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Frida Kahlo

Paint filtered through your pain and came out as art. Your broken body bent under the weight of a brush but did not succumb, instead infused the canvas with fiery colours mixed in the crucible of your heart. Who knows why Art sometimes asks for so much, wrings blood from bone to write its name across a life. The why we may never know much less understand, we can only give thanks that such exquisite beauty has bled from a human hand.

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Date: 5/5/2025 10:32:00 AM
Her heartbreaking pain of body and spirit!
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Paul Willason
Date: 5/7/2025 5:47:00 AM
Indeed...find some of her work quite confronting...but of course she made great art out of a rather sad life. Many thanks dear Kim for your comments. Take care Paul
Date: 5/5/2025 5:16:00 AM
I've seen many of her self-portraits and always wondered what she'd look like if she'd painted herself with a smile. It seems she bled oils on canvas, bold and beautiful.
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Date: 5/7/2025 5:44:00 AM
She was a rather tortured soul but her work has a vibrancy about it...though carrying undertones of conflict. Speaks the age in some ways. One of the regional galleries here featuring an exhibition of her work...prompted a tribute. Many thanks dear Lin for reading and commenting. Take care, Paul

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