A red melancholy
born with a baptism of fire
created from the depths of the soul
living in the minds of others
to be sworn as a dark cape.

Red as a rose
the source of life will flow,
flow off the cape
down the river
to an ocean
an ocean of black.

Ocean, dark as night
within lay a creature.
Neither man, nor animal
for it only exists
because others will it to.

I suppose this is more surreal than cubist.  I actually don't know what I was trying to do with this picture, just hastily sketching what I saw and what I thought.

That poem about zombies on Tuesday reminded me of this song:

Which I find just as haunting as Lana Del Ray's song "Videogames".  This song "Zombie" is about the "troubles" in Ireland, that spanned from the 1960's to about 1998 in Northern Ireland.  It was a conflict between Catholics and Protestants that some claim was large enough to be an actual war (BBC dismissed this notion).

This song was released in 1994 by The Cranberries, who are an Irish rock band.

A Mesostic

                           man kno W s no law
                                cre A ting chaos where he walks
                      sowing dest R uction when he talks
                       eating the  G ood heart
                                     O f his fellow man
                      lamenting his D isgusting fate
     turning into a pitiful Mephi S topheles







Color flow

A blue Melencholy
created in the leaves of sleep
born upon the ashes of ice
upon a field of wheat.
Alive in the darkness
dark in the aliveness
created by the gods of time
as light shines upon the blue
residing in the rainbow
a rainbow of the earth.

Henri Matisse's self portrait.

The general hues in general give the painting a sort of brown earthen feel, despite the white counter top and pitcher in the background.  It is interesting how some of Matisse's skin tones match the brown (possibly wooden) part of the counter top.

The palate he is holding appears to be flat, as well as several slightly varying perspectives used, most notable in the palate, the floor/chair/ suitcase and the counter in the background.

Matisse's left leg (bearing in mind that this was painted by looking in the mirror) or the leg closes to the viewer appears a little warped and disjointed, giving the illusion Matisse had quite a large bottom.

Un petit examen

Ah, Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon.  It is considered the first true modern painting.  There are various reasons why this is, but to keep this post short I shall list 3:

1)  The use of tribal masks
      The two women on the right have faces that resemble masks more than faces.  This sets a sort of standard that is still used today.

2) Geometric shapes
      The most noticeable is the breast of the masked woman in the background (upper right corner).  The breast appears to be a cube, but like Theirry's figure, one cannot tell for sure if the cube is concave or convex.

3) Disjointed Bodies
     Pretty obvious, but the disjointedness of the figures portray the emotion of the scene and what Picasso had on his mind when making it.  If I remember correctly he had almost caught syphilis (or maybe it was some other social disease).


Food for thought:

1)  How did industrialization catalyze the creation of modern life, and in effect modern art?

2)  Since I've enjoyed the art I've seen of Gustav Klimt's, how does he establish the mood of his pieces through color and tone?

3)  How did people living "modern" lifestyles in cities (around many people, mind you) still live isolated lives?