Paris beckons. This is one of my favorite paintings and I have been thinking about it non-stop lately. It's Gustave Courbet's The Origin of the World. I'm sure some of you have seen this before, but what is it that makes it so romantic? Everything is the answer. (I had to black it out as to not get slapped for posting "porn". Check out the original here:
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/index.php?id=851&L=1&tx_commentaire_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=125&no_cache=1).
Do you feel like you want to jump in the folds of her skin and roll around? I do. She looks like she has the warmth and comfort that makes for the best night sleep you can imagine. I love at certain angles her body looks contorted in a way that seems unnatural, yet so sweet and inviting and encouraging and confident. I don't see anything sexual (for once), I see a nice place to lay my head.
What do you think?
I need to hop on a plane to the Musee d'Orsay immediately. I want to be the crazy lady who gets kicked out for taking a nap in front of the painting. Paris beckons.
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