Today, my return to shining good health is matched watt for watt by a hearty winter sun. Both incandescent, ready for change. Strong. The renewal of the New Year met a roadblock or two, was delayed, delayed again, the delay constantly looping. Today, creativity is back, and with it hope; they are both resplendent. I’ve re-imagined the way forward, a sturdy path with many forks. It’s beautiful.
Hope is like the light in an Impressionist painting.
Literary Puns [courtesy of The Rumpus]. The artwork is by Timothy Leo Taranto.
Can you guess which is my favourite?
Egon Schiele, Self-portrait, 1912 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
To learn more about the artist, and to see great examples of his work, head on over to the Egon Schiele Artsy page.
Literary Graffiti From All Over the World [courtesy of Flavorwire]
Do you have a favourite? I’m partial to Neruda, Vonnegut, Rousseau, Hemingway, Joyce and Nabokov.
My favourite New Year’s Day tradition doesn’t involve parades or football games or overindulging in sweets. For this girl, it is all about books. Shocking, no?
A pile ‘o books and calendars.
This pile ‘o goodies is the result of my annual New Year’s Day Book and Calendar Hunt. As you can see, the 2013 edition was quite successful. I decided to by-pass literature in favour of selections from the genres of art, biography, and silent film. Here are a few of the highlights:
Egon Schiele by Sandra Forty
REASON: Egon Schiele is my favourite artist (in a three-way tie with Modigliani and Pissarro).
Frontier Madam The Life of Dell Burke, Lady of Lusk by June Willson Read
REASON: Who could pass up a book with a title like this? Continue reading
I took these photographs from inside my husband’s Saab while he was washing the car last night. The sun was setting, and the glow from taillights and street lamps illuminated the parking lot. The effect was softened through the filter of a soap-drenched window. They remind me of Impressionist paintings.
“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”-Camille Pissarro
We spent Christmas Day at my grandparents’ house with my extended family. Up and back in one day, a smooth drive, no worries. We had no idea that, whilst we were opening gifts and eating entirely too much decadent food, a blizzard was traveling this way. It is here now, and I wish that I could say it is as pretty as a picture. It isn’t, so I am leaving you with these lovely paintings instead. Please look at them to your heart’s content; I will be off in the corner munching on left-over cookies and writing my blogging game plan for 2013. See you tomorrow!
Winter Landscape: Washington Bridge, by Ernest Lawson. 1907-1910. Brooklyn Museum.
Blue Snow the Battery by George Bellows. 1910.
I love these paintings by Feliks Topolski. Turn it into a game to see if you can guess who the subjects are before peeking, then come back here to tell me which one is your favourite!
20 Literary Greats Gripe About Feliks Topolski’s Portraits [courtesy of The Daily Beast]
The essay I wrote yesterday in honor of my friend Frank really took a lot out of me. I’m drained. I’ve decided that I deserve a break from wading through my creativity. Tonight’s entertainment?
Top Hat poster (1935)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 