#poem, “Lazarus” by Bodo Vespaciano

(Bodo Vespaciano/Actor portrayal)

LAZARUS Whose dream is this from which I now awakenshrouded in a burial cloth and wrapped in mystery?I have too much time, time, timetime that yesterday I lacked, but that today caresses meand kisses me on each cheek with lips made of shards of ice,Ice that does not melt, not even underthis wondrous sun that

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#art, John Singer Sargent

He was considered the greatest portrait painter of his generation… He was born in Florence to US parents and was raised in Paris… Sargent was a skilled painter whose technique was impeccable, especially while drawing with the brush… His portraits are all very classical and that caused critics to view him as being superficial. However,

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#opinion, Reality vs Realities

In the town where I was bornLived a man who sailed to seaAnd he told us of his lifeIn the land of submarinesSo we sailed on to the sun‘Til we found a sea of greenAnd we lived beneath the wavesIn our yellow submarine This is now the lyrics to the first stanza of “Yellow Submarine”

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#art, Art is Objective; Taste is Subjective – Art Philosophy by Bodo

(Bodo/Actor portrayal)

Art is objective, do not doubt it. Art possesses inherent qualities: form, structure, composition, skill, harmony and originality. These qualities can be judged independently of personal taste. I do not argue with taste. Individual likes and dislikes are subjective,. But the value of art is rooted in these objective elements that give it enduring power

#art, Art is Objective; Taste is Subjective – Art Philosophy by Bodo