Labyrinth of temptations

I hope he understands that he is in a labyrinth. Till now he got it. Go! Go! Keep avoiding temptation.

Better seen with Firefox till tomorrow

I have been editing the blog with Firefox. I first saw it with Internet Explorer today. I will have to make some changes because with this browser it's diagrammed wrongly. I'll work on this till tomorrow. I'm sorry. For those who use Internet Explorer: Does the letters look too big or is it the way my browser is configured? I'm having trouble understanding what to do. I'll have to go to my friend's house to see it. It looks terrible with Internet Explorer. At least now I understand why I haven't reach 200.000 visitors. :) Update: I discovered that many people have the same problem. To solve it I would have to know a lot of html language and spend a lot of time. I've put an advice "Better seen with Firefox". I don't receive from Firefox. I just use this Browse. I'm sorry for those who use other Browsers. It will be a little different.

Street Art in Paris

left: Lambs" by Neozoon (click to see his blog) right: "Eagles" by Suriani* "*Suriani is a Brazilian artist that lives in Paris. He has done works in other cities like London, Tel Aviv and São Paulo. I'm looking forward for his blog because his work is spread at Street Arts blogs or Flickr."

"Commit no nuisance" signs - London SE1

I've seen some photos of these signs "Commit no Nuisance" in London and found a group at Flickr, dedicated to this already legendary signs. It's from this group I've copied the images. The photos are amazing!

Renoir's painting "Rowers' Lunch" and Amelie Poulain

This is from the movie "The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulin" Right: Renoir "The Rower's Lunch, 1885 If you have seen the movie you must remember the crystal man who used to paint this Renoir's work once a year: -I never come out. I don't want to meet just anybody. And there's only rascals out there! But come in. There. Come in. You know, They call me the cristal man. But my name is Raymond Dufayel. Amélie Poulain: -I'm a waitress. - At the "Deux Moulins", I know. And you're coming back empty-handed from your hunt for Bretodeau. Because it's not "do", it's "to". Like "toto". - Thanks. I really like this painting. - It's "The rower's lunch" by Renoir. I paint one every year, for 20 years now. The hardest is the eyes. Sometimes, they change their moods on purpose, when I'm not looking. -They look happy here. -They better be! This year, they had hare with morel and waffles with jam for the children. Let's see, where did I put.

Funny signs and solution

Perhaps a map that leads to the front door is a good idea.

The Blogger Award

Sandee at Comedy Plus gave me "The Blogger Award". I'm very happy that this blog is reminded by someone. Thank you very much Sandee. I'll follow it now for Cathy at Dare to Think and Marcelo Rampazzo at Kócegas. Later I will publish my whole list.

Street Art

Right: el Bocho in Hamburg
Left:  amdoom Alice2 in Holland
Graffiti and other forms of expression at the streets have always been a polemic issue. Things have changed and even Tate Gallery has dedicated this site to street art and some of it's artists.
Here at "Unurth - Street Art" there are many photographs and a list of street artists and their blogs. I've seen many amazing works.
I'll be publishing them.

Funny newspaper's ads

Michelangelo Merisi - Caravaggio - The Card Players

Click at the image above to see "Tutta l'opera del Caravaggio" an amazing project with great images of his works. Above "The Card", 1594. Hmmm.... the card. Americans can see it at Kimbell Art Museum, Texas. Caravaggio is the name of city he was born.

Echo and Narcissus - Caravaggio and Poussin - Mythology

Nicolas Poussin, Echo and Narcissus, 1627 Caravaggio, Narcissus, 1596 Echo was condemned by Jupiter only to be able to speak the last words of someone else's speech. Narcissus was in love with his own image and left Echo, who was in love with him, heartbroken and she spent the rest of her life in lonely glens, pining away for the love she never knew, until only her voice remained. This is the dialog at Ovid's Metamorphoses: Narcissus [shouts]: "Is there anyone here?" Echo [eagerly]: "Here!" Narcissus: "Come to me!" Echo: "Come to me!" Narcissus [starting to get irritated]: "Why are you avoiding me?" Echo: "Why are you avoiding me?" Narcissus: "Here! Come with me!" Echo [shouting in ecstasy]: "Come with me!" She rushes out of her hiding place and flings herself at him. Narcissus, repelled by the idea of physical contact, pushes her away, and starts to run. Narcissus [savagely]: "Take your hands off me! No! How dare you touch me!" Echo [screaming]: "Touch me!"

Sunday - Letter to mummy

Dear Mom,

I am in a well here and hoping you are also in a well there.

I`m writing this letter slowly, because I know you cannot read fast.

Soon will be with you.

Ana

Saturday drawing - I like it

This is Lindsay's. I don't know why I loved this drawing. Why do we feel like we have to explain why a drawing has touched us? I leave it for the critics: "Well, it has a connection with nature in a non organic way of depicting the frog and plants. We cannot forget the mimetic aspect of the theme. The frog has two colors which is an unequivocal concern with mimesis an aspect that has first been approached by the Greeks, especially Plato, and is still of great concern by contemporary scholars." I like it. Period.

Wordless Friday

Thanks Khris for the photo.

Rembrandt - The money changer

Rembrandt, The Money Changer (Parable of the Rich Man)

Vermeer's painting chosen by NASA

Nasa choses one image a day: "Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer." is the project Vermeer's painting "Astronomer and Geographer" was chosen on June 26, 2005 to celebrate 10 years of the project. It has received a "little change" and there you are. You can visit this amazing project here.

Las Meninas parody

I believe most people know Velázquez most famous painting "Las Meninas". Click here to enjoy the original. I came across with this two photoshops interventions and felt like sharing with you. The left is the one I like the most because it created a new meaning in the whole environment just with the insinuation of the "Happy Birthday" ribon at the top. For those who hate photoshoping their masterpiece I would like to remember that many artists have done works inspired in "Las Meninas" including Picasso who did forty versions. Of course it's a total different thing but let's have a little sense of humor and think that it's a great way to make people get in touch with art.

Van Gogh and Toulouse Lautrec

Impressionists used to portrait their friends and make a reference to their friend's work. Toulouse Lautrec, Portrait of Van Gogh, 1887 (pastel and watercolor)

Van Gogh, Glass of Absinthe and a Bottle , 1884. You've just seen this glass and bottle someplace else.

Patience - Stained-glass

This is a 1996 stain-glass at Strasbourg Cathedral the same one that is at this post. I just need a little patience. Below is what is written at the site:

"Patience is represented by a female figure accompanied by a lamb.

The window was a gift from the Prison Officers' Benevolent Fund. It was installed and dedicated 1996.

The many stars symbolise the patience of Abraham and God's promise to him: "I will bless you abundantly and greatly multiply your descendants until they are as numerous as the stars in the sky." (Genesis 22:17) Patience holds a medallion in which Job's wife urges him to curse God, while his three friends look on. Satan is seen on the far left blowing an ill wind and creating all Job's suffering. The dove at the top symbolises the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Design by Ann McDuff and made by CWS Design, Lisburn. Installed and dedicated 1996."

Funny signs - on invisibility

The person who has put the right sing at that place should have read the left one. NO what? Anyway I'll try to be aware of invisibility when not home.