The Birth of Venus
The “Birth of Venus” is a famous painting by Sandro Botticelli, created in the 1480s. It depicts the goddess Venus emerging from the sea on a giant scallop shell, arriving at the island of Cyprus, as described in mythology. This iconic artwork is notable for being one of the first non-religious nudes since classical […]
AFFAIRS OF LOVE
I have fallen in love often been drunk on love idolizing a woman fully or the idea of her painting a grand future on a canvas of hope delirious in the moments of our rendezvous holding hands or kissing picnic in the grass unruly in her absence at peace only with arms around her […]
SYMMETRY
Nature is a novel builder of things, things that have a function, a function that sustains lifeforms, lifeforms that have a common shape, a shape where one half mirrors the other, the mirror of limbs and features, features that create a harmony, a harmony with a sense of beauty, a beauty viewed through the […]
SPRING
Sitting in snow but hoping for spring when the warmth awakens everything it will arrive as it does, much too late bringing life and renewal, to our fate. A.G. Munson
Au Fond Du Temple Saint
“Au fond du temple saint” (e. “At the back of the holy temple”) is a duet from Georges Bizet’s 1863 opera “Les pêcheurs de perles” (e. “The Pearl Fishers”). It is one of the most beautiful and popular arias in Western opera. It is sung in a duet harmony by characters Nadir (tenor) and Zurga (baritone) in act […]