08 Sunday Jan 2012
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Art, beautiful, Corset, Femme fatale, Henry Miller, lingerie, Photography, Postaweek 2012, watercolor
© Joan Currie - Red Corset Watercolor
You suffer when you try to possess her, because you rob her of the mystery – the very thing that attracted you in the first place! by Henry Miller
She can be as elusive as a cloud…
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Ravishing Red
07 Saturday Jan 2012
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© Joan Currie - Watercolor of High Waist Underskirt
The dearest and tenderest girlhood dreams
I stitch into gossamer hems and seams.
from Song of a Sewing Machine by Constance Woodrow
As a child I was ensorcelled by the beautiful tulle and satin garments in my mother’s trunk.
31 Saturday Dec 2011
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Art, Design, Emerson, Happy New Year, Journal, Photography, postaweek 2011
© Joan Currie - My Copper & Stainless Steel Journal
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. – Emerson
My journal is filled with wonderful memories of this year.
Wishing you and your loved ones all the very best for 2012!
30 Friday Dec 2011
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I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.
from What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, And Where, And Why by Edna St. Vincent Millay
But what a song it was – it mattered not how short!
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On Recognizing Love
20 Tuesday Dec 2011
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© Joan Currie - Watercolor
Music is indeed the most beautiful of all Heaven’s gifts to humanity wandering in the darkness. Alone it calms, enlightens, and stills our souls. – Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky’s score for the Nutcracker ballet is my favorite music of the holiday along with a dozen classic carols.
18 Sunday Dec 2011
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A Holly Jolly Christmas, Art, Baking, beautiful, Christmas, Christmas baking, Crafts, Gingerbread House, Michael Bublé, Norman Vincent Peale, postaweek 2011
Have a holly, jolly Christmas,
It’s the best time of the year,
I don’t know if there’ll be snow,
But have a cup of cheer.
A Holly Jolly Christmas by Johnny Marks – sung by Michael Bublé
Voilà – this year’s gingerbread house thanks to very thick royal frosting!
Photo: James Currie
04 Sunday Dec 2011
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Art, Fashion, Holiday gown, Holiday Season, Jean Paul Gaultier at the de Young, LM Montgomery, postaweek 2011
For a moment Anne’s heart fluttered queerly and for the first time her eyes
faltered under Gilbert’s gaze and a rosy flush stained the paleness of her face.
from Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery
I always have great hopes for a romantic holiday season.
29 Tuesday Nov 2011
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Art, beautiful, Christina Rossetti, Pear, Poetry, watercolor
What is yellow? pears are yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.
from Color by Christina Rossetti
A pear – my favorite shape of late.
Watercolor © Joan Currie
05 Saturday Nov 2011
Posted in Art, Design, Music, Photography, Reflections
© Joan Currie – Watercolor
And who do you think you are
Running ’round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
from Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri
He kept only my heart.
28 Wednesday Sep 2011
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© Joan Currie - Charcoal on Paper
It’s a natural state. I’ve seen more vulgarity in people wearing clothes.
Laetitia Casta
Strut it!
