A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard


1700

Event dated 1700–1800

Technology Culture

Mass Production of Glass Windows Enhances Natural Light and Ventilation

Poet involved

What happened

The mass production of glass windows began around 1700, enhancing natural light and ventilation in buildings. Improved glass manufacturing techniques lowered costs, allowing for larger and more numerous windows in homes and public spaces. This advancement contributed to architectural innovation and the overall aesthetic of buildings during the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution.

Literary impact

The mass production of glass windows enhanced natural light and ventilation, brightening interiors for reading and writing. This symbolized Enlightenment openness and influenced Romantic poetry's nature motifs, with poets like William Wordsworth celebrating the beauty of light and its transformative power.

Source: Wikipedia

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