Cure her of that... says Macbeth when the doctor tells him that Lady Macbeth's issues are mental, not physical. By this time, ol' Macbeth is pretty fed up with the missus, but is then also distraught that there is no cure for her via medicine. A shrink would be in order.
Now why did this bougainvillea inspire me to think of Lady Macbeth? Because of the deepness of the reds and the darkness of the crevasses - not unlike a disturbed mind, with bursts of brilliance in form of the white flowerettes.
ahhh, if only "picking" the diseased part of the brain were as simple as picking a flower ehh? I've often wished I could remove my brain and leave it to soak in a baking soda bath overnight to "cure" my mental ailments
(picture that on your nightstand in lieu of thhe ever popular dentures...ha!!!)
sigh..
this is lovely Alicia
dark, deep and very beautiful
i love the combination of your photograph/processing with that 'interesting' poem ...
a cure by pluck and raze ... i doubt that's possible ..
a sweet oblivious antidote ... an unreal and dangerous path ..
wot weighs upon the heart ... time and wisdom can surely dilute the pain ??
you've made me think alicia ... CONGRATULATIONS .. !!!..:)xx
when i was in my second year of art college, i was in an evening 19th century art history class - 1 1/2 hour lecture following two three hour studio classes. the lectures were held in a large amphitheatre hall. we, of course, sat at the back and vegged slightly. the professor would write the titles of the paintings we were to see on the board, all the way up at the front.
so, one evening, we were all trying to read her handwriting (sit closer? but why?) and one of the pieces we would see than class was 'lady macbeth and the daggers' by, uh.... this was almost 20 years ago. however, in her writing, it truly looked like 'lady macbeth and the doggies'. so, i leaned forward and quietly said 'out, out, damned spot'. that was it - we were useless for the next 20 minutes or so. nothing prolongs the giggles so much as trying not to.
What is so cool about this image, Alicia, is that usually bougainvillea images are bright, perky, cheery, sometimes disgustingly so (and trust me, that's all I have in my collection!). This is dark, rich, detailed and yet mysterious, all at once :-)
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