Art · Reflection
LOVIS CORINTH ~ THE VIOLINIST
“The Violinist” 1900 by Lovis Corinth (1858-1925)
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A curated selection from the Moniqs archive, newest first. More stories are being moved over from the original site.
Art · Reflection
MY LADY CHATELAINE ~ POEM BY COLIN DEMET
MY LADY CHATELAINE Through the mists inside the darkest night Be I strolled as a fool may do I came upon a lonely place Where images were few. The breeze was cold … Hold a humming sigh … Ghosts haunting, whispering, lullaby. Murky dew-drops ice bite kiss Frosty white my trembling
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Art · Reflection
LA FOLIE OR BEING CRAZY
“La Folie” Odilon Redon “A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?” Albert Einstein
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CARL JUNG – ON DREAMS
“Dreams are specific expressions of the unconscous which have a definite, purposeful structure indicating an underlying idea or intention. The general function of dreams is to restore one’s total psychic equlilibrium. They tend to play a complementary or compensatory role in our
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Literature · Reflection
MARK TWAIN ~ QUOTE
“Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Mark Twain 1835-1910
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Art · Reflection
RODIN ~ EYE AND HAND
Lovers’ Hands 1904, Marble Auguste Rodin “Light serves, in conformity with depressions and reliefs, to give the eye the same sensation that the hand receives from touch.” Auguste Rodin, from Rodin: The Man and his Art, with Leaves from his Notebook by J. Cladel
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EDVARD MUNCH ~ ETERNITY
Harpy, Litograph 1899-1900 Edvard Munch (1863-1944) “From my Rotting Body, Flowers shall grow and I am in them: this is Eternity.” Edvard Munch Edvard Munch
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Art · Reflection
DORA MAAR – PICASSO’S MUSE
A constant influence in Picasso’s life was the painter Dora Maar, with whom he had a parallel relationship (the closest was in 1930’s). She featured as his Muse in most of his Abstract Works and was responsible for documenting his most famous work “Guernica.” After the liberation
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DORA MAAR – PICASSO'S MUSE
A constant influence in Picasso’s life was the painter Dora Maar, with whom he had a parallel relationship (the closest was in 1930’s). She featured as his Muse in most of his Abstract Works and was responsible for documenting his most famous work “Guernica.” After the liberation
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GEORGES DE FEURE ~ THE VOICE OF EVIL
“The voice of Evil” 1895 by Georges de Feure Georges de Feure (real name Georges Joseph van Sluÿters, 6 September 1868 – 26 November 1943) was a French painter, theatrical designer, and industrial art designer in the symbolism and Art Nouveau styles. De Feure was born in Paris. H
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HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC ~ ON NEWNESS IN ART
In our time there are many artists who do something because it is new.. they see their value and their justification in this newness. They are deceiving themselves.. novelty is seldom the essential. This has to do with one thing only.. making a subject better from its intrinsic n
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PAPETY ~ THE DREAM OF HAPPINESS
The Dream of Happiness Dominique Louis Papety (1815-1849)
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