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Three Things: The Eye Edition

2014 January 6
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Happy January greetings to you, dear writers! This week, as we bundle ourselves away from the cold, let’s pull out our pens and write some lines of an ocular nature. That’s right: the ol’ eyeball. Or, you know, if you want to get all romantic about it, you could write about a mysterious glance or an all-powerful stare. I personally might just stick with the organ itself (I found some disembodied ones to get us started). Enjoy!

 

remediosvaro

Remedios Varo, Eyes on the Table, 1938. Gouache on paper. Private collection.

 

renemagritte

René Magritte, The Portrait, 1935. Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York.

 

franciscugat

Francis Cugat, Celestial Eyes, 1924. Gouache on paper. Princeton University Library. Original dust jacket artwork for the first edition of The Great Gatsby (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925).

 

Three Things: Dream Edition, VIII

2013 December 16

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Right at this moment (of writing, I mean), I am sitting on a couch, late in the night. And trying, ever-so-hard, to keep myself from nodding off. I’m failing. Miserably. So I’ve decided to give in;  join me in a dream, will you? This week we have three more surreal images to take us there.

 

daehyunkim

Daehyun Kim, I see you in the sea of you, 2013. Ink on paper. www.moonassi.com

 

remediosvaro

Remedios Varo, Phenomenon, date unknown.  

 

luigiserafini

Luigi Serafini, illustration from his Codex Seraphinianus, 1981. Published by Franco Maria Ricci.

 

Three Things: The Night Owl Edition

2013 November 18
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As I write this, I am up well past midnight, alone in my living room while the rest of my household sleeps. Yep, I’m a night owl. This week I’ve collected three (very) different night owls for you. What will your character get accomplished/caught with/away with in the wee hours of the morning?

 

renemagritte

René Magritte, The Night Owl, 1927-28. Oil on canvas. Folkwang Museum, Essen.

 

michaelwolf

Michael Wolf, Untitled (#93) from Transparent City series. Photograph. www.photomichaelwolf.com

 

remediosvaro

Remedios Varo, Quiador, date unknown. Oil on masonite.