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244 years ago today, the great Joseph Mallord William Turner, the one whom Lord Tennyson called "the Shakespeare of landscape",
saw the light of day for the first time.
Drawings by J.M.W. Turner
The difference between the first and second best things in art absolutely seems to escape verbal definition-it is a matter of a hair, a shade, an inward quiver of some kind-yet what miles away in the point of preciousness!
~William James
Tom @twschaller #art
"Between now and now,
between I am and you are,
the word bridge
Entering it
you enter yourself:
the world connects
and closes like a ring.
From one bank to another,
there is always
a body stretched:
a rainbow..." ~ O.Paz
Bridges by J.M.W. Turner
There were periods for the novelist and poet Jack Kerouac , when he found it difficult to write.
He would turn to art when he couldn't find his words. When words fail, art is indeed the only way left.
Sunset scene - oil painting by Jack Kerouac
"In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word." Walt Whitman
'Confusion' by Laurie Justus Pace (The Good People Series)
I remember visiting this vibrant, majestic, ancient city of Bath... Home of Jane Austin, it provided inspiration for 2 of her novels. I loved the city and these paintings brought back memories and emotions. You captured its very spirit, Tom @twschaller .
@CathysArtPalace @221B "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."