Ophelia, water is the matter of women's sorrows Collage

Ophelia : I recently read for the second time Gaston Bachelard, water and dreams. I loved what he said about death and Ophelia : "l’être humain a le destin de l’eau qui coule. La mort quotidienne est la mort de l’eau. L’eau coule toujours, l’eau tombe toujours, elle finit toujours en sa mort horizontale… La peine de l’eau est infinie. L’eau qui est la patrie des nymphes vivantes est aussi la patrie des nymphes mortes. Elle est la vraie matière de la mort bien féminine. Au bord des eaux, tout est chevelure L’image d’Ophélie se forme à la moindre occasion. Elle est une image fondamentale de la rêverie des eaux." And, as many before me, I painted my own version of the weeping Ophelia. And as I love as much as the words of Bachelard, the verses of Rimbaud. I added the beginning of his Ophelie On the calm black water where the stars are sleeping White Ophelia floats like a great lily; Floats very slowly, lying in her long veils...

Collage:Paper on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:19.7 W x 19.7 H x 0 D in

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