Mead Schaeffer , Closed! Frieder, do you realize what that means , 1932

Gerardo Chávez, L'enragé, 1977

Rudy Rucker, William Gibson, 1984

Mel Ramos, Martini Miss #2, 2007

Mel Ramos, Dita, 2017

The Kinks, This Strange Effect

“What is to give light must endure burning.” ~ Viktor Frankl

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” ~ Haruki Murakami

TIME IS SHORT. EVERY MINUTE COUNTS.

Arthur Fellig (aka Weegee), ‘Time Is Short’ in Broome Street, Little Italy, 1942

Influenced by this

Gillian Wearing, Me as Cahun holding a mask of my face, 2012

Claude Debussy, La Mer

Jeanne Mammen , Man and Medusa , 1914

Alone Looking at the Mountain by Li Po / Li Bai

All the birds have flown up and gone;
A lonely cloud floats leisurely by.
We never tire of looking at each other -
Only the mountain and I.

Drinking Alone in the Moonlight by Li Po / Li Bai

Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine,
No friends at hand, so I poured alone;
I raised my cup to invite the moon,
Turned to my shadow, and we became three.
Now the moon had never learned about drinking,
And my shadow had merely followed my form,
But I quickly made friends with the moon and my shadow;
To find pleasure in life, make the most of the spring.

Whenever I sang, the moon swayed with me;
Whenever I danced, my shadow went wild.
Drinking, we shared our enjoyment together;
Drunk, then each went off on his own.
But forever agreed on dispassionate revels,
We promised to meet in the far Milky Way.

The Solitude of Night by Li Po / Li Bai

It was at a wine party—
I lay in a drowse, knowing it not.
The blown flowers fell and filled my lap.
When I arose, still drunken,
The birds had all gone to their nests,
And there remained but few of my comrades.
I went along the river—alone in the moonlight.

Keith Haring , Untitled , 1983

Elliott Erwitt , Santa Monica, California, 1955

Ithell Colquhoun , Battle Fury of Cuchullin , 1956

René Gruau, The Blue Gloves, 1940