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MIKHAIL BULGAKOV ~ THE EYES AND THE TRUTH

“The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You’re asked an unexpected question, you don’t even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.” ― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and...

23 February 2013 | The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... | , , , , , , , | 0 Comments
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GOYA ~ WITCHES’ SABBATH

Witches’ Sabbath is a 1798 oil on canvas by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya . Goya used the imagery of covens of witches in a number of works, most notably in one of his  Black Paintings, Witches Sabbath or The Great He-Goat(1821–1823) which contains similar sharp political and social overtones. At the time, a bitter struggle raged in Spain between liberals and those in favour of a church and a royalist-lead state Witches’ Sabbath shows the devil in the form of a garlanded goat, surrounded by a coven of disfigured,...

11 November 2011 | A Mysterious Encounter with the Moon, Art & the Unconscious Mind, Passion Of Art | , , , , | 0 Comments
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GOYA ~ WITCHES' SABBATH

Witches’ Sabbath is a 1798 oil on canvas by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya . Goya used the imagery of covens of witches in a number of works, most notably in one of his  Black Paintings, Witches Sabbath or The Great He-Goat(1821–1823) which contains similar sharp political and social overtones. At the time, a bitter struggle raged in Spain between liberals and those in favour of a church and a royalist-lead state Witches’ Sabbath shows the devil in the form of a garlanded goat, surrounded by a coven of disfigured,...

11 November 2011 | A Mysterious Encounter with the Moon, Art & the Unconscious Mind, Passion Of Art | , , , , | 0 Comments
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