Artists... They make me 'do it''.
The Bow, wants to be a tribute to Het Nationale Ballet, the Dutch National Ballet Company.
But that is not all because poetry is cause of my interest for this ballet pose...
The pose I call The Bow, and the poet is Rainer Maria Rilke.
Ainsi nous vivons dans un embarras très étrange entre l'arc lointain et la trop pénétrante flèche : entre le monde trop vague pour saisir l'ange et Celle qui, par trop de présence, l'empêche.
(Vergers, 1924-1925)
But before him, blaming Love, Francesco Petrarca
al mio parer, non li fu honore ferir me de saetta in quello stato, a voi armata non mostrar pur l'arco. (Canzoniere, 1330 till his death 1374)
Much more could be said but I am a visual artist after all so I invite you to look at a series of photo's via Face Book...
Even if you are not a FaceBook user, the following link should allow you to view a rich gathering of pics starting with the original model in wax, till what occupies me most these Atelier-days, the finest chiseling!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10214295432446686.1073741860.1442508308&type=1&l=391644ec74
May you enjoy!
