December 15, 2021 - Dsarttakes

Quote of the Day: Christmas & Charles Dickens

December 15, 2021

That Christmas when we had recently achieved so much fame; when we had been carried in triumph somewhere, for doing something great and good; when we had won an honoured and ennobled name, and arrived and were received at home in a shower of tears of joy; is it possible that THAT Christmas has not come yet? What Christmas Is […]

Quote of the Day : Truman Capote & A Christmas Memory

December 15, 2021

“It’s bad enough in life to do without something YOU want; but confound it, what gets my goat is not being able to give somebody something you want THEM to have.” Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory Origins of the Quote The quote is from Truman Capote’s unforgettable book, published by Random House in 1956. It is a story about a […]

There has always been an intrinsic connection betwen Art & Death. For centuries and millenia human expression has been awakened deeply during times of war, strife and pandemics. Artists across cultures and time-zones have always responded with creative fury. Today, as a global population under threat, we have had quite a medieval reaction to the coronavirus. By self-isolation and quarantine. Boarding ourselves up in our homesteads, much like the merchants and wokers of Medieval Europe I imagine. This leads me to want to share some of the most iconic works of art that address these subjects. Be it the Black Death (the plague), influenza or more recently the HIV/AIDS epidemic. I present these works, not for you to panic, but to just stop for a second and send out prayers and healing for all the lost souls, who have gone before their time.

Day: December 15, 2021