Pardon My Assumptions

Oh no doubt you guessed this one already. Done by Picasso in 1932, it is called “Girl before a Mirror.” It can be seen at MOMA. It is said that the “model” was Marie-Therese Walter, Picasso’s mistress at the time. The Artsy people claim that the reflection in the mirror is a death mask [...]

Pardon Moi, but Con’t

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I’m not sure about you, but I am fairly puzzled at the “help” Bush and the boys are offering to this beleagured country in this current economic crisis. I’m not jumping for joy at the idea of our measley check. We are by temperament not likely to help by spending it in any case, except [...]

So I’m made of Stars? So what?

Mulling is a favorite occupation of mine. Better than day dreaming which has connotations of wasted time. Mulling is not quite so serious as thinking, but it involves letting thoughts marinade around, mixing and infusing each other. What comes out is often a surprise. I thought it might be useful to save one day [...]

Behind Closed Doors

Until I reached the age of 15, I would have been shocked had anyone accused me of having anything but a normal family. My parents were, of course deeply flawed, but comparing them to other parents I was in constant contact with, they seemed fairly the same. I was not physically mistreated, and I knew [...]

Pondering Issues of Mighty Import

This painting hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago. Painted by American, Thomas Wilmer Dewing in 1911, it is called “Lady in Green and Gray.”
This was still a time when the wealthy regularly sat for portraits. Although photography was done of course, this was still the norm I suspect among the rich.
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A busy morning. Bread [...]

A True Star and Thawing Tundra

I just wanted to say a fond farewell to a wonderful actor, Richard Widmark who died on Monday at the age of 93. I was a very young girl when I became infatuated with him, although goodness knows he was nearly 40 years older than me. I had a crush on him for many [...]

That’s a Spicy Mea….err Blog

The work is entitled, “The Intervention of the Sabine women.” It was done by Jacques-Louis David in 1799. It hangs in the Louvre, France.
The Sabine women had been captured and raped by the Romans. The Sabines came to war in an attempt to retrieve their women. The women intervene to stop the bloodshed. David allegedly [...]