The Lovers’ Chronicle 9 July – desire – art by Jan van Eyck, William Turner Dannat & Saturnino Herrán

Dear Zazie,  Another beautiful day in paradise.  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag to his muse.  Visit us on twitter @cowboycoleridge.  Always, Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

has to be U2 for this one
“Oh yes, great song”
in the dark times,
i remember thinkin’
i would never know
that feelin’ again
“I know baby, me too”
again,
if we had to go there
to get here, then
“It was well worth it”
do you see it expandin’
the way i do, a song
where the notes continue
carryin’ us along
“When we are beside each other”

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aside from you my sweet, it remains focused here, releasin’ the words, expandin’ the view; these little stories, les petites histoires, all i ever wanted to do, to start and follow wherever the Muses lead, forward or back in time, in beauty or sorrow, it does not matter; i want more

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writin’ this because
the yearnin’
will not be still

i thought i knew
what kindled the fire
laughin’ in the twilight,
sighin’ in the mornin’
from spent fervor
hummin’ a tune,
singin’ a song
of two as one

then along came you
able to see
under the layers
sift through the verse

now we know
desire

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Pale Love, Pale Rider

hurt, broken, sure
all of it self inflicted
but you did not come
to hear about that

how ’bout this one

lookin’ into your eyes
feelin’ you turn to me
pullin’ you close
as we waltz across
the kitchen floor

just one of the moments
i hold onto as i struggle
through wonderin’ why

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dreams of possessin’
rather than bein’

time is elastic
and inspiration
expands it

like those who have only
imagined and never been,
believin’ that one gets to chose

but ok with the refrain,
fought the wrong fight
and found out too late

now just tryin’ to leave
somethin’ behind

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the vision inside
will not be still

i thought i learned;
a laugh in the twilight
a sigh in the mornin’
hum the tune
sing the blues

underneath
peel away the layers

you are gone
but everything remains

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shall we set
a few ground rules
before proceedin’

each day will feature
a word or a phrase
each year will have
one poem for that day

if possible, write about
it without sayin’ it
and for art’s sake man
keep it brief

as for today’s word
i do have it but
only for use here

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I write this…
Because the voice inside me
Will not be still

laughin’ in the lover’s twilight
sighin’ in the loner’s mornin’

Our banter was so much fun
It was like the beginnin’
Like fallin’
And we did
In our own way
Oh I remember
All too well…

Indeed, after all this time
You and your garden
Me, and the sun risin’
and settin’ on my verse
Let us talk
Nothin’ would please me more

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That does not happen
since you have been gone

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Loner’s Mornin’

I write this…

Because the voice inside me
Will not be still
I loved a woman
I gave a lot to her
I thought I learned what love was

I laughed in the lover’s twilight
Now I sigh in the loner’s mornin’
I hummed the lover’s tune
Now I sing the loner’s blues

She got under my desire
She peeled away the layers
Now she is gone
But the desire remains

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Today is the death day of Jan van Eyck (c. before 1390 in Maaseik (then Maaseyck, hence his name), Limburg, present-day Belgium – 9 July 1441 Bruges, County of Flanders, Burgundian Netherlands); painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.

Van Eyck painted both secular and religious subject matter, including altarpieces, single-panel religious figures and commissioned portraits. His work includes single panels, diptychs, triptychs, and polyptych panels.  Van Eyck’s work comes from the International Gothic style, but he soon eclipsed it, in part through a greater emphasis on naturalism and realism. He achieved a new level of virtuosity through his developments in the use of oil paint. He was highly influential, and his techniques and style were adopted and refined by the Early Netherlandish painters.

Around 1432, he married Margaret who was 15 years younger. At about the same time he bought a house in Bruges; Margaret is unmentioned before he relocated, when the first of their two children was born in 1434. Very little is known of Margaret; even her maiden name is lost – contemporary records refer to her mainly as Damoiselle Marguerite. She may have been of aristocratic birth, though from the lower nobility, evidenced from her clothes in the portrait which are fashionable but not of the sumptuousness worn by the bride in the Arnolfini Portrait. Later, as the widow of a renowned painter Margaret was afforded a modest pension by the city of Bruges after Jan’s death.

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Today is the birthday of William Turner Dannat (Hempstead, New York; July 9, 1853 – March 12, 1929 Monte Carlo); artist.

Though at one time his name was mentioned alongside other great American painters such as Sargent and Whistler, Dannat’s popularity was more in Europe than his homeland. As he approached middle age, the financially secure artist began to devote more and more of his time to other interests: fencing, boxing and later automobile racing. For nearly twenty years, Dannat ceased painting and when he resumed around 1913, his art had adopted a more surrealistic style with illusionary landscapes and bizarre themes. During his hiatus from painting, Dannat spent much of his time touring Europe studying the techniques of the great masters while remaining active in artistic circles in Paris where he served at one time as the president of the Society of American Painters.

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And Today is the birthday of Saturnino Herrán (Saturnino Herrán Guinchard; Aguascalientes, Mexico 9 July 1887 – 8 October 1918, Mexico City); painter.  Herrán is known for his paintings of Mexican indigenous people.  In 1910 he participated in the exhibition commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of Mexico’s Independence.  A desire to be a mural painter appeared at the end of his brief career, and in 1911 he completed large-scale paintings in the School of Arts and Crafts.  In 1912, at 25 years old, he met Rosario Arellano, his future wife.  In 1914 they were married.  He died aged 31.

Self portrait, charcoal sketch, c. 1918

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Mac Tag

thanks for stoppin’ by y’all

The Song of the Day is George Gershwin‘s Rhapsody in Blue Part 1 with Paola Bruni on piano  – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_cWK7evc5E

I write only because there is a voice within me that will not be still. – Sylvia Plath

I would like to get to know this man; I could give a lot to him; I could perhaps learn what love was. – Sylvia Plath

Laugh, heart, again in the grey twilight, / Sigh, heart, again in the dew of the morn. – Sylvia Plath

How do you get under your desire? How do you peel away each desire. – Marcel Proust