Dirck Jacobsz, Detail Of Portrait Of Pompeius Occo, 1534

milan, italy // summer 2018

APOCALYPSE NOW - FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA / 1979

FRAMES

Veronica Veronese - Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1872

~“There is no other man I know who could have achieved what Lawrence did. As for taking undue credit for himself, my own personal experience with Lawrence is that he was utterly unconcerned whether any kudos was awarded him or not. “~  

Edmund Allenby, commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force to Lowell Thomas.

Daenerys Targaryen & her braids

Evening Mood, 1882, and Dawn, 1881, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)

In Hell there grew a Judas Tree

Where Judas hanged and died

Because he could not bear to see

His master crucified

Our Lord descended into Hell

And found his Judas there

For ever hanging on the tree

Grown from his own despair

So Jesus cut his Judas down

And took him in his arms

“It was for this I came” he said

“And not to do you harm

My Father gave me twelve good men

And all of them I kept

Though one betrayed and one denied

Some fled and others slept

In three days’ time I must return

To make the others glad

But first I had to come to Hell

And share the death you had

My tree will grow in place of yours

Its roots lie here as well

There is no final victory

Without this soul from Hell”

So when we all condemned him

As of every traitor worst

Remember that of all his men

Our Lord forgave him first

- The Judas Tree, D. Ruth Etchells

The Vision of Hell by Dante Alighieri, illustrated by Gustav Dore, 1892

“is this character good or bad” “is this ship unproblematic or not” “is this arc deserving of redemption or not” girl…

You trouble me... like women!