had to do a paper and presentation on it in undergrad. Haven't looked at it in a long time, but it has a hazy, lazy, calming quality about it. And that splash of red for the sun and the reflection makes it wistful. It's so easy to get lost in the moodiness and feel lulled as if you're sitting on that boat in the ocean, and just feeling it rock slowly while you daydream.
 
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