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Picasso and friends

Thu Jun 19, 2008, 4:50 AM
  • Mood: Adoration
  • Listening to: silence...
  • Reading: My Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier
AELIAN - Historical Miscellany, Chapter III

So then, a clever creature was a kind of Egyptian frog, which surpassed other frogs by far. For if a frog encounters a water snake in the Nile, placing a piece of reed in its mouth sideways, it carries it and clamps its mouth shut (lit: holds its mouth closed) and, by its strength, does not let go. So the snake is at a loss as to how to swallow the frog with the reed itself. For the snakes can not get their mouths around so great a thing by themselves, so great is the reed that lies between. And because of this, the frogs prevail over the bodily strength of the snakes by their intelligence.

Note the moral of this story. =P It reminds me of the theme song of one of my favourite cartoons, 'Madeline'. 'I'm Madeline, I'm Madeline, I may be very small, I'm Madeline, I'm Madeline, but insiiiiide, I'm tall!' OK, so maybe the link is tenuous at best. ^^;

Anyhow, today I had another lovely day... I went to see this: [link]

It was marvellous. Lils, there were Dali sketches there!! :D In fact, I enjoyed seeing pieces by some of my favourite artists eg Renoir, Matisse, Dali and, especially, Marie Laurencin, more than I enjoyed a lot of the Picasso pieces. =P Laurencin is wonderful. :heart: I bought a postcard of this piece: [link]

I learnt that 'Nature Morte' is French for 'still life', which is funny because my friend and I thought it would translate literally as 'dead nature'. :giggle:

Something else I learnt... Has anyone ever played that game where you draw part of a body eg the head, then fold your part over and get a friend to draw the torso then another friend to draw the legs etc? I never knew this but that game is called 'exquisite corpse'!

After Picasso, I visited my friend at her work, which was very nice. I could talk to her a lot, since there weren't many people around. :)

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  • Current Residence: a charming little island in the Caribbean Sea with my dear friend, Looly
  • Interests: drawing, writing, reading, ancient Greek, Japanese, history, Takarazuka Revue, Sappho <3
  • Favourite movie: Frida, Imagine Me and You, Phantom of the Opera, Carrington, Breakfast on Pluto
  • Favourite band or musician: Loreena McKennitt, Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, The Smiths, Nightwish, Handel
  • Favourite artist: marine-ala, Frida Kahlo, Vermeer, Marie Laurencin, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Waterhouse, Rossetti
  • Favourite poet or writer: Virginia Woolf, Yeats, Rossetti, Swinburne, Rosamond Lehmann, Sarah Waters, Kenji Miyazawa
  • Favourite cartoon character: Chibiusa, Sailor Jupiter, Fizzy from My Little Pony
  • Tools of the Trade: coloured watercolour pencils, HB or 2B pencils and a black pen
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:iconalecbell:
Hello Caitlin,

I'm pleased you liked Lifelines. Many thanks for your positive comments and the :+fav:

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There's always a better poem just out of reach.

Words create situations [link]

The roots of the future run deep [link]
:iconmarine-ala:
[link]

I just came across this lovely picture, I thought you might like it as well :)

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:flowerpot:"Lilies, lilies, yet more lilies!" ~ Octave Mirbeau, 1895:flowerpot:

"Come on, say it again. I'm a perfect devil. Tell me how bad I am. It makes me feel so good!" ~ Lestat, The Queen of the Damned
:iconblueskye27:
Thanks very much for the watch and the :+fav:s. I hope to get some time soon to do your gallery justice. :hug:
:iconisaac-volpe:
Thanks for the Watch, Cheers

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In the absence of weapons with which to impose an idea, the only weapon left is reason.
:iconalecbell:
Hi Caitlin, I've featured you here [link]

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There's always a better poem just out of reach.

Words create situations [link]

The roots of the future run deep [link]
:iconmelodythelittlepony:
Thank you, Alec. :hug: That was a lovely surprise! :)

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'Love in all doth vigorous thoughts inspire, and teaches ignorants to tune the lyre.' :rose:
:iconalecbell:
You're most welcome, Caitlin.

--
There's always a better poem just out of reach.

Words create situations [link]

The roots of the future run deep [link]
:iconnightgrid:
thanks for the fave, lovely!
:iconmelodythelittlepony:
Well deserved. :)

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'Love in all doth vigorous thoughts inspire, and teaches ignorants to tune the lyre.' :rose:
:iconalecbell:
Thank you so much for your generous comments and your :+fav: on Alone and Poetess


I'm so pleased you liked them :hug:

--
There's always a better poem just out of reach.

Words create situations [link]

The roots of the future run deep [link]

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