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Stephan Thiéblemont, Archipel des Tuamotou, Polynésie

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Moulhoule, Djibouti, © Raymond Depardon, 1988

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My hot take on Orpheus and Eurydice

The idea that someone as refined as Orpheus turned because he couldn't control himself, seems so wrong. I prefer the interpretation that he turned—not out of failure, but as an act of renunciation. And it was not that being dead had changed Euridice (Orpheus: "you've changed". Euridice: "Yeah, well, death tends to do that to ya, Orphy.") but Orpheus had changed by visiting Hades, gaining an insight into what it means to be truly alive. It is to be totally free of attachments. He chose memory over illusion, art over possession.

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Painting of a Man Smelling a Lotus Flower

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1479-1390 BC. Now in the Brooklyn Museum. 32.1600

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Huang Ming Chang, Leisurely Floating, 2004, oil on canvas

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Eugen Bracht, Der Waldweg, Source: Van Ham

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ALPINE MASTER

Early 17th century

Title: Trompe-l'oeil of a Liturgical Scripture.

Technique: Oil on wood.

Van Ham

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Vladimir Tretchikoff, the rice lady, oil and rice on canvas

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Monique Manceau, Crète 1975

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Kitty Kielland, Summer Night, 1886. Oil on canvas. National Museum of Norway, Oslo.

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Hon Cheong