The Poetry of Art
Moniqs is a personally curated online magazine where art, literature and life meet. Through evocative paintings, powerful words and stories of the people behind them, it invites you to pause, discover and see the world a little differently.
Art that moves you. Words that stay with you.
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Featured · Reflections
Must we be fearless to be brave? Mark Twain’s words and Felix Nussbaum’s haunting Fear invite us to look beyond confidence and discover a more vulnerable kind of courage, expressed through tenderness, human connection and the act of making art.
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Art · Essay
Dutch painters and the lightness of their paintings, from Van Gogh and Arntzenius to Maris and Rembrandt.
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Literature · Reflection
A quiet celebration of books through Edmund Tarbell’s Girl Reading and a much-loved anonymous quotation.
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Literature · Reflection
A line from The Lover on what writing can wipe out, replace, and transform.
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Literature · Book review
Monique reflects on Joyce Carol Oates’s intense novel of love, violence, loss, and two families divided by a murder.
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Reflections · Reflection
Remembering how it was and wondering how it will be… 2020 made us aware of the fragility of our existence. I wish everyone a safe and happy 2021.
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Literature · Essay
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Jane Bowles with her little dog. Fear and Hope “Like most people, you are not able to face more than one fear during your lifetime. You also spend your life fleeing…
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Literature · Reflection
Series Women and their Passion for Books Tavik Simon, Vilma reading on a Sofa, 1912 “What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?” Anthony Trollope
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Art · Reflection
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series Women with a Passion for Art is Maria Yakunchikova. After seeing one of her paintings called…
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Dutch painters and the lightness of their paintings, from Van Gogh and Arntzenius to Maris and Rembrandt.
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A line from The Lover on what writing can wipe out, replace, and transform.
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THE SIRENS ARE ENCHANTERS Circe warns Odysseus about the Sirens: “You will come first of all to the Sirens, who are enchanters
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Music · Reflection
“Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven Max Klinger (1857-1920) Beethoven Memorial Marble and bronze
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Must we be fearless to be brave? Mark Twain’s words and Felix Nussbaum’s haunting Fear invite us to look beyond confidence and discover a more vulnerable kind of courage, expressed through tenderness, human connection and the act of making art.
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Poetry · Reflection
THE LONELINESS OF A DROWNING SOUL ~ MONIQUE LUCY WEBERINK Help me, please, I am sinking Sinking deeper in some sort of colorless Mud You are not reaching out for my Hand And although it is close, I can not grab it When you sensed me, you even moved your hand away I desperately tr
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Art · Reflection
The Dream, 1910 by Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) Center for Creative Photography, Tucson
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Art · Reflection
Swan, Rush and Iris Wallpaper Wall paper design by Walter Crane, 1875 Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
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A personal introduction
“I have so many ideas running across my mind that I needed some form to express myself. Well, this is it. I am passionate about anything art related — and what can be wrong about sharing that with you?”
— Monique Lucy Weberink
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