Art · Reflection
FRANZ VAN STUCK ~ A LIVING SALOME
This foto (1906) was used by Franz van Stuck as an example for his painting Salome!
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Stories to linger over.
A curated selection from the Moniqs archive, newest first. More stories are being moved over from the original site.
Art · Reflection
COLETTE ~ ON LIFE
“I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.” Colette
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Art · Reflection
MARGOT FONTEYN ~ ON ART
Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. Margot Fonteyn
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Art · Reflection
THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF…
The stuff that dreams are made of, 1858 by John Anster Fitzgerald
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JEAN DELVILLE ~ THE LOVE OF THE SOULS
The Love of the Souls, 1900, Brussels. Jean Delville This painting is based on the philosophy of Plato, man and woman unite and then find back the original unity of the androgen.
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Art · Reflection
ANAIS NIN ~ ADVENTURES OF THE MIND
‘For me, the adventures of the mind, each inflection of thought, each movement, nuance, growth, discovery, is a source of exhilaration’ Anais Nin
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Reflections · Reflection
ALFRED STEVENS ~ LA PARISIENNE JAPONAISE
La Parisienne Japonaise by Alfred Stevens
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Literature · Reflection
KATHERINE MANSFIELD ~ BEING A WRITER
“I’m a writer first and a woman after.” Katherine Mansfield, 1920 (1888-1923)
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ALIFYA DARUWALA ~ PAINTER OF THE UNIVERSE
ARTIST AND CALLIGRAPHER ALIFYA DARUWALA Alifya loves art and drawing since childhood at an early age of 8.. “life seemed very much pleasant n fruitful when i ever knew myself to draw those landscapes at first which were purely my thoughts expressed in paintings…and that could nev
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