I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Love Bruegel!  Love that painting!  I aspire to carry on that way at our wedding . . . but without the codpieces, probably. 

OK, seeing Bruegel reminds me of one of my all-time favorite books: "Headlong" by Michael Frayn.  It's not giving away too much to say that a Bruegel paining plays a role.  The book is funny, funny, funny -- Frayn is a great social satirist, clear-eyed but never mean.

Linda

Not to mention "a portion of the proceeds" WHAT portion pray tell! A microscopic portion???

Blue, looking at that beautiful picture I wonder about the story behind it. Did the young girl/woman get a letter from her lover breaking off an engagement, or was her husband killed in battle, and she just got notification by mail? Mama seems to be comforting her child, regardless of the scenario.

Do others create stories to go with paintings?

Found this in the shopping pages. 8%?? Wow how generous.



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He's leaving his wife and doggie to fight in a war (Civil War?). She has a terrible premonition that if he goes he will not return. As a result she begs him not to go, but he is determined to do his duty. The little dog senses his mistress's distress and joins in, barking, begging and whining. The wife is actually holding the door's handle to shut the door so he cannot leave. But her stronger husband holds the door open preventing her from shutting it.

Edit: It might be a Napoleonic war, from looking at the picture on the wall and the man's hat.

How's that? 

Love all the paintings.  I can't figure out how to import one of my own photos here -wanted to share pics of my beautiful cat.

There's an ad for an energy drink that makes me crazy, btw, with a bubbling young woman wearing a pink headband, singing and smiling inanely.  Makes me want to get out my gun and shoot the tv.

I envy those who are done with decorating, shopping, etc.  Not even started here.  Been eating cookies, though.

Enjoyful:  hope you get through the rads. 

Blue, that entered my mind too! But the woman seems too sad for that.

I know, I know! 

This thread is sprinting as fast as a cheetah.....in answer to "do you think up a story when looking at a painting?" My answer is "Almost always, no." Too much of an egghead, I'm afraid. I rather look at technique, era, history, artistic movement, evocation and emotion (but not defined by a plot)" As I said: egghead. :-)

Wow - speeding along,

Blue - I think the last pic is of Queen Victoria and her Beloved Alfred.  Loved all the pics.  PreRaphaelites are favorites of mine, also Wm Morris, my current favorite Charles Rennie Mackintosh watercolor flowers....

For current work - love Wolf Kahn, all the pastels - amazing colorist.  Have so many books around my little abode I can hardly walk without jumping over piles of them. But LOVE LOVE LOVE to look at them.

Yup, it was me with the clothesline.  really the best way to dry, expecially in very rural areas.  Tho, I'm not a winter clothesline person - whaddaya supposed to do with the frozen sheets? I mean real, sheets as in flannel Lanz bed sheets?  Frozen?  And damp when they sort of thaw.  So front loading dryer for winter. 

IT IS COLD.  Much below average for us, supposed to get back to sort of normal next week.

Anyone else curious to know what was said "over chili" today???????????  Love the Pete Souza picture....still smiling at the juxtiposition.

Sorry, LMBO is about it.  Also wanted to rant a little about two things - one, I don't believe any of us are "reporting" it is either the mods or people in the larger BCO community that have been offended and two, as much as I admire the job the mods do and how difficult it must sometimes be - I really don't appreciate being "handled" like a four year old in Kindergarten and literally told what to think, post, etc.

Oh, they cause me to roar!

I love John Singer Sargent:

Reminds me of another favorite - Velasquez:

Been fortunate enough to see both in the "flesh." Remarkable. Two centuries apart.