Heartbreaker by Alabama Shakes
Not relating to the song but The Man without Qualities by Robert Musil must be read.
So Here Then is the Last Ride
Robert Browning. The Roycrofters, NY, 1900.
One of 25 copies on vellum, finely bound. Hand-colored pictorial borders illumined by Harriet Robarge. Finely bound in full plum levant morocco, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, wrap-around strapping designs in blind on covers and spine, gilt-rolled double rule on board edges, full morocco front doublure in cream, blue, turquoise, plum, and green leathers in an elaborate in-laid design with decorative gilt stamping, title in gilt at center, rear full morocco doublure in a less elaborate design, silk endleaves, top edge gilt.
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What does it all mean, poet? Well,
Your brains beat into rhythm, you tell
What we felt only; you expressed
You hold things beautiful the best,
And pace them in rhyme so, side by side.
‘Tis something, nay ‘tis much: but then,
Have you yourself what’s best for men?
Are you—-poor, sick, old ere your time—-
Nearer one whit your own sublime
Than we who never have turned a rhyme?
Sing, riding’s a joy! For me, I ride.~Stanze VII, The Last Ride Together
Heaven’s Keep
107x107cm
Archival Solvent based inkjet print on composite aluminium
Edition 12
Bristol, UK
- Inspired by the natural world, especially that which is generally unnoticed or disregarded by others,
- focuses predominantly on the fragility of life and representations of freedom
- old book covers as backgrounds give a feeling of decay
European Owl Moth (Acanthobrahmaea europaea)
Spirama helicina [an Asian moth]
“day flying moth” - otherwise unidentified
Julio Romero de Torres (Spanish, 1879-1930), “Tristeza andaluza” (“Andalusian Melancholy”)
