30.5.10

COVENANT

COVENANT

If you are happy, I will give you an apple,
if you are anxious, I will twist your arm,
and if you permit me, I will be glad to hold you
close to my heart forever and do you no harm.

If I am happy, will you give me an apple?
If I am anxious, you may twist my arm.
And if you would like to, I would like you to hold me
close to your heart forever and do me no harm.

This is a bargain, only two can make it.
This is a covenant offered with desperate calm,
it being uncertain that lovers can drive out demons
with the gift of an apple or the twist of an arm. 


-Tennessee Williams

23.5.10

My Inspirations IV

I want to end the series with a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme.


Jean-Léon Gérôme
Harem Women Feeding Pigeons in a Courtyard
ca. undated

16.5.10

My Inspirations III


Herbert James Draper
The Gates Of Dawn (detail)
ca. 1900

13.5.10

My Inspirations II




Herbert James Draper

Pot Pourri
ca. 1897

8.5.10

My Inspirations I

This month I would like to share with you some artworks that inspires me. I'm a very big fan of James Draper's work. Here is one of my favorites.



Herbert James Draper
Mourning For Icarus
ca. 1898