Fallen Angels (1995) dir. Wong Kar Wai

Jean-Léon Gérôme - Light In the Pipe (1895)

Causeway from hell, passage to earth, golden ladder, et. al. in the the “scheme of ‘paradise lost’.” Milton’s astronomy, the astronomy of Paradise lost. 1913. Frontispiece.

“Follow the rainbow to my door….”  The male Satin Bowerbird, an Australian species endemic to the rainforests of the East Coast regions of the mainland and Tasmania, constructs an intricate ‘bower’ on which to display, dance and attract a mate. All bowerbird species do this, however the Satin variety has a penchant for indigo blue and collects all kinds of objects in various shades of this colour to decorate the bower with. The male Satin bowerbird’s plumage has an iridescent sheen in this colour, and the female, whilst having spotted beige plumage, has a striking eye colour in this same indigo shade as well. Male bowerbirds spend an extraordinary amount of effort and time adorning their bowers, arranging and re-arranging objects around it’s entrance as seen in the above photo examples.

Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow, Photo by Cornell Capa, 1958

The Gift of Green

Portuguese Villa in Goa near Candolim

Martin Ålund (Swedish, b. 1967), 1:1-12, 2011. Oil on board, 33 x 40 cm.

Circle of Titian - Faun and Nymph. 1540 - 1550