The journal
A curated selection from the Moniqs archive, newest first. More stories are being moved over from the original site.
Literature · Reflection
“There is only one pleasure, that of being alive. All the rest is misery” Cesare Pavese Cesare Pavese was an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator. He is widely considered among the major authors of the 20th century in his home country. (Wikipedia)
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Art · Reflection
“Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life’s relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.” ― Søren Kierkegaard Painting: Paul Delvaux (Belgian, Surrealism, 1897–1994) Harmony (L’Harmon
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Reflections · Reflection
“There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.” Frida Kahlo
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Literature · Reflection
“When my submission has been claimed, no longer in the name of love and friendship but by reason of some right or power, I have drawn upon the strength that is buried in my nature, I have straightened my shoulders and thrown off the yoke. I alone know the latent force hidden with
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Reflections · Reflection
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” ― Paul Cézanne Still Life with Apples and a Pear Paul Cezanne – 1888-1890
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Poetry · Reflection
Midnight The stars are soft as flowers, and as near; The hills are webs of shadow, slowly spun; No separate leaf or single blade is here- All blend to one. No moonbeam cuts the air; a sapphire light Rolls lazily. and slips again to rest. There is no edged thing in all this night,
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Poetry · Reflection
“Hands, do what you’re bid;Bring the balloon of the mindThat bellies and drags in the windInto its narrow shed.”William Butler Yeats Photo: The Balloon Merchant, 1931 Jules Brassai
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Reflections · Reflection
“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” ― Claude Monet Adolphe Monet reading in the garden, 1866 Claude Monet (1840–1926) Arm of the Seine at Giverny
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Reflections · Reflection
“The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul, so that it can weigh colours in its own scale and thus become a determinant in artistic creation.” Wassily Kandinsky Weilheim-Marienplatz, 1909
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Reflections · Reflection
“The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.” René Magritte Rene Magritte (1898-1967) The Lovers Oil on canvas 1928
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Art · Reflection
“The soulless have no need of melancholia” ― Vladimir Odoevsky Edgar Degas, Melancholy, 1874
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