drifts & scatters

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

the wind and an armful of books

{Eastman Johnson's "The Girl I Left Behind Me" Civil War era}

4 Comments:

Blogger the rumination reading room said...

oh beautiful beautiful painting! very nostalgic.

ps, blaze and i just collaborated on a short film/book making sort of project. it too is a bit nostalgic. check out the shirt film that i just posted in my blog!

3:55 PM, May 28, 2008  
Blogger the rumination reading room said...

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3:55 PM, May 28, 2008  
Blogger Stacey said...

this is so beautiful. i love when you can feel a painting.

5:53 AM, May 29, 2008  
Blogger gala said...

it makes sense that the two comments here are written by pledged book lovers! there's a totally nostalgic and real sense of a young reader in this painting. not sure that was what the painter was after, but that's what i get. a wistfulness, and a wide range of emotion...

2:44 PM, June 01, 2008  

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