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RedStoneEB Senior Member
since 2003-06-08
Posts 772uk 
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Goddesses gave the image of beauty-- but it takes a fool not to see in paintings the form of flesh across bones-- not there. But flab all in the right places knowing how the breasts are free-- the curls falling against the nipples, and all in the pouring of this oil. Grapes and wine-- what is it we are now? no goddess exists today that looks like the ones in the past-- they'd surely be turned down as posers, and posers of the past turned down for models. So here I am in the musuem admiring how women used to be. |
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
there are still plenty with the curves in all the right places...  but? I like this a lot...the women in those paintings seem so much softer than the women that model now... |
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A Romantic Heart Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-03
Posts 5496Forever In Your Heart |
Its because the women in those paintings were real, no fake hair extenions, no fake nails, plastic surgery, botox, breast implants, fake teeth, eyelashes, eyecolor with contacts,Tanning spray, tatoo makeup on lips or eyebrows, tattoo lipstick, or on drugs to stay thin, like heroin.... They were REAL women.... nice of you to notice them and write about them.... ~ARH  |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Lee, it's nice to read you again. And I love what you have conveyed with this poem, it shows your sensitivity and your personality, as you don't seem to be a victim of the current standards of beauty imposed by the media. You made me smile with the word "flab", had to check its meaning and in Italian it's "ciccia". I do have some of that and so I thank you for noticing the charms of those Rembrandt women, who are considered totally "out" nowadays. They are appreciated, but only in paintings. Very nice work. Love, Margherita |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
So that's where you have been and what you have been doing?!? lol Well, personally, I've got the Rubinesque part down pat!  Enjoyed your observations! Great to see you posting again, Lee!!! Giving you a warm, welcome-back hug, Linda  |
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