It is sweeter to wander with the wretched and outcasts than to sit crowned with roses at the banquets of the rich Elisee Reclus
Saturday, February 18, 2006
exile and utopia...
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Traditionally this beautifully evocative painting by Edvard Munch has been known as The Vampyr. It suggests the bite of The Vampyr on the un/willing victim. Being neither willing or unwilling victim, I know that this painting was actually titled by Munch, Love and Pain, and suggests the necessary eternal passions as they revolve around human beings in a relationship. The love side is strong and so is the pain of that love. As a beautiful aside, you could read the text to Baudelaire's poem The Vampyr and see more of the same...
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2 comments:
Traditionally this beautifully evocative painting by Edvard Munch has been known as The Vampyr. It suggests the bite of The Vampyr on the un/willing victim. Being neither willing or unwilling victim, I know that this painting was actually titled by Munch, Love and Pain, and suggests the necessary eternal passions as they revolve around human beings in a relationship. The love side is strong and so is the pain of that love.
As a beautiful aside, you could read the text to Baudelaire's poem The Vampyr and see more of the same...
sometimes I just don't know what's the best for me...especially now...
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