Music From A Farther Room

Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter repented, changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing, and then seeing again.

This is what I mean about the people in this book. The paint has aged now and I wanted to see what was there for me once, what is there for me now.

Lillian Hellman - Pentimento

All that's to come, and all that could have been...
ontheborderland: So far this day I found a probably-supposed-to-make-it-crunchy additive of shrimp shells on my tofu I got for lunch (ugh!), and suffered through a Hepatitis A vaccine.  The two events were not related, thankfully.  So here’s a black cat, for an unlucky day:  the incomparable unheimlich Scottish Fold, Duncan.  I must confess I am a bit obsessed with this print and have made arrangements to purchase it post-haste.  If you check out the photographer’s shop, below, you will find other gems of feline ennui for sale.  (Image: Kip Holm Photography)

ontheborderland:

So far this day I found a probably-supposed-to-make-it-crunchy additive of shrimp shells on my tofu I got for lunch (ugh!), and suffered through a Hepatitis A vaccine.  The two events were not related, thankfully. 

So here’s a black cat, for an unlucky day:  the incomparable unheimlich Scottish Fold, Duncan.  I must confess I am a bit obsessed with this print and have made arrangements to purchase it post-haste.  If you check out the photographer’s shop, below, you will find other gems of feline ennui for sale. 

(Image: Kip Holm Photography)

  1. rackhamfairy reblogged this from ontheborderland
  2. po-ra reblogged this from petrichoriam
  3. petrichoriam reblogged this from glitchinthematrixx
  4. glitchinthematrixx reblogged this from whisperinglion
  5. whisperinglion reblogged this from etherian
  6. moontiger5 reblogged this from etherian
  7. etherian reblogged this from ontheborderland
  8. sugarmeows reblogged this from ontheborderland
  9. lettersofnothing reblogged this from ontheborderland and added:
    laundry detergent...this has been my expression
  10. ontheborderland posted this