My First Love Showed Me Everything I Couldn’t Live Without. He Also Showed Me Everything I Would Never

Carmen (Stage) (1938). Everett Shinn (American, 1876-1953). Oil on canvas laid down on panel.

Shinn’s compositions and perspectives were varied, somewhat like Degas. Here, Carmen dances away from the other performers to what appears to be an outdoors stage. It is far from clear where the audience is located or, indeed, if there is an audience.

to love and lose and still be kind.

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A woman like that spreads happiness wherever she goes. You’re a lucky dog, Andrei!

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The Song (1907). William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916). Oil on canvas. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

The woman in white perhaps has been working diligently at the table covered with books and papers. The piano music and song from her companion has moved her. She pushes back from her work, put her head down to listen, and receives a pleasant respite from her labours.

Oedipus and Antigone, n.d. Franz Dietrich (German, 1838-1890). Crocker Art Museum.

Dietrich depicts the tragic aftermath of the story of Oedipus from Sophocles’ play. The king of Thebes, Oedipus was abandoned as a child because of a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother, both of which subsequently happened. The tragic revelation drives him insane, and he blinds himself and wanders the world with his daughter Antigone. 

King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan (ruled 1919-1929) once gave a public speech in which he said “Islam did not require women to cover their bodies or wear any special kind of veil”. At the conclusion of the speech, to the amazement of those present, Queen Soraya tore off her veil in public.

Your past is just a lesson, not a life sentence.

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