A PASSION FOR BOOKS

Series Women and their Passion for Books “What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and
The New Novel, Winslow Homer, 1877
At the Breakfast Table with the Morning Newspaper, L. A. Ring, 1898
Series Women and their Passion for Books “What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
“God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of “parties” with no purpose, despite the false grinning faces we all wear. And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter – they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long. Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship – but the loneliness of the soul in its appalling self-consciousness is horrible and overpowering.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Loneliness
Viktor Elpidiforovich Borisov-Musatov – 1905
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
THE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR EFFECT “I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.” SIMONE
Monique’s Passion ~ Living an Artful Life How did I end up living an Artful life? I want to start of by
A poem by Paul Eluard “I cannot be known Better than you know me Your eyes in which we sleep
“I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can’t help re-living such moments as
Series Women and their Passion for Books “What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and
The New Novel, Winslow Homer, 1877
Lady on a Sofa, Harold Gilman, c 1910
A poem by Paul Eluard “I cannot be known Better than you know me Your eyes in which we sleep
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it
“It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere.” Andre Breton Photo by Henry Cartier
Emila Medkova,
Eyes, 1965
Emila Medková, née Emila Tláskalová (19 November 1928 – 19 September 1985) was a Czech photographer, one of the important exponents of the Czech art photography in the second half of the 20th century. Her work was influenced by Surrealism. She was the wife of painter Mikuláš Medek.
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A poem by Paul Eluard “I cannot be known Better than you know me Your eyes in which we sleep
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it
Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU AND HIS PASSION FOR PAINTING “Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening
A poem by Paul Eluard “I cannot be known Better than you know me Your eyes in which we sleep
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it
“It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere.” Andre Breton Photo by Henry Cartier
Silent Whisper Photo by Monique Lucy Weberink 2016
“If you take photographs, don’t speak, don’t write, don’t analyse yourself, and don’t answer any questions.” Robert Doisneau Robert Doisneau,
Salvador Dali at the Surrealist exhibition Paris, 1938 Denise Bellon (1902-1999)