literature
“Imagine the life of a beautiful woman for a moment”
“Ever since she was little, she’s been told…” I was trying to find a Carlos Castenada quote on the internet but to no avail. Its about how difficult it is for a beautiful woman to overcome her self importance because everyone worships her for her looks. Im pretty sure this short snippet I found is [...]
Rafael Sabatini – Captain Blood
Rafael Sabatini is no longer fashionable but from the 1920s to 50s or so he was one of the biggest selling authors around, and for good reason. He was a brilliant writer of tragi-comedies in the medium of historical romance. Captain Blood was perhaps his best known novel and was adopted as a film starring [...]
Rudyard Kipling
Havent read any for about 20 years so thought I would have a look, heres a few quotes, they dont really capture my memory but nice anyway – ‘And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves “It’s pretty, but is [...]
Carlos Casteneda – Figures in Front of a Mirror
Years before, while I was studying sculpture in a fine arts school in Italy, I had a close friend, a Scotsman who was studying art in order to become an art critic. What stood out most vividly in my mind about him, and had to do with the story I was telling don Juan, was [...]
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Rossetti was a great find for me. At the time I was painting abstracts but I was beginning to realize that that wasnt what I wanted to do. Im more of the Salvador Dali school. The surreal I guess. I dont want reality but the abstract is too vague. I want photographic images of things [...]
