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Veronica Franco: A woman’s greatest, and most hard-won asset… is an education.
This movie is what inspired me to do what I do. She encapsulates someone who is deeply sensuous, bold, graceful, full of passion and with a brilliant mind.
I have always been a free spirit - devouring the opulence of this film as a teenager set my soul on fire. I wanted to join her and roam around Venice in this ensemble. Isn’t it wonderful how novels and books can plant seeds within us?
𝗠𝘆 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 E𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮. 𝗜𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆, 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 ♥️🥂
As I wandered through the library today, I stumbled upon one of my favourite little gems 🦋
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
There is power in kindness.
Everyone’s a star deserves the right to twinkle. -Marilyn Monroe
Audrey Hepburn is one of my favourite icons. Her grace, humility & charm are beguiling.
She went through the sufferings of World War II, and helped various Jews who were in hiding escape certain death. This intimate understanding of personal suffering (she suffered malnutrition, poverty & the bitter cold at one point) gave her such empathy.
She was a fine actress, but her early experiences gave her a humility that was most unlike the world of Hollywood. Her work with the UN later, she considered her greatest work.
She truly was the epitome of beauty and goodness. When in doubt I always pick up her autiobigraphy.
‘Lady Godiva’ - John Collier
Who doesn’t love a wild woman?
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Venus Verticordia - 1868
Rossetti, and the Pre Raphaelite movement as a whole, are my favourite collection of 19th century works.
Many an hour I have spent losing myself in books dedicated to Burne Jones, Lawrence Talmeda and J.W.Waterhouse. It’s like diving into another world where sensuality, beauty and mystery prevail.
The movement had a lot of Mavericks who rebelled against the Traditional Academy (RA), and instead gave themselves over to passion, intensity and sensuality. I would have loved to have been one of their muses. They were a bit much - but at least it wouldn’t have ever been boring!
Cleopatra Before Caesar, 1866
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 - 1904)
The Apparition, detail (1876-1877). Gustave Moreau (French, 1826-1898). Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum.
Seduced by the erotic dancing of his stepdaughter, Salome, the biblical ruler Herod Antipas promised to grant her a wish. Salome demanded the head of the prophet John the Baptist. Outside of the frame, the severed head, with a cascade of blood, stares from mid-air at the bejeweled and scantily clad princess, who points to her trophy.
Danaë, Alexandre-Jacques Chantron, 1891
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha
We Geisha are not courtesans, and we are not wife. We sell our skills, not our bodies. We create another secret world, a place of beauty. The word “geisha“ means ”artist” and to be a geisha it’s be considered a work of art in motion.
This film was so beautiful and made me want to study to be Geisha. I wanted to learn how to serve the perfect jasmine tea, and stop a man in his steps with a single glance.
Geisha truly are a work of art in motion. They posses an elegance, mystery and sensitivity that I feel is often lacking from our modern world.
““This is why dreams can be such dangerous things: they smolder on like a fire does, and sometimes consume us completely.””
— Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963)
Liz Taylor certainly had a lot of lovers. She didn’t shy away from living deeply and fully. I rather admire that.
Cleopatra (1963)
I wish they made movie stars like this still. Ah, on a rainy day I like nothing more than curling up in a cashmere throw with some of these icons. Particular favourites, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn & Vivienne Leigh. 💕
