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!
Remedios Varo, Eyes on the Table, 1938. Gouache on paper. Private collection.
René Magritte, The Portrait, 1935. Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York.
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).
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.
Daehyun Kim, I see you in the sea of you, 2013. Ink on paper. www.moonassi.com
Remedios Varo, Phenomenon, date unknown.
Luigi Serafini, illustration from his Codex Seraphinianus, 1981. Published by Franco Maria Ricci.
Three Things: The Night Owl Edition
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?
René Magritte, The Night Owl, 1927-28. Oil on canvas. Folkwang Museum, Essen.
Michael Wolf, Untitled (#93) from Transparent City series. Photograph. www.photomichaelwolf.com
Remedios Varo, Quiador, date unknown. Oil on masonite.