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The Toilet of Venus (‘The Rokeby Venus’) 1644 by Diego Velázquez. National Gallery, London. Source Wikimedia Commons Learning to read...
Ellen Michel
- Jul 5, 2022
- 1 min
Flight of the Soul
Love finds a way to enter the world, Like a bird on the wing piercing the air, Soaring to great heights beyond skies, Eventually...
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Ellen Michel
- Jul 4, 2022
- 5 min
The Art of Rubens and His Fascination With “Plump” WomenThe reasons behind his voluptuous nudes
Judgement of Paris (between 1632 and 1635) By Peter Paul Rubens. Oil on oak wood. National Gallery, London. Image source Wikimedia...
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Ellen Michel
- Jul 1, 2022
- 6 min
Great Paintings Explored: The Scream by Edvard Munch - the roots of an iconic image.
The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch. Oil, tempera and pastel on cardboard. 73.5 x 91cm. National Gallery in Oslo, Norway. Image source...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 27, 2022
- 4 min
How to Look at Paintings.
Slow down, have a seat, and stay away from the information plaques. of the first and best lessons I was ever given was from my art...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 22, 2022
- 5 min
Two Paintings that Capture Claude Monet’s Relentless Development as an Artist.
How did Monet go from one to the other? https://linktr.ee/cpjones On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt (1868) by Claude Monet. Oil on...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 11, 2022
- 1 min
Desert Library Morocco, 2020
I wandered in search, of what makes me human, Down to the creek bed, along the corridors of the library, made eons before words and...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 11, 2022
- 1 min
Christmas Moon, Queen of Heaven At 11.11pm, 25th December, 2015.
Silver Ball, Sparkling illuminant Light my black heart, with songs so nascent, Sing me a song, of ancient ocean tides, rising and falling...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 11, 2022
- 1 min
Three Goat Farm
It says on the Gate ‘Three Goat Farm’ Your pretty little heads, dark brown and black nod gently at farmer Jo. Your beards dangling under...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 11, 2022
- 1 min
Om Padme hum
Melt the mind and enchant the heart These two no longer set apart, To seek the lotus of the light, Is to seek the day but find the night,...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 11, 2022
- 1 min
Tent and Homemaking - 6.30pm 24/7/2010
My tent billows and tugs, like a boat on an anchor rope. The great easterly springs to life. cooling the scorched earth. Tiny beads of...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
Wild Wonder Wisdom
My Poem Speaks, When I taste the yoke of my soul. The quest to taste the yoke and grasp the poetry, Here in W.A, north of Perth, As far...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
Moon Journey, 31/7/20
Last night I took a journey, across the moon, Guided by a periwinkle star, I mapped it as we went, through massive caverns, on the Milky...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
Drumming Awakens the deep Soul 2000.
Drums beat, Heart beat, The dark moon Hangs overhead. The Wind blows. The palm tree sways on the beaches edge. My mountain island protect...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
Ecstatic Intersection. 2000.
Amid the starlight the moon is waning. Moon too bright and sensual captivates my being, Dance me through the starry sky, play me a tune...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
Poem for Adolescence, The Joker.
The harlequin, court jester, the trickster, You are a humorous treasure. The secret and the meaning you hold. You are the crossing, the...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
Home to Love
2/10/2010 Sun, sea and sand, walk, promenade, food, risotto, red wine, camera, waiter, hats. The feast of the moment. We are in the...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
The Universe
The window where I sit, Is the place where all thought and, contemplation comes. Speaking to me through the trees, the birds and sky. The...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
Pure White Light
Always searching for the beauty, and the colour of a rainbow. We look out there, only to realise, we are wearing it, as a beautiful...
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Ellen Michel
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
Following and Following and Following
Following and following and following, All the days crawl on bended knees, Into the abyss of hollow shadows, Returning and returning,...
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