Sunday, October 16, 2011

Sleeping Images


I've always loved this painting by Eric Fischl.  I've not found anything more provocative by him, nor anything that I enjoy remotely as much.  It makes you look over your shoulder to make certain no one is watching you watching the boy watching the woman.  It is so Balthus-ian in that.


People walk about with heads filled full of such things, crepuscular, erogenous images.  They come and go in a millisecond.  For Fischl, Balthus, and others, they were not gone quite so quickly.  Most of the rest are in denial, and probably should be.

I slept away almost all of yesterday. I may sleep most of today away as well.  It eases the pain in my body if not my head.  There is little to do but sleep and wait.

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  1. Lisa N.October 16, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    For Someone Far Away

    All year I stay alone in my bedroom
    dreaming of Mountain Pass, remembering our separation
    No swallow comes with letters in its claws.
    I see only the new moon like the eyebrow of a moth.

    Wang Wei

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  2. Nadja October 16, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    Balthus is really cool, great paintings!
    And I didn't even knew his work...
    Can't believe it... :-//
    Thanks a lot Selavy!
    XXX

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  3. AnitaNHOctober 16, 2011 at 3:20 PM

    Link to a great post with photos of Balthus:
    http://www.nickhaus.com/2010/02/balthus-in-lovely-lurid-color.html

    And I posted this in response:
    http://anitanh.blogspot.com/2010/03/balthus-its-in-details.html

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  4. cafe selavyOctober 17, 2011 at 7:27 AM

    Balthus and the ancient Chinese poets make a lovely combination.

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