“To start with I was nothing, but then the merest sweep of his pencil gave a hint of what I could become.” –A Curl of Copper and Pearl I’ve spent almost my entire adult life pursuing the Pre-Raphaelites, but never have I felt so immersed in their world as I did while reading this book. As a disclaimer, I should…
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Hand and Soul
In 1849, the newly formed Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood decided to start a magazine to help support and explain their artistic perspective. The Germ had a short run of only four issues, with the final two issues appearing under the title Art and Poetry: Being Thoughts towards Nature Conducted Principally by Artists. In 1898, an American named Thomas B. Mosher printed limited…
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Apparently I can’t stop talking about Mortal Love
I started writing this as a comment to my last Mortal Love post. When I saw how long it was becoming, I thought it would probably be best if I just started a new post. This is not a review. Sometimes there’s a lot of ideas that have to write their way out of my head. Which is exactly why…
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Mortal Love Discussion
I wanted to write a final post about our October book selection, but I find that my words can not do it justice. Mortal Love is a complicated book. I think Elizabeth Hand captured something elusive and beautiful in her work and when I try to write about it, I am struck by how woefully inadequate I am. Instead, I’d…
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The Green Girl
If you are reading Mortal Love along with us, you may have noticed that part one of the book is titled The Green Girl. It strikes me as such a perfect phrase when dealing with anything that even remotely alludes to the Pre-Raphaelites. This post isn’t really about Mortal Love, I’ll save that for later. This post is about that…