Literature · Reflection
ALFRED STEVENS ~ YOUNG WOMAN READING
Alfred Stevens (1823-1906) Jeune femme lisant, 1856
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Art · Reflection
WALI HAIDER ZAKIR ~ LANDSCAPE
A painting I like very much… Wali Haider Zakir
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Art · Reflection
STOKOWSKI ~ ON ART
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski
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Art · Reflection
MICHAEL CAINE ~ ON ART
“I know the value of money, and I know the value of art. If you have enough money, you buy it.” Michael Caine
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Poetry · Essay
A LITTLE ONE'S FIRST ENCOUNTER ~ POEM BY MONIQUE LUCY WEBERINK
Today you are full and so very bright Little sparkles reflected on the water Washed onto the shore by current high tide Just me there as its sole spotter I can feel an air flow on my arms A cold heavy shiver takes control Its new to me but has its charms Only warmth from
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A LITTLE ONE’S FIRST ENCOUNTER ~ POEM BY MONIQUE LUCY WEBERINK
Today you are full and so very bright Little sparkles reflected on the water Washed onto the shore by current high tide Just me there as its sole spotter I can feel an air flow on my arms A cold heavy shiver takes control Its new to me but has its charms Only warmth from
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Art · Reflection
FRANZ VON STUCK ~ THE KISS OF THE SPHINX
The kiss of the Sphinx, 1895 Franz von Stuck This painting is about a dangerous woman seducing the man and giving him bad luck…
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Reflections · Reflection
ALFRED STEVENS ~ PAINTER OF SAD MOODS
Alfred George Stevens, a native of Brussels, spent much of his career in Paris where he was regarded as one of the most important recorders of the bourgeois and aristocratic levels of la vie moderne. 1823-1906
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