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Jean Delville, Belgian Symbolist

Art · Reflection

Jean Delville, Belgian Symbolist

Jean Delville (January 19, 1867, Leuven – 1953) was a Belgian symbolist painter, writer, and occultist. He founded the Salon d’Art Idealiste, which is considered the Belgian equivalent to the Parisian Rose & Cross Salon and the Pre-Raphaelite movement in London.

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EMILY DICKINSON ~ AMERICAN POET

Poetry · Reflection

EMILY DICKINSON ~ AMERICAN POET

To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie – True Poems flee. ~Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson: Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830, Emily Dickinson is regarded as one of the greatest American poets. Most of her work was published after her death in 1886.

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ANAIS NIN ~ QUOTE ON PERSONALITY

Art · Reflection

ANAIS NIN ~ QUOTE ON PERSONALITY

“There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into a scene, as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they were weaknesses, helplessness, despair, and present to the world only a smi

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NANDITA RITCHIE ~ PAINTER

Art · Reflection

NANDITA RITCHIE ~ PAINTER

Nandita Ritchie is a self taught artist and paint in the Impressionistic style. Her works are highly textured with a sense of relief work. I try to capture vibrant colors of nature with the effect of light. I work mostly with palette knife using the “ impasto wet on wet “ techniq

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MAN RAY

Art · Reflection

MAN RAY

“Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.” Man Ray 1890 -1976

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