The Lovers’ Chronicle 24 October – all that is left – art by Konstantin Yuon

24 October 2023 By Rhett 0 In Random

Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse. Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

i whispered, ‘am i too late,’

wherefore i took a chance

to find out if i might again

‘come and be with me’

i am found in your eyes

to find out all that is left,

of what we can become

look the stars and the shadows

fill the night, ah, you lyin’ near

we cannot begin too soon

such is the world

where the poet

bears no wounds

to induce the verse

otherwise, to start

is to have commenced

to fail, so the words

come, from a form

that frees and rebels

against handlin’

only the robust last

outlivin’, the image

endurin’ stays to us

all else

all of it

alone

my dear friend Marci:
“I’m heading back from my trip
right now, single. Shit sucks.
For being a logical person,
this shouldn’t be difficult.”

“How in the hell a body
needs a head and a heart
to function, yet they give
such conflicting signals.”

you can only do so much
to save those who are lost
and you gotta make sure
you do not lose yourself

comes down to this…
only you can answer
is it worth your all,
everything you have
cuz that is pro’bly
what it will take

and make sure
you ask yourself this…
can you live
with not tryin’ anymore,
with walkin’ away

it might be
all you have left
it was all i had left

Today is the birthday of Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon (Moscow October 24 [O.S. October 12] 1875 – April 11, 1958; Moscow); painter and theatre designer associated with the Mir Iskusstva. Later, he co-founded the Union of Russian Artists and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia.

From 1892 to 1898 he studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture where Konstantin Savitsky and Konstantin Korovin were among his distinguished teachers. After graduating from the Moscow Art School he took private lessons from Valentin Serov (1898–1900). During several trips to Western Europe, particularly in Paris, he became acquainted with the cityscapes of Camille Pissarro and other Impressionists, but retained his own distinctive style.

In 1900 he opened the first private painting and drawing school in Moscow. Some noted Russian painters received art education in the school (for example, Olga Zhekulina). Later he taught in Leningrad Academy of Arts and the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow. His studio in Moscow was widely used by other painters. He designed sets for plays at the Moscow Art Theatre and the Maly Theater, becoming the official designer for this theater from 1945 to 1947. He also contributed sets for operas.