“A work is never completed except by some accident such as weariness, satisfaction, the need to deliver, or death: for, in relation to who or what is making it, it can only be one stage in a series of inner transformations.”-Paul Valéry
Strictly speaking, these Frank C. Papé illustrations for the Russian Story Book by Richard Wilson (1916) have nothing to do with Halloween, yet there is something about them that brings to mind the holiday. It’s a good enough excuse, right? I’ll post a new image every few days, through the 31st.
#2-“She put her good steed to the walls, then leapt lightly over them.”
Good Steed by Frank C. Papé. Source: Wiki Commons. Public Domain.
Swedish author and Nobel Peace Prize winner Klas Pontus Arnoldson was born on 27 October 1844.
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Rumi Quote
Strictly speaking, these Frank C. Papé illustrations for the Russian Story Book by Richard Wilson (1916) have nothing to do with Halloween, yet there is something about them that brings to mind the holiday. It’s a good enough excuse, right? I’ll post a new image every few days, through the 31st.
#3-“The Water Tsar dances.”
The Water Tsar by Frank C. Papé. Source: Wiki Commons. Public Domain.
K is for Kafka, Franz:
Franz Kafka Quote Art Print by The Introverted Forest. $15.00.
Strictly speaking, these Frank C. Papé illustrations for the Russian Story Book by Richard Wilson (1916) have nothing to do with Halloween, yet there is something about them that brings to mind the holiday. It’s a good enough excuse, right? I’ll post a new image every few days, through the 31st.
#4-“Then the Princess ran with her feet all bare out into the open corridor.”
The Princess by Frank C. Papé. Source: Wiki Commons. Public Domain.
French writer Alphonse de Lamartine was born on 21 October 1790:
Alphonse de Lamartine by Elizabeth Latimer
Strictly speaking, these Frank C. Papé illustrations for the Russian Story Book by Richard Wilson (1916) have nothing to do with Halloween, yet there is something about them that brings to mind the holiday. It’s a good enough excuse, right? I’ll post a new image every few days, through the 31st.
#5-“Nightingale the Robber fell from his nest in the old oaks.”
Nightingale the Robber by Frank C. Papé. Source: Wiki Commons. Public Domain.
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”-Maya Angelou
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