This pic below is not a selfie, and it is not blurred –or not much–; it is not made in my home, either. It is part of… Read more “Never cry wolf if you called it. Let it seize you. (Joyfully contributing to portrait the future)”
Tag: Portraits
Someone with a nice bow in the hair – Not yet crying
… Calling out, yet fearing Someone might hear the cry, Destined to disappearing Within another I [Rainer Maria Rilke –stanza from “Girl in Love” (Mädchen in der… Read more “Someone with a nice bow in the hair – Not yet crying”
Portraits around the neighbourhood (the part you throw away…), by Joan Colom i Altemir – 1960s & 2010
Holding the camera below the hip, shooting without looking through the visor, Joan Colom i Altemir (Barcelona, 1921-2017) photographed the people and their everyday life on the… Read more “Portraits around the neighbourhood (the part you throw away…), by Joan Colom i Altemir – 1960s & 2010”
Trans-magic for Real
–The picture just below, found on Tumblr, says: “Reality is an Illusion. And you are the Magician”. I agree –many others agree as well, even if few… Read more “Trans-magic for Real”
Edward Hopper (X) – Some more Houses with face, mind and soul
Many paintings of houses, and buildings in general, by Edward Hopper are like portraits, in which the houses themselves hold some human attributes –while the human presence… Read more “Edward Hopper (X) – Some more Houses with face, mind and soul”
A Pictorial Tribute (II) – Delvaux’s “Ari” better explained and illustrated
In a post here, and also in my sister’s blog, from past January 18th: «A Pictorial Tribute – Delvaux’s “Ari”, and a sort of family portrait» , I… Read more “A Pictorial Tribute (II) – Delvaux’s “Ari” better explained and illustrated”
Two Paintings with Spirit – Samples of the feminine way in art we all have desperately needed (but banned) for centuries
Two great painters of our time; two women; two beautiful samples of their work: – 1- The Mornig After II – by Alyssa Monks, 2014 (oil on… Read more “Two Paintings with Spirit – Samples of the feminine way in art we all have desperately needed (but banned) for centuries”
First Rules of Beauty
1- Everybody, disregarding physical appearance, may enhance and stir up their beauty by reading a lot – Then, take care of it: never stop learning. [Inspired by… Read more “First Rules of Beauty”
A peep into the objective, years ago
This may seem -it seems, indeed- a silly photograph with a clumsy framing, but I like it; most especially because it figures someone dear coming into view… Read more “A peep into the objective, years ago”
A Pictorial Tribute – Delvaux’s “Ari”, and a sort of family portrait
– – The first time I watched “Rosine” –an oil by the Belgian surrealist painter Paul Delvaux, from 1968– I said to myself “this tall, slim girl… Read more “A Pictorial Tribute – Delvaux’s “Ari”, and a sort of family portrait”
Plain, homely eroticism as a consolation and remedy – Four samples in four hues
As far as I can recall, I began to feel a conscious attraction for human bodies around me very early in life, quite before puberty. I only… Read more “Plain, homely eroticism as a consolation and remedy – Four samples in four hues”
Romani bracelets and eyes with stars inside
Braçalets romanó i uns ulls amb estels dins (I apologize to my followers -most of them native English speakers- for publishing this post in my mother tongue.… Read more “Romani bracelets and eyes with stars inside”