Illustration 'Getting Light?' & Lord Byron

Illustration ‘Getting Light?’ ; I.G.

‘(…) My dream is past; it had no further change.

It was of a strange order, that the doom

Of these two creatures should be thus traced out

Almost like a reality—the one

To end in madness—both in misery.’

Lord Byron, ‘The Dream’

(1788 – 1824)

Drawing 'Philosophy of Time' (3) & Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Drawing ‘Philosophy of Time’ (3); I.G.

‘Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large

Intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must,

I think, have great sadness on earth.’

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, ‘Crime and Punishment’

(1821 – 1881) 

Craft Option. Knitted Coat 'Hug' & Gayle Froman

Knitted Coat ‘Hug’, I.G.

‘When the sun shines, you let it shine on you.’

Gayle Forman

(1970)

Writing Poem 'Untitled' & Acrylic Painting 'Life is Metaphor'

Acrylic painting ‘Life is Metaphor’, I.G.  

Untitled

The sun is setting, the wind orbits, stars are falling

To me lasts the longing shadow about him…,

who does not here…

2015

Craft Option. Brooch 'Berry Necklace' & M.K.Ciurlionis

 Brooch ‘Berry Necklace’, textile medias; I.G.

Love - it's a highway to the sun, based on

sharp diamonds to go barefoot.

Mykalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis

(1875 – 1911) 

Drawing 'Philosophy of Time' (2) & Joan Jett

Drawing ‘Philosophy of Time’ (2); I.G.

Life is strong and fragile. It’s a paradox… It’s both things,

like quantum physics: It’s a particle and a wave

 at the same time.  It all exists all together.

Joan Jett

(1958)

Painting 'Motives' & Hans Christian Anderson

Acrylic, gouache painting, ‘Motives’; I.G.

To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,

To gain all while you give,

To roam the roads of lands remote,

To travel is to live.

Hans Christian Anderson

(1805 – 1875)