I’m enjoying this charming little book you see to your left. I’m not sure I’d really want to become O’Keeffe, which would require wearing long black dresses and walking miles under the hot New Mexico sun every day without sunscreen… But I really admire how she bucked social conventions and did as she pleased. What [...]
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February’s Waterhouse
Posted in Art, Writing on February 25, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Well February’s come and gone (almost)… And, once again, my John William Waterhouse calendar was spot on with Lamia. We see Lamia on her knees, gazing with adoration into the eyes of a young man. She’s pleading, hoping, waiting. “Please take me!” she is saying, voice tragic yet hopeful. “Well. I might take ya,” he replies. [...]
Hmm…
Posted in Art, Writing on November 5, 2010 | 8 Comments »
It’s funny (and strange) how often my John William Waterhouse calendar reflects whatever is going on in my writing life. Take November for instance (above, Circe c. 1911). We see a pensive woman. Her booty is parked in a winged chair; she is ready to fly, but still earthbound. To her right is a jug of ruby-red wine (which is [...]