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FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE ~ ON THE VALUE OF ART

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:24:00 -0800

“Now you can begin to see quite transparently that nothing purchased life is one of argument, If other people don't agree with you you're in big trouble. How far would you get in your work if nobody agreed that what you were doing had value?”

Frederick Carl Frieseke

American Impressionist Painter, 1874-1939

LEON BAKST ~ THEATRICAL ART

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:00:00 -0800

"Coppelius and Coppelia" after the famous story by Hoffmann.
(1903-1904) by Leon Bakst

Bakst was born January 27 [February 8, 1866, St. Petersburg, Russia, he died December 28, 1924, Paris, France

His original name was Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg, a Russian artist who revolutionized theatrical design both in scenery and in costume.

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HENRY JAMES ~ ON PASSION OR MADNESS OF ART

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:17:00 -0800

Portrait of Henry James

"We work in the dark, We do what we can, We give what we have, Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task, The rest is the madness of art.?"

Henry James

Henry James (1843-1916) , noted American-born English essayist, critic, and author of the realism movement wrote The Ambassadors (1903), The Turn of the Screw (1898), and The Portrait of a Lady (1881).

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MOORE ~ ON PAINTINGS

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:58:00 -0800

"The many great paintings of the world, all make the point as clear as possible:

The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art. If you don't want the pleasure of art, you are not human; and if you are not human,

you don't have a soul."

Moore on paintings

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A BLUE PAGE ~ THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE ~ MONIQUE LUCY WEBERINK

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 03:00:00 -0800

A Blue Page

by Monique Lucy Weberink
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Unfortunately it is the dawn of a new age, books will be gone and being replaced by digital books. This is a blue page, a sad one...

I will miss the paper in my hands and the smell of ink...

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MONIQUE LUCY WEBERINK ~ A BRIDGE TOO FAR

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:05:00 -0700

"A Bridge too Far"

Monique Lucy Weberink

"A Bridge too far" is part of my digital art / mixed media series called the "Blue Series". Its about sad feelings in life.

Currently I am partecipating on a contest in New York and I would like to ask you for your help. Your votes would mean a lot. Will you please vote for me, it only takes a few seconds. And perhaps you can forward the request or even twitter. There is some tough competition out there so I can use every single vote. Thanks a lot!

THE LONELINESS OF A DROWNING SOUL ~ MONIQUE LUCY WEBERINK

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:55:00 -0700

Help me, please, I am sinking

Sinking deeper in some sort of colorless Mud

You are not reaching out for my Hand

And although it is close, I can not grab it

When you sensed me, you even moved your hand away

I desperately tried to reach out further

So many faces surrounding me

They keep coming closer and like a dense fog

I am drowning while the fog takes my vision

Its getting colder and I start to shiver

I try to reach for the ground below me

But my feet are without weight sensing the abyss below

The faces look upon me in pity

They are speaking, but in weird voices

Are they talking to or about me

The sounds feel like words of mercy without love

There is only one voice I desperately long for

But this one I do not hear

Whispering, my love, do not worry, I am here.

Now it becomes clear you were never there

I am sinking deeper and deeper

There is no hope left

Was your love ever real?

Panic feeds a darkness at the heart of my Soul

I cant see anything anymore, not even the shapes

Your hand is gone and there is nothing else to grab on to

I surrender and fall into the depth

All alone my soul is drowning

Monique Lucy Weberink

2010

"Winged Man"

Odilon Redon

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LEDA ~ GUSTAVE MOREAU

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:20:00 -0700

Leda

Gustave Moreau (1826 -1898)

Watercolour with gouache
c1875-c1880
21 x 34 cm
(8.27" x 13.39")
Gustave Moreau Museum (Paris, France)

LEDA

Come not with kisses

not with caresses

of hands and lips and murmurings;

come with a hiss of wings

and sea-touch tip of a beak

antr treading of wet, webbed, wave-working feet

into the marsh-soft belly.

DH. LAWRENCE (1885-1930)

Leda, 1865-1875

Gustave Moreau

FEDERICA NIGHTINGALE ~ FAIRIES

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:11:00 -0700

"Fairies"

Federica Nightingale (b. 1964) is an Italian collagist and poet.

What I love most about her works is the magic of it! As if she has transfered her poetry into images.

MAE MARCELO ELIAS ~ IMAGINATION

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:57:00 -0700

"Imagination"

Mae Marcelo Elias

Painter, Argentina (1966)

Personally I love the style of this Argentinian painter very much.

His works have a sense of mystery. The figures and colors do remind me of the Art Deco period!

COLETTE ~ ON HUMOR

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:46:00 -0700

"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."

Colette

BASQUIAT ~ ON DRAWING

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:57:00 -0700

"Believe it or not, I can actually draw."

Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist and the first artist of African descent to become an international art star. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting. Basquiat died due to a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988, at the age of 27.

JACKSON POLLOCK ~ ON PAINTING

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:23:00 -0700

"Every good painter paints what he is."

Jackson Pollock

ALEXANDER BLOK ~ TO THE MUSE

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:34:00 -0700

In your innermost songs there are hidden
Fateful tidings of death.
A curse on sacred commandments,
And a profanation of joy.

And such an alluring strength
That I'm ready to pass on the rumor
That you brought angels down
With your seductive beauty...

And when you mock faith
That dim, purplish-gray
Circle I've seen before
Suddenly blazes above you

Evil or good? - You're thoroughly alien.
People speak of you enigmatically:
For some you are Muse and miracle
For me you are torment and hell.

I don't know why, at dawn,
At the time of my last strength,
Rather than die, I caught sight of your face
And begged your consolation.

I wanted us to be enemies,
So why did you present me
With flowering meadows, the starry vault-
The curse of your beauty?

More treacherous than a northern night,
More heady than golden champagne,
And more fickle than a gypsy's love
Were your terrible caresses...

And there was a fatal delight
In flouting sacred truths,
And my heart was maddened
By this bitter, wormwood passion.

29 December 1912
Alexander Aleksandrovich Blok
1880-1922

painting Odilon Redon

MAN RAY ~ LE VIOLIN DE INGRES

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:02:00 -0700

"Le Violin de Ingres" 1924 by Man Ray.

The legendary Kiki of Montparnasse posed for this photo.

GEORGES DE FEURE ~ THE VOICE OF EVIL

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:19:00 -0700

"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. His father was an affluent Dutch architect, and his mother was Belgian.

This paining is the representation of puritanism of that time.
According to this vision all evil was sexual.
On this painting you can see a woman feeling attracted to lesbian love:
the voice of evil.

MOVING ON ~ POEM BY MONIQUE LUCY WEBERINK

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 01:45:00 -0700

An Angel of Death is near me

but I feel no Fear

Only a Sense of Relief

No Matter where I am going

As long as I am getting out of here

I've lost the Sense of Reality

Am I Dreaming or Awake

Is there any Difference,

It's all just very Dark

My Soul is longing for Release

The Angel whispers the Time has come

And I do not feel any Fear

All this time I wondered what took you so long

All these years of suffering and Pain

This sad and meaningless Life I live

Was it an experimental Test

Or a harsh way to learn

Are there any last Words left to say

Maybe, maybe. No...just a Sigh

Please relieve me.

Monique Weberink 2010

"The Haunting"

Odilon Redon

GUSTAV MOREAU ~ LIFE IS JUST A DREAM

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:56:00 -0700

"No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream."

Gustav Moreau
The Sphinx, 1886

SARAH BERNHARDT ~ ON SUCCESS

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:32:00 -0700

"Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal."
Sarah Bernhardt