Photo by Ralph Eugene Meatyard, 1960.
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
Balthus: “Katia Lisant,” 1968-1976.
Extinguish my eyes, I’ll go on seeing you.
Seal my ears, I’ll go on hearing you.
And without feet I can make my way to you,
without a mouth I can swear your name.
Break off my arms, I’ll take hold of you
with my heart as with a hand.
Stop my heart, and my brain will start to beat.
And if you consume my brain with fire,
I’ll feel you burn in every drop of my blood.
(Photo with Baladine Klossowska, 1923)
Snow Queen by Rodolfo Loaiza
London Olympics, 1948.
Vincent van Gogh: Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity’s Gate), 1890.
