Sosanni V. – a writer. artist. culture maven & her journal named Erratica. Unconventional. Essential.
This masterpiece contains a spectacular detail.
The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan Van Eyck 1434
Beyond Van Eyck’s exquisite technique of painting with such ‘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.
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“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?”
This book is the most unusual ABC primer I have seen.
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.