Andy Warhol: Liz #5
By BarbaraAnne:
Andrij Warhola was Rusyn Byzantine Catholic coal miner from Pittsburgh. His son invented pop art and painted the British-born daughter of Americans, who became a movie star. Phillips de Pury & Co. sold Andy Warhol’s “Liz #5” for… Continue reading
Hermes Scarves and Shawls
By BarbaraAnne:
Wrapped in color
We thrust our hair to catch the wind.
What is wind for anyway?
Nothing can conquer a woman, radiant in silk.
Wrapped in warmth, we sit by the fire
with a cat
with a book… Continue reading
Kate Middleton: Royal Wedding Dress
By BarbaraAnne:
Fainting with exhaustion from not caring about the Arab uprisings, American floods, African chaos, and Afghan war, journalists obsessively speculated on who would design Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. The day finally came. If it didn’t, everyone would have… Continue reading
Calvin Klein Obsession
By BarbaraAnne:
I have been thinking about life’s meaning and its relation to obsessions.
The pendulum swings from stalking to passionate collector; murder to magnificence.
Annabel Lee
John Lennon
Me
Obsession
channeled intelligently
begets beauty.
So I bought perfume today,… Continue reading