Stanisław Witkiewicz, Ukrainian night, 1895 And I look in the starry sky where are the twin stars – my destiny that is bound to yours. But where are our stars? O heaven, o enchanted wheat field! E io cerco nel cielo stellato dove sono le stelle gemelle – mio destino che al tuo è legato. …
Carlo Saraceni, The Fall of Icarus, 1608 ca But, as for me, my arms are broken from trying to embrace clouds… Quanto a me ho le braccia a pezzi a furia di afferrare nuvole… Go back to album – C. Baudelaire
Jean Delville, The love of souls, 1900 Fly far, far away from this baneful miasma and purify yourself in the celestial air, drink the ethereal fire of those limpid regions as you would the purest of heavenly nectars. Fuggi lontano da questi miasmi ammorbanti,vola a purificarti nell’aria superioree bevi come un liquido puro e divino,il fuoco chiaro che …
Herbert James Draper, The Lament for Icarus, 1898 Those who love whores are well-endowed, spry, and well-fed, and cheerful-spoken. But, as for me, my arms are broken from trying to embrace a cloud.To what two peerless stars have done that kindle in the farthest skies, I owe it that my burnt-out eyes know only memories of the sun.In vain I’ve tried …
Charles Baudelaire – Lamenti di un Icaro / Complaint of an Icarus Read More »
Pieter Bruegel, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c.1558 Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell And the profit and loss. A current under sea Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell He passed the stages of his age and youth Entering the …
Man Ray, Observatory time: the lovers, 1936 From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same …
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