References for ONEIROI

Jacopo Pontormo (1494 - 1557), detail (said to depict Fertility) of the Lunetta di Vertumnus e Pomona, 1519-21, fresco at the Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano, Italy     

Follower of Parmigianino 1503-1540

Fountain with Two Nude Reclining Youths in a Grotto

Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; framing line in pen and brown ink.

We sometimes mine books about books to get ideas. This watercolor of the minotaur is by Edmund Dulac and was used to illustrate a volume by Nathaniel Hawthorne of adapted Greek myths called Tanglewood Tales. We have a copy of the original 1918 volume in Houghton Library.

If this picture looks so last century – it’s because it is!

After a long time, I’m returning to Greece – and I’ll be on vacations traveling for a whole month. 

I intend to unplug from the internet – though taking my ipad, since I want to keep on writing. But it could be poetry, not necessarily stories.

LoSSS and this blog and replying to any comments will be on hold until then.

Hope to see all of you on my return, and catch up with your blogs.

All the best to everyone!