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| Giorgio de Chirico The Philosopher's Conquest 1913-14 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Giorgio de Chirico Horses before 1947 color stencils on paper Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Jacques Lipchitz Combat ca. 1940-50 etching Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Jacques Lipchitz Study ca. 1947 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
On the Endurance of the Flesh of the World
Miraculously, weather continued its patterns – daylight
Entered each window on its vast singular
Mission: clouds rose majestic on the distant
Horizon, carrying with them libations for
The far-flung provinces. Not all storms stayed, but some
Storms lingered. Which is to say day had
Not been deformed by grief's arduous trials.
Warmth in April was again undercut by
A cool blade of wind. Autumn's return stayed rugged,
The russet, parched leaves curling; at nightfall
Soot still hung in air, and the young birches
Amid oak, shone forth like rooted lightning.
And all knowledge was still temporary, and demanded
Renewal. But the body, bearing as it did joy's
Eclipse, remained skeptical listening to the news,
Insistently denying that seas still rushed
Impatient to the harbors of the world, and that the equator
Remained reconciled to its miraculous girth.
Yes, despite sorrow's gravity, twilight still
Lay liquid – slate-grey – in deep shadow,
And morning's return was luminous, in its own fashion.
As reported to the ear, drizzle's voice endured
Discreetly, rain's temper, incessant. Unseen,
Water rose briefly in towers against a siege
Of wind; and sand persisted – pressed its hand into all
The crevices of the hours: for turning as it did
In its own tight ether, the soul knew not that,
Even in seclusion, the elements beat true
Against the hard frame of the mind.
– Ellen Hinsey (The White Fire of Time, Wesleyan University Press, 2002)
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| Pablo Picasso Abstraction - Background with Blue Cloudy Sky 1930 oil on panel Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Pablo Picasso Minotaur and Wounded Horse 1935 drawing (ink, crayon, graphite) Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Pablo Picasso The Minotaur 1933 wash drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Pablo Picasso Centaur Nessus abducting Dejanira 1920 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Henri Matisse Daisies 1939 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Lovis Corinth Odysseus and Nausicaä 1918 lithograph Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Lovis Corinth Flight into the Ark 1923 lithograph, with added watercolor Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Lovis Corinth Freedom from the Ark 1923 lithograph, with added watercolor Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Saul Steinberg Cornices 1952 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Raoul Dufy Flowers, Oranges and Cherries (fabric design for Bianchini Férier, Lyon) ca. 1911 block-printed silk Art Institute of Chicago |