towed out (poetic thought by George_B)
with time we leave
behind memories,
while some evade,
some revisit now and then,
and some we’re towing out,
passing gravely, looking down,
to nothing in particular
sad burden like towed out sailboats .
Repin Ilya Efimov | |
Self Portrait (1887) |
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Born | 5 August 1844 Ciuguev , Ukraine |
Died | 29 September 1930 (at 86 years) Kuokkala , Finland |
Nationality | Russian |
Artistic field | Picture |
Training | Imperial Academy of Arts |
Artistic movement | Realism |
Major works | Ivan the Terrible and his son Zaporozhian Cossacks reply to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire on the Volga Edecarii |
Influenced by | Rembrandt |
Wisdom in that poetic thought. I love the painting.
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Thanks Jamie, It is one of the first paintings that made me realize how hard some have it I hope you’ll like the video, I just did, having the same painting and Rie Sinclair’s song “island of Loneliness”, Somehow, I felt they go together well
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