It's been raining ever so lightly, a soft, powdery drizzle. Elsewhere in the country, heavy rains have been lashing the sodden earth. Thousands rendered homeless with all the dreadful miseries that come with flash floods and forced displacements. And yet, there is a blue moon up in the sky, one that has perhaps remained the same for a much longer period of time than us human beings have been in this planet.
The next blue moon would not be any sooner than January 2018. By that time, I would have had a move on and many other things would not have remained the same. Some things, maybe!
Of the many artists and painters who have depicted moonlit scenes, John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893) stands out for his urban night scenes and his skill in the vivid detail, especially the fog and mist. It has also been said that his work is the only visual equivalent of the great epics of industrial change in the novels of Charles Dickens and Gaskell. His "Moonlight" is of course, simply enchanting!
Ivan Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900) was a Russian artist of Armenian extraction. He is known as one of the greatest seascape painters of all time. Here is his "Stormy Sea at Night" -
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Of the many artists and painters who have depicted moonlit scenes, John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893) stands out for his urban night scenes and his skill in the vivid detail, especially the fog and mist. It has also been said that his work is the only visual equivalent of the great epics of industrial change in the novels of Charles Dickens and Gaskell. His "Moonlight" is of course, simply enchanting!
Ivan Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900) was a Russian artist of Armenian extraction. He is known as one of the greatest seascape painters of all time. Here is his "Stormy Sea at Night" -
Such beautiful images. I was out stalking the blue moon one day early....and then missed it last night, too tired to stay up for it. Sigh. Likely my last chance. Maybe it will still be a little blue tonight. We live in hope.
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, only a rocky satellite that does not support life forms (thankfully)!
DeleteYou beat me to it, Soumyendu! I have my own photos of the blue moon, ready to post to my blog.
ReplyDeleteBut I love this post—your writing, your photos, and those paintings—all simply enchanting!
Your pictures are so very much better, Rita and that's a fact. Moonies, ain't we!
Deletenon poets like me lacks imagination of moon in sky on a stormy situation. also perhaps i noted rightly you are very open person to use a 'perhaps' in the third sentence. nice post.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, Boodhuda!
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