Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro

International Music Day 2026 – For Choices For … and International Music Day 2026 at The Polymath

A page of medieval manuscript featuring ornate calligraphy and red ink embellishments, containing Latin text with musical notations.
Hildegard von Bingen – Riesencodex c. 1180–1190

Carlos Paredes – Verdes Anos. From Paulo Rocha’s 1963 film. Verdes Anos. An instrumental piece in which the Mestre and his Portuguese guitar carry the atmosphere without needing words.

Paradise Lost – The Last Time
From by beloved album of theirs Draconian Times. Heavy, dark and beautifully atmospheric, with that particular sense of weight and beat that Paradise Lost can create.

Ethel Ennis – Dreamer Dreamer
From the album Lullabies for Losers. A voice carrying longing and vulnerability with extraordinary warmth upon an arrowing musical background.

Hildegard von Bingen – Ave GenerosaMusic from the twelfth century, luminous and otherworldly. Hildegard is also one of my main inspirations and central to The Polymath

Happy International Music Day. ✨

You can read more about Hildegard  and Ave Generosa, and the thread connecting music, curiosity and The Polymath, over at The Polymath: Hildegard von Bingen as a Source of Continuous Inspiration

International Music Day at Mondo Bizarre Magazine:

International Music Day 2025 – My Song Choices

International Music Day 2025 – My Song Choices

International Music Day at The Polymath:

2025

2026 – Four Songs, One Thread

Hildegard von Bingen receiving a vision and dictating to Volmar — illumination from the Scivias, c. 1151–1152

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Polymath

The Listening Field: Creativity as Navigation at The Polymath

Rob Robertson – Listening Field

The Listening Field: Creativity as Navigation is the new post on The Polymath.

A luminous, subtle guide to creativity as navigation. Learn how artists, polymaths, and creators can open, listen, and translate inspiration without forcing output. Presence, resonance, and subtle alignment guide the process. You can read it here.

The Listening Field: Creativity as Navigation pairs with The Listening Field: How Men Heal When They Are Truly Heard at The Listening Room HQ.

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Polymath

On Polymath – Hildegard von Bingen as a Source of Continuous Inspiration

Hildegard von Bingen – Visions

Hildegard von Bingen has been a source of wonder for me – and for countless others – across the centuries. Her life and work span theology, music, natural science, and creative practice, and her integrated approach to knowledge still resonates deeply today. For example on Hildegard von Blingin’ s cover of Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club.

On my second post on The Polymath I explore how her visionary thinking continues to inspire ways of living and working as a polymath, and how her example invites us to connect the threads of our own diverse interests. Read more about Hildegard von Bingen as a Source of Continuous Inspiration here:

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Polymath

My site The Polymath – Me as a Polymath

Johannes Vermeer – Officer and Laughing Girl – 1658

On Being a Polymath is my first post on The Polymath my site on being a Polymath and all things Polymathic.

On Being a Polymath is a post about exploring curiosity, depth, and the art of connecting ideas at the heart of being a Polymath. Polymath is a space, for my endless curiosity on a number of subjects.

On Polymath creative lives, maps, and readings that illuminate threads often unseen are explored. Each reflection is an invitation—to expand perspective, engage intuition, and cultivate resonance across disciplines.

Whether you are a musician, writer, artist, or thinker, the journey is about integrating insight, practice, and imagination. Polymath journeys through tools, readings, and reflections that support your exploration and inspire your own creative path, as well as mine.Polymath is a companion of The Listening Room HQ, that also has a dedicated area to maps & readings.