Library of Juniper

"We have to create ourselves as a work of art" ~ Michel Foucault

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Leap

You spoke about a leap of faith

And so I jumped willingly into the unknown.

I shouldn’t have expected you to catch me, but at least now I remember I can fly.

© Library of Juniper

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Love Magic, The Cologne Master, 1470-1480

Oil on wood

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The year slips on the calendar

Your kiss flares

A match struck in the night

Flares and dies

My slumber broken

Kiss me again

Kiss me

Kiss me again

And again

Never enough

Greedy lips

Speedwell eyes

Blue skies.

Derek Jarman, Chroma

GIF: Dickinson

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‘To be desired is perhaps the closest anybody in this life can reach to feeling immortal’

John Berger

John Berger suggested being desired offers a feeling of immortality. This desire reflects a deep human need to be seen and remembered. Genui

John Berger is not talking about immortality in the literal sense. Instead, he is describing the emotional power of being valued by another person. To be desired means more than being physically attractive. It can mean being loved, respected, appreciated, or chosen. When someone genuinely wants us in their life, it gives us a sense of significance, a purpose to stand for someone else. For a moment, we feel as though our existence truly matters. (See link for full article)

Image: Stephan Sinding. Adoration, 1903

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The Unseen, Tereza Zelenkova, 2015

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Ed Pien, Spectral Drawings

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Marc Von Martial

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Hilma af Klint (Swedish, 1862-1944) Group X, No. 1, Altarpiece (Grupp X, nr 1, Altarbild) ( and detail) 1915 From Altarpieces (Altarbilder) Oil and metal leaf on canvas 237.5 x 179.5cm © The Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm Photo: Albin Dahlström, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Most of the Hilma jams should be visible now (got to look). this one too, but nice detail on the new post

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Through a Glass Darkly (1961, dir. Ingmar Bergman)

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André Ostier     Leonor Fini     c.1948

“Paintings, like dreams, have a life of their own

and I have always painted very much the way I dream.” Leonor Fini

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Ignis

My hand is here to hold, if you reach out for it.

My body will feel your touch if you imagine it.

My intellect is here to ignite if you provide the spark and my heart will beat to your drum if you share the music of your soul.

© Library of Juniper

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Desire (Vojtěch Jasný, 1958)

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Remedios Varo (1908-1963) — El Otro Reloj (The Other Clock) [gouache on cardboard, 1957]