Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Rhett
The Lovers’ Chronicle
Dear Muse,
flickered and went out
“I know it did”
some say, or sang,
you gotta have it
“An overused and abused word”
no question, contorted to fit
all kinda spurious opinions
“I think it is best held close”
yes, used that way
it is a fine word
“As in, I have in you”
and i in you
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on Peachtree against
the neon skyline
where the scene
fills with city life
and glasses of wine
at a cozy table
or hangin’ out
at my funky place
on Aberdeen
either way
you know
you are all
that matters
either way
une petite spécialité
called l’amour….
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dream a little dream
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a tree covered hilltop
against the High Plains sky
where the scene is painted
by two who have waited
a very long time
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on the High Plains
against a cloudless sky
where the scene
fills with stars
or downtown
with martinis
at a cozy table
either way
you know
you are all
that matters
either way
une petite spécialité
called l’amour….
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heavy burdens
hurt, madness, fear,
guttural grief
tough month
for the Carolina Girl
and the soi disant poet
apart, but not
need escape, relief
found perhaps,
in imagined ambiance…
torchlit porch, emptyin’
glass after wineglass
watchin’ the night
and the flame flutter
rememberin’
what once was
under the Carolina sky
the night at the opera,
cocktail parties, lunches,
shared dreams and scenes
of how together should feel
candlelit room, empty
whiskey bottle
searchin’ for words
and faith flickers
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| Pierre-Auguste Renoir | |
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Today is the birthday of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renoir (Limoges, Haute-Vienne; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur); artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that “Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau.”
While living and working in Montmartre, Renoir employed Suzanne Valadon as a model, who posed for him (The Large Bathers, 1884–87; Dance at Bougival, 1883) and many of his fellow painters. During that time she studied their techniques and eventually became one of the leading painters of the day.
In 1890, he married Aline Victorine Charigot, who, along with a number of the artist’s friends, had already served as a model for Le Déjeuner des canotiers (Luncheon of the Boating Party – she is the woman on the left playing with the dog) in 1881. After his marriage, Renoir painted many scenes of his wife and daily family life including their children and their nurse, Aline’s cousin Gabrielle Renard.
Gallery
Nu couché
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Lise Sewing, 1866, Dallas Museum of Art
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La Grenouillère, 1868, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
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Portrait of Alfred Sisley, 1868
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Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil, 1873, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
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Portrait of Claude Monet, 1875, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
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Mme. Charpentier and her children, 1878, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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By the Water, 1880, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880–1881, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
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Portrait of Charles and Georges Durand-Ruel, 1882
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Dance at Bougival, 1882–1883, (woman at left is painter Suzanne Valadon), Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Dance in the Country (Aline Charigot and Paul Lhote), 1883, Musée d’Orsay, Paris
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Pencil study for Dance in the Country, 1883, Honolulu Museum of Art
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Children at the Beach at Guernsey, 1883, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
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“Jeune garçon sur la plage d’Yport”, 1883, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
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Girl With a Hoop, 1885, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Girl Braiding Her Hair (Suzanne Valadon), 1885
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Still Life: Flowers, 1885, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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Julie Manet with cat, 1887
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Portrait of Berthe Morisot and daughter Julie Manet, 1894
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Gabrielle Renard and infant son Jean Renoir, 1895
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The Artist’s Family, 1896, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
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Portrait of Ambroise Vollard, 1908
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Portrait of Paul Durand-Ruel, 1910
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Portrait of Ambroise Vollard, 1917
Self-portraits
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Self-portrait, 1875
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Self-portrait, 1876
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Self-portrait, 1910
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Self-portrait, 1910
Nudes
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Diana the Huntress, 1867, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Nude in the Sun, 1875, Musée d’Orsay, Paris
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Seated Girl, 1883
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The Large Bathers, 1887, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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After The Bath, 1888
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Three Bathers, 1895, Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, Ohio
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Nude, National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade
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After The Bath, 1910, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
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Woman at the Well, 1910
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Seated Bather Drying Her Leg, 1914, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris
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Women Bathers, 1916, National Museum, Stockholm
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Bathers, 1918, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Close-ups
| Anthony Burgess | |
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Anthony Burgess in 1986
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Today is the birthday of John Anthony Burgess Wilson (Harpurhey, Lancashire 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993 St. John’s Wood, London) – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess –; writer and composer. From relatively modest beginnings in a Catholic family in Manchester, he eventually became one of the best known English literary figures of the latter half of the twentieth century.
Perhaps best known for his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange. In 1971 it was adapted into a highly controversial film by Stanley Kubrick, which Burgess said was chiefly responsible for the popularity of the book. Burgess produced numerous other novels, including the Enderby quartet, and Earthly Powers. He wrote librettos and screenplays, and the 1977 TV mini-series Jesus of Nazareth. He worked as a literary critic for several publications, including The Observer and The Guardian, and wrote studies of classic writers, notably James Joyce. A versatile linguist, Burgess lectured in phonetics, and translated Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus the King and the opera Carmen, among others.
Burgess also composed over 250 musical works; he sometimes claimed to consider himself as much a composer as an author.
Verse
- Oh, love, love, love —
Love on a hilltop high,
Love against a cloudless sky,
Love where the scene is
Painted by a million stars,
Love with martinis
In the cabarets and bars.
Oh, love, love, love…- Beds in the East.
- Find a cosy table
Inside a restaurant,
Somewhere formidable
Where you’ll be très contents.
Let your lady fair know
That she is all you see,
Prime her with a Pernod
Or three.
Watch her crack a lobster
And strip it to the buff,
Rough as when a mobster
Gets tough.
Keep the wine cascading
And you’ll ensure
Une petite spécialité called l’amour….- Earthly Powers.
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