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Salvation, if we're going to use big words, is something we offer each other every day.
— Vincent Delecroix, Small Boat
Small boat on the Kisogawa river at sunset, by Kawase Hasui (1930).
Poppies, Isles of Shoals
Artist: Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935)
Date: 1891
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States
Have you read Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix (orig. Naufrage, 2023)?
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Serene Forest Lake under Clear Blue Sky by Francois Flibotte Via Flickr: A tranquil summer scene featuring a pristine lake with gentle ripples, framed by a lush forest of pine and deciduous trees under a vibrant blue sky.
For my fellow readers, I got a chance to visit Shakespeare and Co in Paris and it’s was such a nice experience! I didn’t have much time that day but throughly loved wondering on the inside even though there was a line and a lot of people inside. Now I’ll be looking at the book not as a fine read but also as a souvenir I got on my birthday 🥹
Landscape with a Tomb
Artist: Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824)
Date: c. 1818
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Collection: Petite Palais, Fine Art Museum of Paris, France
Description
The mountains visible in the distance conjure up the barrier of the Alps which travelers must cross to reach Italy. The cloudy sky adds a dramatic touch to the craggy site dominated by ruined architecture and the building perched on a rocky spur harks back to the ancient circular tomb of Cecilia Metella. The small boat towards which the frightened couple are moving recalls Charon’s boat, which received the souls of the dead in mythology and carried them over the river Acheron. At the center of the composition are stocks on which human limbs are displayed, referring with morbid realism to the torture inflicted on bandits who demand ransom money on the roads of southern Italy.
