I’ll be away for a couple of weeks. I’ve been reviewing blogs posted over a period of several years. I had forgotten this visionary amaryllis by Mondrian.
Piet Mondrian, Amaryllis, c. 1910, watercolor over pen, Private Collection
What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had the flower in your hand
Ah, what then?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The incredible Amaryllis, by 20th century modern art pioneer Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), was created a decade or so before the artist began a series of geometric visions that preoccupied him for the rest of his career.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was a leading creative force in the British Romantic period, often composing poems about dreams from the simple wording of What if you slept above to the elaborate imagery of Kubla Khan.
