Posts Tagged: Inspiration

the nocturnal applicant
excerpt from the Castle, the Eighteenth Chapter

Dostoevsky – The Idiot
Han’s Holbien’s painting, Christ’s Body in the Tomb had a major impact on Dostoevsky, and the painting became very inspirational to his writing The Idiot. The painting is discussed twice in the novel, and a reproduction of the painting is

Dostoevsky – The Idiot
Han’s Holbien’s painting, Christ’s Body in the Tomb had a major impact on Dostoevsky, and the painting became very inspirational to his writing The Idiot. The painting is discussed twice in the novel, and a reproduction of the painting is

Andrew Wyeth
Two of my favorite Andrew Wyeth paintings – There is something about Andrew Wyeth’s work that casts a spell – the still images seem somehow to contain a breeze, a sound, a gust or the soft moving of air –

Andrew Wyeth
Two of my favorite Andrew Wyeth paintings – There is something about Andrew Wyeth’s work that casts a spell – the still images seem somehow to contain a breeze, a sound, a gust or the soft moving of air –

Joan of Arc – Jules Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884), a French Naturalist painter, drawn to art at a young age, his family lived in a village and grew grapes in a vineyard. Jules went to Paris in 1867 to study art at École des Beaux-arts.

Joan of Arc – Jules Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884), a French Naturalist painter, drawn to art at a young age, his family lived in a village and grew grapes in a vineyard. Jules went to Paris in 1867 to study art at École des Beaux-arts.

Agnes Martin – On Inspiration
Beautiful interview with Agnes Martin. Talks of becoming vacant and capable of channeling inspiration without letting an idea, or thought of the self come between the inspiration and the manifestation of that inspiration in art. She has trained herself to

Agnes Martin – On Inspiration
Beautiful interview with Agnes Martin. Talks of becoming vacant and capable of channeling inspiration without letting an idea, or thought of the self come between the inspiration and the manifestation of that inspiration in art. She has trained herself to