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VIRGINIA WOOLF ~ THE PAST

Art · Reflection

VIRGINIA WOOLF ~ THE PAST

“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realizes an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past. ” Virginia Woolf

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ARTHUR RIMBAUD ~ THE MOON

Art · Reflection

ARTHUR RIMBAUD ~ THE MOON

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.” Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891)

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LUISA CASATI ~ LA CASATI THE MUSE

Art · Reflection

LUISA CASATI ~ LA CASATI THE MUSE

“Tall and gaunt with heavily made-up eyes, La Casati represented a past age of splendor when a few beautiful and wealthy women adopted an almost brutally individualistic way of living and presenting themselves to the public.” Elsa Schiaparelli Photo Luisa Casati 1912

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ALFRED KUBIN ~ MADNESS

Art · Reflection

ALFRED KUBIN ~ MADNESS

MADNESS ALFRED KUBIN “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS

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THOMAS MANN ~ ON LIFE

Art · Reflection

THOMAS MANN ~ ON LIFE

“For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious formula into which life flows when it reproduces its traits out of the unconscious.” Thomas Mann (1875-1955)

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NONA ROSTAGNO ~ ART IS ALL AROUND HER…

Art · Reflection

NONA ROSTAGNO ~ ART IS ALL AROUND HER…

Music in the Air Nona Rostagno Nona is born in the Ukraine, but for political reasons her father left his country in 1943 to live somewhere else. They went to Brazil. The whole family got the Brazilian nationality. In Brazil Nona had the opportunity to study languages, music and

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