“Portia Wounding Her Thigh” by Elisabetta Sirani (1664) @ By Her Hand Though the natural weakness of her body hinders her from doing what only the strength of men can perform, she has a mind as valiant and as active for the good of her country as the best of us.Brutus, speaking of Portia IContinueContinue reading “Uxor Brute”
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It’s Five o’clock Somewhere
“Avenue de Clichy (Street – Five o’clock in the Evening”) by Louis Anquetin (1887) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes Not Van Gogh’s version (although he legit painted a version, called “Terrace of a Cafe at Night” with more light and more stars — because of course he did) but its source: the work of Louis Anquetin,ContinueContinue reading “It’s Five o’clock Somewhere”
The Risk It Takes to Blossom
“The Childish Old Woman Makes the Young Woman Laugh” by Sofonisba Anguissola (1560-64) @ By Her Hand exhibit Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.Kurt Vonnegut I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the art of stepping outsideContinueContinue reading “The Risk It Takes to Blossom”
The Heather
Portion of painting by my grandmother What better way to segue from my trip to see my father in Arizona, back to the vast world of famous and should-be-famous painters, than this one, found hanging on his living room wall — painted by my grandmother and given my name. My heart still skips a beat,ContinueContinue reading “The Heather”
Bye-Bye Cacti
Anthem, AZ Last desert pic for awhile. I promise to return to your regularly scheduled art programming after this. Although, I would argue that this, too, is art, if it speaks to you. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
Scaping the Dry Land
Anthem, AZ This is the sense of the desert hills, that there is room enough and time enough.Mary Hunter Austin Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
Arizona de novo
I promise I will eventually move forward from my memories of this fantastic voyage. That day is not today. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
The Cacti of Cthulhu
If I say that my somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature, I shall not be unfaithful to the spirit of the thing. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings; but it was the general outline of the whole which madeContinueContinue reading “The Cacti of Cthulhu”
The Picky and the Prickly
Anthem, AZ Here we go round the prickly pearPrickly pear prickly pearHere we go round the prickly pearAt five o’clock in the morning.Between the ideaAnd the realityBetween the motionAnd the actFalls the ShadowT.S. Eliot, “The Hollow Men” It’s my last day in the desert. I’m going to miss these weird garden delights, in all theirContinueContinue reading “The Picky and the Prickly”
Chasing Zen
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.Lao Tzu And so it goes, this lovely vacation of mine, nearly at its end. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro, black and white filter.
Muttering Retreats 