“Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald; This Side of Paradise
Le Chateau de Malmaison,
Josephine Bonaparte’s home
“How I would like to believe in tenderness-“
— Sylvia Plath, from “The Moon and the Yew Tree,” Ariel ( Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999)
18th-Century Clock, Getty Museum
Hydrangeas Contre Jour – Paul Rafferty
British, b.1965-
Oil on canvas, 46 x 32 in,
Romeo and Juliet, Royal Ballet, 1990
Sylvie Guillem with Jonathan Cope
(ARENAPAL)
Reggia di Venaria Reale – Palace near Turin, Italy
Glenn Gould, 1956
WE CAME. WE SAW. WE LOVED.
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“I had two longings and one was fighting the other. I wanted to be loved and I wanted to be always alone.”
— Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
Connor Paterson
18th-Century Clock, Getty Museum
The details on this 18th-century ornate clock refer to the fleeting nature of time.
Branches of laurel (symbolizing fame) and a garland of flowers (symbolizing transience) wrap around the face of the clock reminding us that time conquers all.
Ashi Studio Couture Spring 2016
