"Cynthia" was a mannequin created in 1932 by Lester Gaba. She became famous and well-liked to society; she received numerous invitations and a large amount of fan mail. When she fell from a chair and shattered, her death was reported by the press as if she were a real person.
“Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.” - Jean Cocteau
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Paul Walsh UK based global citizen
artist : liminal experience facilitator, painter picture poem maker
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Anonimo - La pioggia di meteore del 9 ottobre 1933
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Bettina Rheims
The Aegean Sea (detail) by Frederic Edwin Church (c. 1877)
'Nereids Worshipping the Moon' by Moritz von Schwind, (1804-1871)
“Tell me the story about how the sun loved the moon so much he died every night to let her breathe” - Lokesh Fouzdar
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First quarter 19th December 2023
'Woman in Black' by Majara
Pier Paolo Pasolini interviewed by Louis Valentin (1970)