ANAIS NIN ~ LIFE AND DEATH

“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
THE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR EFFECT “I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.” SIMONE
Some quotes by writer Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) “I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.” “One
This intense novel is about a young mother and wife called Zoe Kruller, who is brutally murdered. It uses mixed storylines
“You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books and that’s kind of the same thing.” Anonymous Girl Reading
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
THE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR EFFECT “I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.” SIMONE
ONE WAY TO READ A BOOK In the opinion of the famous writer Doris Lessing there is only one
THE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR EFFECT “I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.” SIMONE
A confinement in body …not in soul. What started 5 weeks ago as a horrible time for me due
Silent Whisper Photo by Monique Lucy Weberink 2016
I sit in a mood of reverie.
I’ve brought to Art desires and sensations:
things half-glimpsed,
faces or lines, certain indistinct memories
of unfulfilled love affairs.
Let me submit to Art:
Art knows how to shape forms of Beauty,
almost imperceptibly completing life,
blending impressions, blending day with day.
Constantine P. Cavafy
Federico Garcia Lorca “Let there be a landscape of open eyes and bitter wounds on fire. No one is sleeping
THE SIRENS ARE ENCHANTERS Circe warns Odysseus about the Sirens: “You will come first of all to the Sirens, who
A poem by Paul Eluard “I cannot be known Better than you know me Your eyes in which we sleep
I sit in a mood of reverie.
I’ve brought to Art desires and sensations:
things half-glimpsed,
faces or lines, certain indistinct memories
of unfulfilled love affairs.
Let me submit to Art:
Art knows how to shape forms of Beauty,
almost imperceptibly completing life,
blending impressions, blending day with day.
Constantine P. Cavafy
Federico Garcia Lorca “Let there be a landscape of open eyes and bitter wounds on fire. No one is sleeping
THE SIRENS ARE ENCHANTERS Circe warns Odysseus about the Sirens: “You will come first of all to the Sirens, who
A poem by Paul Eluard “I cannot be known Better than you know me Your eyes in which we sleep
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
THE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR EFFECT “I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.” SIMONE
ONE WAY TO READ A BOOK In the opinion of the famous writer Doris Lessing there is only one
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
THE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR EFFECT “I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.” SIMONE
ONE WAY TO READ A BOOK In the opinion of the famous writer Doris Lessing there is only one
“Dreams are but lies, says an old maxim; but when our last hour is at hand, and but a few brief minutes are left to what was I, pale lights that are fast growing dim, who can tell by what mark to distinguish you, O memories of the actual life, from you, O mirages from the dream life.” –
Paul Bourguet
Painting is Sadko, 1876 by Ilja Repin
Monique’s Passion ~ Living an Artful Life How did I end up living an Artful life? I want to start of by
Some Wisdom by Fernando Pessoa From The Book of Disquiet written by Fernando Pessoa. (1888-1935) “What can I expect from
The exotic world of Henri Rousseau “When…I see the strange plants of exotic lands, it seems to me that I
This intense novel is about a young mother and wife called Zoe Kruller, who is brutally murdered. It uses mixed storylines
“You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books and that’s kind of the same thing.” Anonymous Girl Reading
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you