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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Cyan/ochre/white



"...this is the angel of light, who can paint
himself as dark mnemosyne Apollo..."

From "I, Up they soar" by Inger Christensen
Translated by Susanna Nied

7 comments:

R.L. Bourges said...

who dreamt up such a gorgeous name for a butterfly? mnemosyne Apollo - how beautiful is that?

Lori Witzel said...

The actual one's also quite pretty:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouded_apollo

http://www.guypadfield.com/cloudedapollo.html

*****

And for something different:
http://www.newmusicclassics.com/mnemosyne_doc.html

Willie Baronet said...

it's rainbowtastic!!

Susanna said...

I thought of the end of the movie Labyrinth.

Susanna said...

I thought of the end of the movie Labyrinth.

x said...

So many light and color and movement images. Quite beautiful, and stark pairing with such an immobile photo image.

MjM said...

Hooray for the ochre white and cyan


Hmm. Doesn't quite have the same ring.