Tag Archives: windows

Aloe Vera with a View

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Art for Housewives

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Observatory

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Art for Housewives

Even a window has two points of view–one looking out, the other looking in. One belongs to me, the other belongs to you.

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A Desk with a View

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Art for Housewives

Lucy Honeychurch, protagonist of E. M. Forester’s A Room with a View, arrives in Florence only to be disappointed by the view from her room at the Pensione Bertolini–an insignificant internal courtyard. The eccentric and generous Mr. Emerson offers to … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Reconfiguration, Books, Rome/Italy | Tagged A Room with a View, E. M. Forester, Emily Dickinson, Flannery O'Connor, Roald Dahl, windows, writing desks | 9 Comments

November 19

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Art for Housewives

Women and Windows Woman at the Window, Street Art, San Lorenzo, Rome Why are there so many paintings by male artists depicting women at a window? The window defines an ambiguous space….that existing in between here and there. Some voyeurs … Continue reading →