Larmes, or Glass Tears is a famous photograph by Man Ray, a black and white image that looks almost like a film still (which demonstrates his interest in cinematic narrative). The model was an unnamed can-can dancer and the photo is an extreme close-up of her eyes and mascara-coated lashes looking upward in distress, while… Read More Man Ray’s Tears
William Butler Yeats one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, was born at Sandymount, Ireland. on 13 June 1865 The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water I heard the old, old men say,“Everything alters,And one by one we drop away.”They had hands like claws, and their kneesWere twisted like the old thorn-treesBy… Read More W. B. Yeats
L’origine du monde Profumodi muschioUmidopiacere Brivido lungonel chiarorelunare –petalo di luceche rischiarale biancheondesfattedi quel mare (L.Z.) “L’origine du monde” è un dipinto a olio realizzato da Gustave Courbet nel 1866 e conservato nel Museo d’Orsay di Parigi.
Here in This Spring(Dylan Thomas) Here in this spring, stars float along the void;Here in this ornamental winterDown pelts the naked weather;This summer buries a spring bird. Symbols are selected from the years’Slow rounding of four seasons’ coasts,In autumn teach three seasons’ firesAnd four birds’ notes. I should tell summer from the trees, the wormsTell,… Read More Here in This Spring
Ronald Stuart Thomas, who published as R. S. Thomas, was born on 29 March 1913 and died in 2000He was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest who was noted for his nationalism and spirituality: he wrote about the people of his country , the values of the common man, focusing on the difficulties of rural… Read More Here
Robert Frost, one of the most celebrated figures in American poetry, was born in San Francisco on 26 March 1874. He died in Boston in 1963 His first poetry collection was “A Boy’s Will” published in 1913. “A Prayer in Spring” is its tenth poem: it describes the greatness of love found not in distant… Read More A Prayer in Spring🏵
A Light exists in SpringNot present on the YearAt any other period –When March is scarcely hereA Color stands abroadOn Solitary FieldsThat Science cannot overtakeBut Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn,It shows the furthest TreeUpon the furthest Slope you knowIt almost speaks to you. Then as Horizons stepOr Noons report awayWithout the Formula… Read More “A Light exists in Spring…”
“Rien n’est plus dangereux qu’une idée quand on n’a qu’une idée.”“Nulla è più pericoloso di un’idea, quando è l’unica che abbiamo.”“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one we have.” “La bonne humeur a quelque chose de généreux : elle donne plutôt qu’elle ne reçoit.”“Il buon umore è qualcosa di generoso:… Read More Alain: idées et bonne humeur
Edna St. Vincent Millay (born on 22 February 1892) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the third woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was considered one of the most skillful writers of sonnets during the 1900s.She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs. “Time… Read More Edna St. Vincent Millay
Henry Adams – born on 16 February 1838 – was a U.S. historian, journalist, novelist and educator. “No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.”“No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about… Read More On Man and Chaos
