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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

A Secret Revealed




“ When I go musing all alone
Thinking of divers things fore-known.
When I build castles in the air,
Void of sorrow and void of fear,
Pleasing myself with phantasms sweet,
Methinks the time runs very fleet.
All my joys to this are folly,
Naught so sweet as melancholy.”



From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, published in the 1600s.

This copy I have the pleasure of now owning is dated 1898...
In a sense even the pages of this book reveal it's inner thoughts......






The key to the true identity of the original owner of "Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy" Ernest Paterson…..any relation to Robert Patterson of “Twilight”…Oh wait double TT’s; I’m afraid not…unless the family thru time changed the spelling of the family’s name….I wonder…Ha!
Anyhow, it really did remind me of the opening credits of the movie "National Treasure".; doesn’t lend that secretive air, mysterious and intriguing , luring you on to fold back the pages of time and uncover more riches to rouse one’s senses?



An interesting treasure for sure; It not only gave me insight to a wealth of varied knowledge but it also has proven to be quite a book for drawing inspiration in the way it has aged thru time in it’s impressive moldy discoloration of creams, pinks and mushroomy browns.




The lovely effect of water , mold and time on the pages of a most unusual book...." The Anatomy of Melancholy" Robert Burton.






Need to seriously start capturing better photos of these lovely textures and some to use in my ongoing art works. Who knows I may reveal another secret or two en route.
Annabelle

5 comments:

Jeanne said...

Love all you share
Love you ♥

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

Hi Annabelle...what a treasure you have in this book...very very special...Hugs Dzintra♥x

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

Hi Annabelle...what a treasure you have in this book...very very special...Hugs Dzintra♥x

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

Hi Annabelle...what a treasure you have in this book...very very special...Hugs Dzintra♥x

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...
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MIDNIGHT MARGARITAS

MIDNIGHT MARGARITAS
A place for keeping my art in larger formats

*** Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ***

*** Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ***
“Where there is no imagination there is no horror”. Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.

*** Sir Christopher Lee ***

*** Sir Christopher Lee ***
“There are many vampires in the world today - you only have to think of the film business”

* ~ Spirit of the Night ~

* ~ Spirit of the Night ~
Soon it will be Hallows Eve...Time to create Art from the Dark Side ***Annabelle

~ Turn of the Screw ~

~ Turn of the Screw ~
A Flickr mosaic I made some time ago ~ Annabelle

WE WERE SOLDIERS

WE WERE SOLDIERS
~ Annabelle

Twilight at Sea


The Twilight Hours like birds flew by,
As lightly and as free;
Ten thousand stars were in the sky,
Ten Thousand on the sea;
For every wave with dimpled face,
That leaped upon the air,
Had caught a star in its embrace,
And held it trembling there.

Amelia Coppuck Welby

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