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ZEN TRAVEL MOMENT: GUSTAV KLIMT'S, "THE KISS"

2/20/2013

 
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Good art speaks to man’s soul.  It comes from the heart. 
 
Standing there in Vienna's Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere museum last fall, I listened in rapt wonder for quite some time to Austrian-born artist Gustav Klimt’s most popular piece of art, The Kiss.  
The gold leaf used so freely on top of his oil on canvas added depth and sparkle to the raw emotion of the life-size portrait.  The bold and beautiful geometric designs distinguishing the lovers certainly resonated for the retired math teacher in me. 

I shared a shy, knowing smile at the passion and joy so strikingly suggested, awed by the sheer beauty and timelessness of their embrace and my own experience. 

I’d come half-way round the world to understand anew the redeeming and transformative power of loving and being loved with my heart and my soul.  

Yes, if we’re brave and bold and blessed, sometimes life, in all its splendor, actually imitates art.


 
Diane link
2/22/2013 01:46:53 pm

So that's what you and Jimmy look like in your "moment"?!!!

Sherry
2/22/2013 02:42:47 pm

Sorry, I don't kiss and tell.

Diane link
2/23/2013 04:09:46 am

But, does Jim?

Diane link
2/23/2013 04:08:43 am

But does Jim? LOL


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