This one and another have my tie for favorite. Entitled: "Birthday Gifts"
Those goats. Always up to no good. ;)
Annoyingly well-known, but a goodie.
I think this one is my favorite. I would love to spend eternity in a flowing purple dress while my husband smiles and does all he can to keep my feet on earth.
And the pink house would be ours.
And the pink house would be ours.
I've been obsessed with Chagall before, but it's been reignited as of late. But I've finally figured out why this reoccurring love affair has had such a place in my life. Chagall's work IS a love affair. I feel that Chagall depicts . . . well, love. Warm, lively, contagious, pure love--the kind of love everyone dreams about, the sort of love that keeps so many movies, books, television shows, and songs continuously earning money and coming back or being rewritten in a different setting, key, or lyric. And even though the love Chagall predicts is this same intangible thing I feel that he has a way of making it tangible. Making it real. It's romantic, but pure; and moving, but touchable. I don't know how else to describe it. His paintings are . . . healing for me. They're . . . warm. Notice the recurring themes of goats--historical symbols of creativity, fertility, verility, sensuality, livelihood, and contagious excitement. Dramatic color dicotomies between cool blues and greens with striking reds, yellow, and oranges. And floating people--as though they were light from love, or "walking on cloud 9." I think it's all fabulous. What a brilliant creator. Fin.
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And yet again, this is exactly why I am--and will forever remain--madly in love with you. You are such a bright, creative, artistic person to your core. You love art, but beyond that, you understand how vital it is. Art is the beauty in the darkness that gets us through--like stars. Ha. Tangent. (Plus, you used the word "dicotomies" in a sentance.)
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