Random Noodling: Ekphrastic April, Day 25: "The Milliner"

April 25, 2021

"The Milliner" (circa 1877) by Eva Gonzalès [1849-1883].

a palette of ribbons
and silk flowers

her use of color is flawless

I do draw the line at
feathers--my adornment
is not worth a song

Interesting Idea

I don’t use the term as an insult — the American idiot. I mean it in a precise way, as I try to remind people. For the Greeks, "idiot" carried a precise and special meaning. The person who was only interested in private life, private gain, private advantage. Who had no conception of a public good, common wealth, shared interest. To the Greeks, the pioneers of democracy, the creators of the demos, such a person was the most contemptible of all. Because even the Greeks seemed to understand: you can’t make a functioning democracy out of...idiots.

~ umair haque

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April 25, 2021

Ekphrastic April, Day 25: "The Milliner"

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