Day: August 8, 2021

Collaborate

~ JezzieG

Form: Free Verse

working together
we make a great team
collaborate ideas
creativity a flowing stream
supporting each other
solid we rarely fall
minds in union
all for one and one for all

©JGFarmer2008

Forest of Fontainebleau by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

~ JezzieG
Forest of Fontainebleau by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Forest of Fontainebleau
1846
Neoclassicism
Oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Corot’s tranquil depiction of the Forest of Fontainebleau is complete with bovine inhabitants and a cowherd in the distance as he leads the herd to water. At first glance the painting appears to have been composed on location, but its careful combination of horizontals and verticals betray Corot’s meticulous planning of the work.

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Neoclassicism, Romanticism, The Barbizon School, Realism, Naturalism
Born: 17 July 1796, Paris, France
Nationality: French
Died: 22 February 1875, Paris, France

Corot’s hazy landscapes and mythological tableaux mark a period of transition in French painting from the academic Neoclassical of the early 19th century to its vanguard development in later decades when truth to life and to feeling became a more valuable artistic marker than historical significance. Although Corot was too old to be directly connected to the movements of Realism and Impressionism the lyrical expressiveness of his art, its focus on nature and the natural world, and its shift away from academic style made it a cornerstone for the artistic radicals of the late 19th century

I Hate You Then I Love You by Luciano Pavarotti and Celine Dion

~ JezzieG ~ 2 Comments

I Hate You Then I Love You
Pop
1997

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti
Opera
Born: 12 October 1935, Modena, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 6 September 2007, Modena, Italy

Pavarotti was an operatic tenor who crossed over into popular music late in his career. He became one of the most loved and acclaimed tenors of all time. He gained international fame for the quality of his voice with numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, establishing Pavarotti as one of the finest tenors of the 20th century and the reputation of King of the High C’s

Tomorrow is Another Day

~ JezzieG

Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 7

As daylight fades into the setting sun
The sky shimmers and glows in vibrant hue
A view of colours when the day is done
Like wishful thinking for the day to come
Like gentle kisses after a day’s work
That draw us in to relax and love some
And dusk becomes love’s own beautiful perk
For life with you leaves working stress undone
Where my heart belongs, safe with you at home
As the sky darkens to night I’ll hold you
Away from where those old memories lurk
For new memories are our future quest
For tomorrow’s time will be the very best
As side by side we drift to dreamy rest

©JGFarmer2021

Connecting Art and Poetry

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Note: Some of you may have seen this post before. I wrote it and tried to post it several weeks ago. For some reason, Word Press had fits with it. No matter how many times I tried to edit the post, it would not format correctly, resulting in a jumble of words and images. I had no choice but to delete the post. Now, I’m trying again.

There are a lot of connections, I think, between art and poetry. The Roman poet and satirist Quintus Horatius Flaccus — better-known simply as Horace — said that “A picture is a poem without words.” While I can see and feel connections, sometimes I don’t fully understand how to make those connections for myself. As someone who is much more comfortable with words than with images, I atruggle at times to express my thoughts through art.

I can, of course, look at a…

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