Novel Allen
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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.
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The beautiful, tragic life of Frida Kahlo
The life of an exceptional woman. Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940), Harry Ransom Center I was born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón on 6 July 1907 – I am a Mexican painter known for my many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, I have employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of my identity, gender, class and race in Mexican society.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Art
The Raven. Edgar All Poe
The Raven BY EDGAR ALLAN POE (A different version of Poe, by Me). Oh my tortured soul, can this midnight be more dreary, why do I keep on pondering so. I feel so weak and bloody weary. Why does such quaint and curious verses of a poem from long ago, come nagging at my forlorn, hapless and besotted brain.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Art
Burlesque...Eyes
There are those days when the world feels burlesque, when everything seems unreal and an exaggeration of the illusion which we have named, LIFE. Kind of like what an induced state may dupe or deceive the mind into believing that which is not there, to appear as if it is actually there.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Art
Sugar Candy Edible Glass
The foundation and basis of this fragility, the essence of the deeper analogy of such delicate glass, brings a comparison between this thing and myself. I have this feeling that this thing is me on a similar level. A feeling of personal camaraderie exists between this inanimate thing and my psyche.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Art
Bastille, the story of a revolution
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents stormed and seized control of the medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. At the time, the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Art
