"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture
and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words." ~Goethe

~ also, if possible, to dwell in "a house where all's accustomed, ceremonious." ~Yeats

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Friends in Art

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~
The Tea Party
by Edward Cucuel (1875 - 1954)

“Friendship is certainly the finest balm
for the pangs of disappointed love.”


~ Jane Austen ~
Northanger Abbey
[Volume I, Chapter IV]

An essay in pictures . . .

Two Ladies on a Bench
by Edward Cucuel (1875 - 1954)


Borbee Plays the Flute, ca 1908
by Florence Kate Upton (1873 – 1922)


Two Girls In The Garden At Montmartre, 1895
by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919)


The Bathers, 1925
Jose de Almada-Negreiros (1893 - 1970)


Two Women Throwing Flowers, 1872
by Mary Cassatt (1844 - 1926)


Two Women in a Boat
by Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847 - 1928)


Two Women in Renaissance Dress, One Playing a Lute
by Frank Stone (1800 – 1859)


Two Young Women Seated, ca 1900
by William Henry Margetson (1861 - 1940)
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

Earlier Emerson Posts: QK ~ FN ~ KL
Enough excellent transcendental advice
to get you through the entire year!

Next Fortnightly Post
Tuesday, January 28th

Between now and then, read

THE QUOTIDIAN KIT
my shorter, almost daily blog posts
www.dailykitticarriker.blogspot.com

Looking for a good book? Try
KITTI'S LIST
my running list of recent reading
www.kittislist.blogsppot.com

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