#8: "Feeling Blue"
Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you plann'd: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad. - Christina Rossetti, 1849 The time has come, my friends, to end this rainbow we’ve valiantly climbed together. All the colors, paintings, terms, and artists we have explored… I’m going to miss it dearly. In my last post, I want to focus on the idea of modernity. What we’ve explored together—and what I hope I have taught you—is that there is no such thing as transient art; it is forever encompassing, and its subject...
