Tag Archives: ballpoint pen drawings

Just One of the Crowd

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Art for Housewives

In 1885, Gustave Le Bon wrote The Psychology of Crowds describing the hypnotic effect being part of the crowd has on an individual. Mussolini (as did others with dreams of being a dictator) devoured Le Bon’s book. To gain power, … Continue reading →

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Freud’s Cat

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Art for Housewives

Nothing can be more overwhelming for self-image and self-esteem than a lousy love life—something I quickly learned after an abrupt break up. Unhappiness is very destructive and I began developing a series of quirks and tics For example, I draped … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawings & Paintings, THE DIARY OF LUZ CORRAZZINI | Tagged ballpoint pen drawings, diary, Freud, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Narcissus, Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, THE DIARY OF LUZ CORAZZINI | Leave a comment

Pillow Books and Lingering Lists

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Art for Housewives

My mother had a knack for collecting unusual acquaintances. One such acquaintances was an English Lord who’d fallen madly in love with her while in Texas buying mustangs for his stables. Bertie, as she called him, insisted that we visit … Continue reading →

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Eudora Welty (1909-2001)

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Art for Housewives

Even though the fan was going full blast, I was suffocating. It was a night in June of 1963 and I was in Jackson visiting my friend Eudora. There’d been much tension in town due to the demonstrations. Nerves were … Continue reading →

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Sabina Spielrein (1885-1942)

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Art for Housewives

My friend Carlotta had been committed because, said the doctors, she suffered from hysteria. That’s why one August morning in 1904 I went to the Burgholzli Psychiatric Hospital loaded with drawing supplies. Carlotta was a wonderful artist and I felt … Continue reading →