#disentangle

first posted in facebook july 31, 2021

thomas eakins -- "wrestlers" (1899)

"no man, and least of all myself, could ever disentangle the feelings that animated him" ... thomas eakins

"have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field, so happy and free? if you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me have you ever seen a one-legged dog making its way down the street? if you've ever seen a one-legged dog then you've seen me" ... bruce springsteen

"i have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way i have adopted. all the muscles must be pointed out. to do this all the drapery must be removed" ... thomas eakins

"have you ever seen a scarecrow filled with nothing but dust and weeds? if you've ever seen that scarecrow then you've seen me have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at nothing but the breeze? if you've ever seen a one-armed man then you've seen me" ... bruce springsteen

"when a man paints a naked woman he gives her less than poor nature did. i can conceive of few circumstances wherein i would have to paint a woman naked, but if i did i would not mutilate her for double the money. she is the most beautiful thing there is except a naked man, but i never saw a study of one exhibited" ... thomas eakins

"these things that have comforted me, i drive away this place that is my home, i cannot stay my only faith's in the broken bones and bruises i display" ... bruce springsteen

"i never knew of but one artist, and that's tom eakins, who could resist the temptation to see what they think ought to be rather than what is" ... walt whitman