Colours......

Thanks to my dearest Aver who has brought colours into my life.

LOVE YA!!!!

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The Return to Renaissance

The Renaissance- a period of prosperity in the 14th to 17th century originating in Italy and spreading throughout Europe.

The term Renaissance itself is a French word meaning "rebirth" and in this case refering to the rebirth of the classical arts of Ancient Rome and Greece . The term can be said to have originated from Giorgio Vasari who was a painter, architect and writer.

The Renaissance Man

The artist's role in society has risen to that of an educated professional who used mathematical principles and a scientific approach to painting. The Renaissance artist was a well rounded "Universal Renaissance Man" who could be a painter, architect , sculptor and writer all rolled into one.

The perfect embodiment of the Renaissance Man can be said to be non other than Leonardo Da Vinci. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, a military engineer, a writer, a scientist and even a surgeon of sorts who cut up dead bodies to find out more about the human anatomy. Back in those days, the church was a powerful body that comissions alot of artworks and that prompt Da Vinci's more famous works like the Last Supper, Madonna on the Rocks and The Mona Lisa.

The Birth of Venus

A painting by Sandro Botticelli between 1482-1486.

It depecits the legend that Venus ( the Goddess of love and fetility) is born full grown and blown ashore in a storm of roses by Zephyr and Chloris on a large scallop shell. The nymph Pomona awaits her with an ornate mantle.

Botticelli's interest in the Classicism style is evident in his choice of modes for the Venus- the pose of ancient sculptures. The elegance and gracefulness of the figure is set off by the interwining patterns of Venus's hair.

The model for Venus is Simonetta Vespucci, a cousin of Amerigo Vespucci , a explorer which America was named.

For my one and only Venus who was blown into my life by the wills of Heaven.

Little Rock

The simple things.......
We tend to miss out on the simplest things in life,
the simple things that give us great joy......
just lying down and admiring the blue of the skies
or hearing the waves crashing onto the shores
or even feeling the cool night breeze on our faces.
The simple things.......
just holding your hand......
feeling you close to me......
hearing you breathe.......
smelling your hair after spending an hour in a hawker centre........
It's all magick to me.......
The simple things.... I love the simple things......

Encouragement.

I have a dream, a golden dream....
where angels came out to play.
Rejoice and honor the song of light
and worship the song of gay.
The paths ahead might be hard and rocky.
You might stumble along the way,
You will bleed and weep and ask : "why me?"
but look within and hold your dreams within your hands
and feed and care for it....
It will soon be a great tree of light.
Treasure your gifts and make them your destiny.
Step forward with your head held high.
Nothing can stand in your way.

To the Goddess of Love,Arts and Music.

Grey Skies shield the sun's rays from earth this very day,
A sense of dread and gloom is here to stay.
The cold stale air chokes my every breadth.
Is life all about regrets?
I turned around and saw your hands.
A hope glows and I am glad.
eyes like black diamonds they guide my way.
Lost no longer as they guide my way.
Loving you more with every breadth that I take.
From Mars to Venus.

Enchantment

Passion,passion gone awry,
Flood the senses with all that envy.
Sensations that tingle thru my bones and soul,
a power that never fades, never old!
Powers of touch that thrills the soul
Pleasures of the flesh words never told.
for in these moments, existance's true.
Body, mind and soul of two.
comes full circle and becomes full.
Joy,fulfilment and all existance.
A hunger that feeds, a craving that grows.
as two becomes one.
Our love shall grow and grow,
God and Goddess bless this time,
As a soulmate forever, I shall find.
So Mote it be.