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William Blake is an enigmatic person to me. I have to confess, I initially thought he was foremost a poet, but it turns out he executed some rather mysterious pictures. It is hard to imagine how a life such as his must have been.
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I find this to be a highly intriguing painting. The extremely confident protagonist is actually quite inspiring, a painting—I think—to keep in mind when times are low. Each beginning entails new hope, new horizons, and new possibilities.
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The scene in this painting can easily be dismissed as something trivial, as an everyday happening. But (with some imagination) it might just as well serve as a reflection of something deeper.
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It is interesting how motives of painting and photography sometimes blend, and gives rise to seeing both mediums in different ways.
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There is something about the turn of the 19th century that fascinates me. Especially intriguing is it to try to imagine what happened when now famous people met.
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Sometimes I come across paintings that seem to be made with a different brush. Jessica Hayllar must have had an eye for detail.
