On Clea's unfinished portrait of Justine, interrupted by a kiss: ‘An idea had just come into her mind, but had not yet reached the lips.’
And then, softly, her lips fell where the painter’s wet brush should have fallen. Kisses and brush-strokes.
— Lawrence Durrell
Klimt #botd
‘One does not need to have any formal knowledge of music (…) to enjoy music and to respond to it at the deepest levels. Music is part of being human …’
Oliver Sacks
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, 2007
Alfred Eisenstaedt, Milan, La Scala, 1933
Pierre Dubreuil.
The Play of Life (Self-portrait).
circa 1930.
What is the meaning of the drunken puppets in “The Play of Life”? Who is actually pulling the strings? Are they not attached and fixed? These are the hallmarks of Dubreuil’s art of ambiguity.
Saul Leiter.
I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. I was very happy that way. Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learned to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I looked at the world, not really prepared for anything.