The Lovers’ Chronicle 18 October – remind me – art by Luca Giordano & Reynold Brown

Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse. Whose shadow do you chase? Remind me. Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

i know what song
popped in your head
“Always something there”
catchy tune, but does not
fit us, as the singer is singin’
to someone he misses
“And a relationship that has ended”
yes, the only reminders we need
are about the little moments
we have shared so we do not
forget them, or about where
you put your glasses

the purpose never far away, i know the risk of that word, but i ain’t scared, scarred but not scared; our first weekend in Manhattan now behind us, time to reflect; it was all we wanted, as is everywhere we go, the scenery changes but not us, it reminds that each moment must be held for what it is… ours

not denied,
only delayed…

yes, the thrill returnin’,
that lettin’ go feelin’,
though gone so long

with you
words that for years
had no meanin’
of a sudden
awaken

it is not a dream,
we are right here

all that matters
is havin’ this, explorin’
together we can be

Pale Love, Pale Rider

as firmly in control
as possible
many times bitten
ya know

only months ago
since the final
lesson
but i appreciate
the reminder
temptation pullin’
in two directions
must be careful

desires long denied
now bein’ met
powerful stuff

expectations leashed
rope tied off
bring it

thanks for the reminder
i remember, too well

there is purpose here
the rope is tied off
it ain’t comin’ loose
not here for a long time
just here for the stories

the food has been good,
the cocktails better
and the views not bad

see,
another poem to bed
with me, no room
for another

not denied,
only delayed…

yes, the thrill
i recall
that lettin’ go feelin’,
where fear disappears

i remember
everything with you
words that for years
had no meanin’
of a sudden
awoke
with you

but it was like a dream,
was it not
we were right there
and then it was gone

it is temptin’
to wallow in the darkness
of the years that followed
but to what avail
for the tale you already know
of madness and near death

no, all that matters
is that we are still standin’
and all that came before
is just a reminder
how lucky we are

and all that was denied
has only been delayed

tryin’ to fight off
some negative vibes
messin’ with my creativity

tell me somethin’ good
anything
hell, make it up
if you have to

remind me
how much i enjoyed
sketchin’ your hands
how i loved
takin’ photos of you

remind me
how good your smile
made me feel
how you could always
make me laugh

remind me
that you are there

in the pale gloom of the moon,
I see that you, as well, cannot
in moments such as this
escape your feelin’, livin’
thinkin’ destiny

“Things crowd into my mind”
the wistful light in your eyes
tells me the truth of your thoughts

I ride the border
I see people, how they live,
and few are livin’. I have my
books, I study them, but all that
does not help me any more

“of man for woman
of woman for man,
the nature, the meaning,
the best of itself”
no more said
wistfulness of glance
deepens into sadness

A little ol’
road trip weekend
six-hundred miles
Love drivin’ on
open highways
Composin’ songs
and poems in my
head, all the way

No longer seekin’
the truth or redemption
Just content now, if
I can write a few
true verses that will
remind me of you

Late nights, lonely women
Fast livin’, hard drankin’
And never holdin’ on
to anyone. Wait. Why
did I give up that life

Inspiration
To not hold his
Feelin’s too close
Then everything
Else faded for
Awhile and all
That went before
Is as if it
Had never been

My apologies in advance for this one takin’ kind of a dark turn. But I go where the words take me and sometimes they take me to a dark place. The Poem of the Day:

Chasin’ Your Shadow

What a thrill runs through me
With you I feel powerless
And my fears disappear
I cannot control myself
You are the guardian of my faith
With you happiness has come

Your love revived my courage,
And my heart, no longer huntin’
Again, it is you
That revived my faith
Pour yourself into me
I await my fill

But if tomorrow
I wake from this dream
This thought freezes my blood
What will I in this darkness
Do, in death and groans
Centuries will fill my bones

Where time, all bloody of Her injury,
Beside me in the dark night
My hand meets Her hand
What is this breakaway shadow of death
This is Time… She calls me
She wants me to come Her way

Aside my torment
And Her fatal words
Disappear, come not this way
Dissipate up, fatal dream
The dawn of happiness rises
The shadow of you… Come

The Song of the Day is “Chasing a Shadow” by Charlotte Martin. The sound quality is not that great but the song is.

Today is the birthday of Luca Giordano (Naples 18 October 1634 – 3 or 12 January 1705 Naples); late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain.

After his return to Naples early in 1702, Giordano continued to paint prolifically. Executed in a lighter, less rhetorical style, these late works, prefiguring Rococo, proved influential throughout the eighteenth century, and were admired by Fragonard.

He spent large sums in acts of munificence, and was particularly liberal to poorer artists. One of his maxims was that the good painter is the one whom the public like, and that the public are attracted more by colour than by design.

Giordano had an astonishing facility, which often lead to an impression of superficiality of his works. He left many works in Rome, and far more in Naples. Of the latter, his Christ expelling the Traders from the Temple in the church of the Padri Girolamini, a colossal work, full of expressive “lazzaroni” or beggars from Naples; also the frescoes of the Triumph of Judith at San Martino, and those in the Tesoro della Certosa, including the subject of Moses and the Brazen Serpent; and the cupola paintings in the Church of Santa Brigida. This church contains the artist’s own tomb. Other notable examples are the Judgment of Paris in the Berlin Museum, and Christ with the Doctors in the Temple, in the Corsini Gallery of Rome. In later years, he painted influential frescoes for the Cappella Corsini, the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi and other works.

Gallery

Lucrezia e Tarquinio (1663) – Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli

La scoperta del corpo di Cleopatra. Olio su tela. 161,5 x 131,5 cm. Collezione M (Collezione privata)

four women making music

Maddalena penitente, 1660 – 1665 (Museo del Prado – Madrid)

Psiche visitata dalle sorelle (1698) – Collezioni reali, Hampton Court

And today is the birthday of Reynold Brown (William Reynold Brown; Los Angeles; October 18, 1917 – August 24, 1991 Chadron, Nebraska); realist artist who painted many Hollywood film posters. He was also briefly active as a comics artist.

During World War II he worked as a technical artist at North American Aviation. There he met his wife, fellow artist Mary Louise Tejeda.

Following the war Brown drew numerous advertisements and illustrations for magazines such as Argosy, Popular Science, Saturday Evening Post, Boys’ Life, Outdoor Life, and Popular Aviation. Brown also drew paperback book covers.

Brown taught at the Art Center College of Design where he met Misha Kallis, then an art director at Universal Pictures. Through Kallis, Brown began his film poster work, then did the artwork for dozens of film posters, including:

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Tarantula (1955)
This Island Earth (1955)
The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf(1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces(1957)
The Land Unknown (1957)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman(1958)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
House of Usher (1960)
The Time Machine (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Black Sunday (1960)
The Alamo (1960)
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1961)
King of Kings (1961)
How the West Was Won(1962)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Black Sabbath (1963)
Godzilla vs. The Thing (1964)
War of the Zombies (1964)
Shenandoah (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Brown’s original painting for the poster of The Alamo hung for many years at the Alamo in San Antonio.

Gallery

The English heavy metal band Black Sabbath took their name from the English title of the film. The group saw a local cinema playing Black Sabbath and marveled that people paid money to be frightened.

Directors Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino were influenced by Black Sabbath’s story structure for their original script for Pulp Fiction (1994). The film was originally going to contain three short films directed by Avary, Tarantino and another unknown director. Tarantino originally described this idea by stating that “what Mario Bava did with the horror film in Black Sabbath, I was gonna do with the crime film.”

Brown’s poster for Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958); part of this image was selected as the cover art for a 2009 book about Brown’s art and life.

Film poster for the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Poster for the 1960 horror film House of Usher

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The Lovers’ Chronicle 18 October – remind me – art by Luca Giordano & Reynold Brown

Chasin’ Your Shadow

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Chasin’ Your Shadow

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