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The sits weaving in her castle on the "silent isle" ..... until having uttered the wistfully sad "I am half sick of shadows ...." she brings a curse down on herself and floats down to Camelot in her final journey ...

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2020-07-16

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (1915) by J.W. Waterhouse (UK, 1849–1917). Our lady is confined in her tower, viewing the world outside only through reflections in the mirror. Note the loom shuttles look like boats, a foreshadowing of her watery death.

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2019-10-30


The spent her life working at a loom -
"A curse is on her, if she stay
Her weaving, either night or day"
..... however she ends up bringing the curse down upon herself after seeing riding by ....

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2019-01-11