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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 16d

At Tate Modern and the 'Theatre Picasso' exhibition.

Looking afresh at 'The Weeping Woman'. What do we see in her eyes? Despite having looked upon this painting countless times, I hadn't noticed it.

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Aeroplanes and Bees - Theatre Picasso (I)

‘ Poison grows in this dark. It is in the water of tears Its black blooms rise. ’ (Wallace Stevens, ‘ Another Weeping Woman ’ ) * Even...

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 8h

It’s wonky … but maybe the wine has gone to Caravaggio’s head. 😅There’s arguments that it’s a self portrait and he’s painting himself in a mirror. Holding a glass of wine and painting would be trickier than painting the Sistine Chapel on your back.

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 18h

Today’s favourite piece of Tuscany art.

I’m drunk and it’s my last Tuscan night, so aptly it’s Caravaggio and ‘Bacchus’. A nipple and a half eaten pomegranate.

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 18h

I couldn’t even get my finger push selfie right … even before I’d had a drink, let alone do a tap dance.

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 18h

I ain’t finding it tonight. Two cocktails and a beer and I’m done.

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 19h

Currently in my cups trying to comprehend how Michael Riverdance Flately could tap his feet 35 times in a second. I’m trying it with my fingers and am somewhere between 7 and 8.

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 21h

Sundowners in Pisa. Chin Chin, shipmates!

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

Have you read some of her books. Just Kids is magnificent. One of my student fundraisers was reading it back in spring and I thought we were about to have a great discussion about her music. “She’s a singer as well?” I sent her on her break early to listen to Horses. 😅

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

Haha! In retrospect I knew it was a trap. But I still leapt …

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

Those bastards at the New York Times …

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve just reread that poem and Jenny Joseph actually prescribes spitting when we get old! 😅

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

Is she still spitting? I certainly hope so. It’s kind of a punk version of that Jenny Joseph poem ‘I Shall Wear Purple’.

I saw her [counts the years] back in 2012 and she was magnificent.

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

It left me a bit cold but I have vowed to revisit.

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Angela @angelt.bsky.social · 5d

Dear John Clare grieving the losses from the hedges and fields that he loved.

John Clare @johnclare.bsky.social · 11d

1824: Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemd so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbd existance it hurt me to see it was...

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

How was she?

I think my driving playlist needs some Patti. I shall remedy it anon. ‘Because the Night’ or ‘Gloria’?

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely adore this beautiful thistle vase by the French artist Eugène Feuillâtre, a famous enameler of the Art Nouveau period who was head of the Renée Lalique workshops & also worked for Tiffany & co. @joaokay.bluesky.social loves this period, knew his work & saw this vase recently.

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Eugene Navakas @enavakas.bsky.social · 4d

painted lady

#Photography #Butterfly #Ohio

A Painted Lady perches on a white/pink/yellow bloom alongside a green tuft of spade-shaped leaves. The underside of its facing wing is crammed with detail--segmented and saturated, like a cel of animation or a tattoo. Brown and white, orange and black, lacy webs, disk-like eyes--nature's design in full aesthetic flower.

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

Outside the hotel window in Montalcino, there’s a noisy taverna. Every night, around 11 o’clock they blast out AC/DC’s Thunderstruck. This annoys me. Until about the third ‘Wo ho a-ho Ho’ … and then I remember that I love Thunderstruck. ⚡️ 🌩️

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s favourite piece of Tuscany art.

The Uffizi still lingering from last week, & the chance to see Hugo van der Goes and his triptych ‘The Adoration of the Shepherds’. I read about this in Bart van Loos’ excellent book ‘The Burgundians’. Incredible & rich (and full of the ubiquitous patrons).

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

Had to get up early to move the car from the free car park. Still, sunrise ….

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect!

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

It might come down to an ice cream penalty shoot out. :-)

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

Love the Wallace Collection. It has to be raining though to drive you inside. :-)

Love that Rembrandt too.

My favourite though is the Fragonard, which I wrote about in 2019.

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Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir - Grand Passions and their Objects

If the only thing of note to come out of watching The Souvenir , Joanna Hogg's latest film, was a reminder of the existence of the Walla...

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

That definitely sounds intriguing, K. Is it happening at Napier and will it be online?

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

I think Tuscany doesn’t allow you to take a bad photograph. :-)

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

And to add, the whole inspiration for this Tuscany trip was the National Gallery’s Siena exhibition. Whisper it, but I might prefer Siena to Florence.

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Siena by Candlelight

‘Everybody looks great at night, Ain't no trick to look great at night, Everyone has a chance at night, Leaning into the candlelight.’ (Spa...

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