L.H.O.O.Q. Marcel Duchamp Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q., infamously known as Mona Lisa with a Moustache, is an audaciously irreverent assault on Leonardo da Vinci's iconic masterpiece. This ready-made work, embodying Duchamp's signature brand of Dadaist mockery, transforms the serene visage of the world's most famous painting into a spectacle of absurdity and defiance. Let us delve … Continue reading Marcel Duchamp’s Mona Lisa with a Moustache
Category: My Words
Thoughts and memories-a-plenty!
It’s Been a While; time to waffle
Although the book is only feet away from me, ennui prevents me from moving from my bed and taking it from the shelf. Albert Camus wrote something about suicide and absurdity in The Myth of Sisiphus[sic]; that it's not until a person becomes fully conscious about the absurdity of life, it's sheer pointlessness, do they … Continue reading It’s Been a While; time to waffle
Dawn
Holy Island, Lindisfarne: 19th July, 2016, 4:11am: As the crow flies into dawn, the moon dies off, the sun is born. I reached half a century that day - though I hadn’t bet on having shingles as a birthday present.
To the Land of Dreams I Run
To the land of dreams I run, When the day makes off with the sun. "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28 There comes a time, as the last embers of daylight are swallowed by the abyss of night, when I … Continue reading To the Land of Dreams I Run
Remnants
When the dead are yonder and break not one more heart, they leave us things to ponder: accidental art. Update: 2nd March, 2025. I recall writing this post after reflecting on the slow, relentless erosion of ancient sandstone gravestones in the many churchyards and cemeteries my work led me to. Time and the elements conspired … Continue reading Remnants
Wording 