MONSTER
Salome wasn´t just a monster. She was a Teenager.
Inspired by this man´s entry. Since it is one of my favorite plays/operas, I simply couldn´t resist to follow the idea."I think it is very hard to open one´s heart to a character like Salome. Luc Bondy illuminates the whole family situation so that the onus of her being such a monster is taken away. It´s the shared responsibility of the family. There is nothing worse than playing a character like that just for its evil aspects and not seeing the beauty of the character. If Salome had just taken a step slightly differently, she might have ended up another kind of glorious creature. She is not just a bad seed. There were other possibilities, but somehow, in her development, they were cut off."
(Catherine Malfitano - Soprano)"I didn´t want to treat him (Jochanaan) too seriously. You know, Jochanaan is an imbecile. I´ve got not sympahty at all for that kind of man. I would have preferred above all that he would appear a bit grotesque."
(Richard Strauss - Composer)
12 Kommentare:
oh my! was not sure what the tinies would do with this theme but someone lost their head! Wonderful as always!!!
One of my favorite stories!
Herodias was the real monster, I agree whit bubblegum also.
That´s just it, I´ve got recently a new edition of that work of art with wonderful illustrations by Gino Rubert.
Do you want to look his work?:
http://www.ginorubert.com/
Here you can look some of the illustrations. Salomé by Gino Rubert:
http://www.circulo.es/interactiva/visor.asp?Contenido=43325&Orden=1&Tipo=M
Monstruosamente bien mostrado!!! (very well shown!)*
Great, finally I got some research to do.
Thanks
No idea of Salome, definitely she is monsterly inspiring.
*Monster: The word originates from the medieval vulgar Latin verb monstrare (plural monstrum), which translates as either "to exhibit" or "to point out".
Salome's having prophet's head and chips - only she didn't order chips and she's pinching mine: what a monster!
The opera had me transfixed, though the Strauss that has me most spellbound is Don Quixote. Are any other of his operas as powerful?
Fantastic post. I love it.
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Brilliant, rockin' post.
Monster as distorted persona...great illo.
Bubblegum, thanks, and yes, the monster focus has to be on Herodias. In that sense I am curious about the Flaubert book which I haven´t read yet, but I just put it on my list!
Val, first I wasn´t sure either, infact I had drawn a silly monster once and was just about to post it because that way I would have for the very first time been the very first IF participant, but then I hesitated a second too long and gone was the chance... so I was glad the other idea came about :)
Lu, my, what fascinating work! I browsed around the website and it´s stunning. Thank you for the link!!! Isn´t it amazing that the story still evokes new artwork? It is really a play made for the centuries.
Fiesto, hehe, I love wordplays :) Interesting to know where the word originated. To see how it than manifested in our languages makes a lot of sense, if we were to interpret it from the psychological aspect.
Ha, Johnny, you ask me about operas, how much time do you got ;) I think "Elektra" comes close in powerfulness, but Salome is my number one Strauss opera. To my own shame I am not especially familiar with "Don Quixote", unless we´d start speaking about real life patterns, ugh...
Mr. Unknown, thank you!
Lori, yes, perhaps Salome was really an "edge" person, a borderliner, too bad they did not have therapists those days ;)
This is a great choice for monster! As always love your illos.
Great job on this weeks theme! I'll have to find out more about the story behind it...
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very smart and surprising interpretation of the topic...I ejoy it.
This is an excellent commentary! The frightening thing is that so many families continue to produce their own little Salomes... Well done!
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