PRONOY & PROKASH

A Sea Spell, 1877, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Venus Of Arles

Marble from the mount Hymette.

Roman work of the late 1st cent. BCE after a work by Praxiteles.

Was found in three fragments in the course of excavations of the Roman theatre in Arles in 1651. Entered the Louvre in 1797 by the revolutionary confiscation.

I get asked frequently “How do you NOT go crazy being home all of the time?” and “Don’t you ever wish you had a job outside of your home?” and to answer both of those questions…

I don’t go crazy being home, because I don’t have time to. I spend all of my time cleaning, planning, and then taking care of my son in between all of it. I have very little time to just sit down and relax. I have to make sure my son has his breakfast at a reasonable hour, do the laundry, dishes, all of it by myself. The way I stop myself from feeling like I’m trapped in my house all day, is I give myself the weekends off. I treat my home job like an actual one. The weekends are for me and that’s it. 

Do I wish I had a job outside of my home? Well, sometimes… but, daycare is SO expensive. If I had a job outside of home, daycare would be most of my paycheck. To me, that isn’t worth it. You might as well not work if you’re paying so much for someone else to watch your child. I’d be working for nothing, honestly. Plus, I’m an introvert. I don’t talk to a lot of people outside from my family. I have maybe 3 friends that I talk to on a regular basis. Versus the 20 that I had before. 

The Resurrection, 1544, Titian

Medium: oil,canvas

Happy birthday to French artist Paul Cézanne, who was born on this day in 1839. He interpreted our world through radical use of colors, brushstrokes, and composition, but most importantly endures as a master of Post-Impressionism. See his work in our New European Galleries. 

Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Peter Paul Rubens

You won’t believe how many fantastic new things I need to show you these coming days because of #ccxp! Samba is already on pre-order on the shop and the first ten (now there are eight) books to go will be accompanied by five little surprises ;)

Thank you all so much for your constant support and your latest orders!

P.s.: this guy is already available and the sale continues!