The journal
A curated selection from the Moniqs archive, newest first. More stories are being moved over from the original site.
Reflections · Reflection
“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” Claude Monet Water Lilies, c. 1915, Neue Pinakothek, Munich
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Reflections · Reflection
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking
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It is your duty in life to save your dream.” ― Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) Amedeo Modigliani, Christina, 1916
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“Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” ― Frida Kahlo Anonymous photographer: Frida Kahlo in the Casa Azul, 1930 www.moniquespassions.com
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FREEDOM I am a privileged person, yes I realize this now more then ever. I am happy most of the times, sometimes not. I live in a place I have chosen to live, surrounded by people I love and they love me back. I am able to pay for my every day needs and passions.
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Seldom I live in this imaginary world Surrounded by ghostly energy, I can feel it Nothing else is present in my dream today All that is there is this huge dark space I feel haunted now all the time What scares me most is being alone here All alone. Without any good soul to accomp
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“To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.” ― Georgia O’Keeffe
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“To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.” ― Georgia O’Keeffe
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“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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“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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Reflections · Essay
My daily walk home… There is a river on my right fast flowing deep and dark water these leaves being dragged along twirling, what a curious sight High up a blackness of one cloud when I am starting to talk to you and even though you are not here mist forms a cover like a
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