Monday, October 22, 2012

Dolorosa... Pastel drawing...oct 2012



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work in progress ~ Brazed Mythic flunk vows ~ october 2012 pastel drawing on paper A3


Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Willy Pogany... illustrations from The Song Celestial 1934




from The Song Celestial (Bhagavad Gita) by Sir Edwin Arnold 
illustrated by Willy Pogany



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Dwelling outside the stress
Of passion, fear, and anger; fixed in calms
Of lofty contemplation;



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 The Doors of Hell
Are threefold, whereby men to ruin pass, --
The door of Lust, the door of Wrath, the door 
Of Averice.

" The elements, the conscious life, the mind,
The unseen vital force, the nine strange gates
Of the body, and the five domains of sense;
Desire, dislike, pleasure and pain, and thought
Deep-woven, and persistency of being;
These all are wrought on Matter by the Soul! "

 Chapter 13

previous POGANY


Monday, October 8, 2012

Léon Bakst ... Narcisse... 1911


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Costume design for  'Narcisse' by Tcherepnin 1911 ~ watercolour


Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Austin Osman Spare... Satyr c1920


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"By turning my head involuntary... I can always see my alter ego, familiars or the gang of elementals that partly constitute my being." AOS


from Austin Osman Spare, Fallen Visionary, Refractions published by Jerusalem Press