Writers in Art: Anna Akhmatova by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

Anna Akhmatova by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, 1922.

Portrait of Anna Akhmatova, 1922 by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

Portrait of Anna Akhmatova, 1922 by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

“You will hear thunder and remember me, and think: she wanted storms…”-Anna Akhmatova

Shopping for the Bookworm: A Literary Road Trip #1-A Dream of Travel

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”-Augustine of Hippo

I’m going on a road trip in June. I will likely arrive in Savannah with a lap full of granola bar crumbs and a stack of partially read books with sadly torn pages clawing at my ankles. My dreams of writing, in situ, many pages of deft and witty observations of what it means to take to the road on a wild adventure full of whimsy and wisdom, all whilst perfectly coiffed and lipsticked, will already be mouldering in a ditch somewhere in Tennessee.  Perhaps quite literally. One can dream, though, and in these dreams my ideal and obsessively bookish packing lists take several forms. Up first: random shiny things that set the stage for the theme lists to follow.

In order to record fleeting yet worthy impressions:

Small Leather Journal Sketchbook Not all who wander are lost by in blue

Small Leather Journal Sketchbook “Not all who wander are lost” by in blue. $15.00

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“I don’t believe that responsibility in an author ever worked. I don’t believe that any author ever did any good because he was feeling a responsibility. I believe some authors instinctively feel a certain love for the human being, and they will do a lot of good, I hope. And some of the ones don’t, and that’s all.”-Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir Drawing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1901

Jean Renoir Drawing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1901

Darwin on Poetry

“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”-Charles Darwin

The Drawbridge by Vincent van Gogh, 1888

The Drawbridge by Vincent van Gogh, 1888. I’d add “look at beautiful things as often as possible” to the list.

30 March 1853: Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853.

A portrait of the artist:

Portrait of Vincent van Gogh by John Peter Russell, 1886

Portrait of Vincent van Gogh by John Peter Russell, 1886. It is no wonder Kirk Douglas played the painter in the 1956 film adaptation of Irving Stone’s novel,  Lust for Life.