"a few times in my life i've had moments of absolute clarity. when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and i can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp and the world seems so fresh. it's as though it had all just come into existence.
i can never make these moments last. i cling to them, but like everything, they fade. i have lived my life on these moments. they pull me back to the present, and i realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be."
-christopher isherwood, a single man
vintage stock of lady from mementomori:http://mementomori-stock.deviantart.com/art/Vintage-angelical-lady-001-342465856
vintage stock of lady from mementomori:http://mementomori-stock.deviantart.com/art/Vintage-angelical-lady-001-342465856
When I first looked at the picture, the old song "I'll build a stairway to Paradise" came into my head; but when I read the Isherwood quotation the piece took on a greater depth for me. Your images are always so visually intriguing on their own but when they're coupled with the quotations they become profound. Wonderful how the mad world swirls around vaguely in the background of that perfectly centred moment of clarity.
ReplyDeleteThank you for providing small moments of absolute clarity with you art and your words...it's a joy to visit your world.
ReplyDeleteI love the perfect stillness and sharp focusin the midst of the rushing, blurred movement. A really masterful, powerful piece. You continue to blow me away with your art.
ReplyDeleteEach work is poetic and so very beautiful! It has an aura of its own. Love it!
ReplyDeletePowerful and awesome as usual my dear Beth!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how you manage your absolutely wonderful work.
Each time, its a so great pleasure to visit your art universe...
la cita complementa maravillosamente tu obra! que es una maravilla!!
ReplyDeleteaaah poetry in motion-really beautiful!!
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