Day: February 21, 2023

A Jewish Giant at home with his parents, in the Bronx, N.Y. by Diane Arbus

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A Jewish Giant at home with his parents, in the Bronx, N.Y.
1970
Documentary Photography
Gelatin Silver Print
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

In an emotional tour of force, this photograph shows Arbus’s direct style of photography combined with her devotion to representing the underrepresented. Standing well over seven feet tall, Eddie Carmel stands next to his parents. His father appears as if posing for a classic family portrait. The core of the photograph is a picture of a mother and father with their child in a typical family home yet exemplifies the vastness felt by their physical differences.

Diane Arbus 1923-1971

Diane Arbus
Straight Photography, Street Photography, Documentary Photography, Modern Photography, Identity Art and Identity Politics
Born: 14 March 1923, New York, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 26 July 1971, New York, USA

Arbus was a photographer who photographed a wide range of subjects during her career including strippers, carnival performers, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and families. Arbus is noted for expanding the concepts of acceptable subject matter and not objectifying her subjects so as to capture them with a rare psychological intensity.

Bite Me, Baby

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Bite Me, Baby
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 57

I see you looking at me tempting you
With your thoughts evoking your deep desire
Your tongue caressing your lips, it is true
I’m teasing you and enticing your lust
Your fingers tremble as you undress me
You know you’ll surrender; you know you must
Give in to the torment set yourself free
Yes, I want you to devour me baby
Do it, darling, set your senses on fire
To fulfil your greed is my destiny
Baby I know you know you want it too
Curve your tongue around me until it rocks
Go on, let me knock you out of your sox
Eat me, that last chocolate in the box

©JezzieG2023

Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni

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Cavalleria Rusticana
1890
Opera

Pietro Mascagni
Opera
Born: 7 December 1863, Livorno, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 2 August 1945, Rome, Italy

Pietro Mascagni 1863-1945

Mascagni was a composer best known for his operas. In 1890 his opera “Cavalleria” caused on of the greatest sensations in operatic history and ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. Despite claims that Mascagni was a one-opera wonder “L’Amico Fritz” and “Iris” have also remained in the European repertoire since their premieres. Mascagni composed fifteen operas, an operetta, and several orchestral works. He enjoyed great success in his lifetime as a composer and a conductor

Barbed Wire Love by Stiff Little Fingers

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Barbed Wire Love
Album: Inflammable Material
Date: 1979
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Artist: Stiff Little Fingers

Stiff Little Fingers

Stiff Little Fingers are an Irish band emerging from the punk rock era. Formed in 1977 at the height of the Irish Troubles which influenced much of their songwriting. They were the first punk band in Belfast to release a record – “Suspect Device” was released on their own label, Rigid Digits. Their album “Inflammable Material” released with Rough Trade became the first indie LP to enter the UK top 20

Cethramtu Rannaigechta Moire Notes

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The Cethramtu Rannaigechta Moire is an Irish poetic form consisting of quatrains (four-line stanzas). All the lines have three syllables and lines two and four rhyme giving the following structure

xxa
xxb
xxc
xxb
.

Example

The Cup by JezzieG

China cup
Held in palm
Simple taste
To bring calm

Peace of mind
When tears flow
Warming tea
Lets it go

And in joy
Perfect sup
And all this
From one cup