Frida Kahlo, Self portrait with a monkey, 1938 I stopped counting the times when, arrived at the second line, I deleted and rewritten everything again. I was looking for a start to effect, something poetic and true at the same time, something great, but in the eye. I could not do it. Then I understood, …
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Giovanni Boldini, Portrait of Diego Martelli, 1865 The sea of subjectivity I am scouring forgetful of every other dimension.What the critics want I cannot give. Only vocality ranting infidelitycowardly petulance. And yet beyond my rather gutted self there lies the changeable surrender to the everyday. To suffer humanlythe rhetoric of all the normal days of …
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Young Woman With A Veil, 1877 I know nothing about you: name, surname, eyes, smile, words and gestures; and I don’t want to know, so I didn’t even ask about your hair color. You live silently: this I know. You deeply love my rhymes: so you become a sister in my sad dream, …
Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani), c. 1490 I can find no trace of it. …… He came to me deliberately (of this I am certain) to make a gift of it. …… I can no longer find trace of it. …… I see again in the leaving day the …
Francis Bacon, Seated figure, 1961 A man alone, locked in his room. With all his rights. All his wrongs. Alone in an empty room, talking. To the dead. (Transl. by Pasquale Verdicchio) Un uomo solo, chiuso nella sua stanza. Con tutte le sue ragioni. Tutti i suoi torti. Solo in una stanza vuota, a parlare. …
Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665 There exists a carved mouth. The face of an angel, luminous and obscure. An opulent, pallid creature. By the teeth of pearl, by their fleeting imprint, it exists: his smile. Aerial, dubious, clear. An inexpressible demonstration of light. (Transl. by W. Chambliss) Esiste una bocca scolpita, …
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