How are tsundoku piles, ‘reader’s high’, the expression on Madame Pompadour’s face, Gavotte Overload, 1920’s tragedy and carb cravings related?
CURRENTLY READING: WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND. BY ELLEN MARIE WISEMAN. An exceptionally well-written and magnetic read. This is a painful tale filled with layers of suffering – a weighty saga – and it is poignantly related in such an ‘effortless’ style.
This masterpiece contains a spectacular detail.
Beyond the exquisite ‘photographic’ realism, the mirror that is shown on the back wall is a study all its own. It reflects the part of the room that is in front of the couple – depicting Van Eyck at work creating this painting as well as two people at the entrance of the room.
“What’s that thing that they say? If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, did it make a noise? Well, I ask that same question. If I write my truths, but no one reads them, did I break the rule of silence?”
Most fairy tales are built upon the idea that children are not safe anywhere, detailing how children can be kidnapped, imprisoned, abused, and ‘spellbound’ easily. The idea that you, as a child, are not ‘safe’ anywhere is not an ideal subliminal notion.
We are lulled as we swim in white noise and have given much of our lives hostage to the illusion of experiencing reality while living in a virtual state.
Dostoevsky is one of the ‘deepest’ writers I have encountered through my journeys in literature. I say ‘deep’ because he fearlessly peels back layers of social expectation and just lunges for primal, raw, and unfiltered emotions, reactions, and observations. I… Continue Reading →
“She didn’t march for rights—she simply wrote with the absolute freedom that society tried to deny her.”
Marguerite Yourcenar is proof that art can be revolutionary without shouting. Decades before the LGBTQ+ movement went mainstream, her 1936 lyrical work Fires (Feux) used ancient myth to boldly explore same-sex desire in a hyper-conservative world.
