Visionary textual based art

William Blake (28 November 1757–12 August 1827) a poet, painter, and printmaker. His prophetic poetry and his visual artistry produced a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "Human existence itself".

Considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work.  His reputation ...

 
continue... 06 December 2010 // Art
 
colour, shape, form…

colour, shape, form…

Cromer developed his adult imagination through text rather than image, becoming a librarian and receiving a master’s degree in creative writing. In 1998, feeling frustration ...

 
continue... 05 December 2010 // Art
 

what is the organ for our sense of time?

"And how long does that take?" Hans Castorp turned around to ask.

Joachim raised seven fingers.

"Seven minutes must be up by now."

Joachim shook his head. After a while he took the thermometer out of his mouth, looked at it, and said, "Yes, when you pay close attention to it - time, I mean - it goes very slowly. I truly like measuring my temperature four times a day, ...

 
continue... 27 November 2010 // Art, Literature
 

Time destroys everything

As Time destroys everything, maybe there are no good or bad deeds, just simply "deeds". [caption id="attachment_1246" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Marcel Duchamp Fountain, 1916-1917"][/caption]
 
continue... 26 November 2010 // Art, Literature
 
Paula Rego

Paula Rego

The dreams, however could not help me over my feeling of disorientation. On the contrary, I had lived as if under constant inner pressure. At ...

 
continue... 20 November 2010 // Art
 
Tyger Tyger

Tyger Tyger

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or ...

 
continue... 17 November 2010 // Art, Poetry
 
Edgar Degas – Little Dancer of Fourteen Years
 
continue... 14 November 2010 // Art
 
THE MANIFESTO OF FUTURISM (1909)

THE MANIFESTO OF FUTURISM (1909)

We intend to sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and fearlessness.
Courage, audacity, and revolt will be essential elements of our poetry.
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continue... 12 November 2010 // Art, Poetry
 
 
 
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