Poetry · Reflection
PAUL VERLAINE – WHAT IS A POEM?
“A poem is really a kind of machine for producing the poetic state by means of words.” ― Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine II Anders Zorn – 1895
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Reflections · Reflection
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE – A WORLD IN ART
“To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.” ― Georgia O’Keeffe
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GEORGIA O’KEEFFE – A WORLD IN ART
“To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.” ― Georgia O’Keeffe
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Music · Reflection
AT THE OPERA…
“Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man’s faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.” ― Giacomo Puccini At the Opera Gaston La Touche – Date unknown
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Art · Reflection
ANIMALS OF THE SEA
Animals of the Sea “There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.” Lord Byron Animals of the Sea Odilon Redon – 1910
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Literature · Reflection
Portrait of Varya by Adoratskaya Nikolai Fechin
Portrait of Varya Adoratskaya Nikolai Fechin – Date unknown
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Poetry · Reflection
THE SONG OF THE SIREN
“Stay away from the underground lake I implore, The Siren will see you are heard of no more.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri, Phantom Phantasia: Poetry for the Phantom of the Opera Phan The Siren Edward Armitage – 1888
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Art · Reflection
FRIDA KAHLO & DIEGO RIVERA ~ TOGETHER ALONE
Together Alone… Martin Munkácsi: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, 1934
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FRIDA KAHLO & DIEGO RIVERA ~ TOGETHER ALONE
Together Alone… Martin Munkácsi: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, 1934
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FRIDA KAHLO ~ ON LAUGHING
“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.” ― Frida Kahlo Guillermo Davila: Frida Kahlo, 1929
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SALVADOR DALI ~ ON SURREALISM
“Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.” ― Salvador Dalí Salvador Dalí et son Buste, 1974
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