My Inspiration for September 2023

Sep 30, 2023

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This September I very much enjoyed the mystical pastels of boats and seas by Odilon Redon, and also his flower paintings, Nick Cave’s music, Rilke’s poetry, Louise Gluck’s poem “The Myth of Innocence” which deals with the myth of Persephone and Hades, the many dreamy paintings of tables laid out with breakfast by Henri Le Sidaner. I have also watched a very thought-provoking film called “Her” (2013) starring Joaquin Phoenix in the main role. After a summer of turmoils and excitements, this September I have finally been able to feel like myself again and have found my muse again. Still, I have been navigating my way through the endless corridors and labyrinths of my many memories. September always feels like a doorway, a passage of sorts, summer slowly dying… A sense of transience and a sense of something passing, but an ending brings a new beginning as well.

“A woman will return, looking for the girl she was.”

(Louise Gluck, The Myth of Innocence)

“Autumn is no time to lie alone.”

(Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji)