#theartaffection

"Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star. It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago. Maybe the star doesn't even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything." – Haruki Murakami A3 format Drawn with Faber-Castell graphite pencils/Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth charcoals on Winsor&Newton Smooth Surface Cartridge paper Original photography: Billie Dove & Charles Starrett in a publicity still for "The Age For Love" (1931) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvahkXPlJT7/?igshid=1aa1r4kjsptcw

"An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet." – James Dean A3 format Drawn with Faber-Castell graphite pencils Original photography: James Dean in a publicity still for "Giant" (1956) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvp91_QlrUa/?igshid=1ovdoul9nv9dg