(August 23, 2015 at 5:55 pm)MTL Wrote:(August 23, 2015 at 5:39 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: In what way? Is it that you like opera? Have a particular interest in Lina Cavalieri? Or is it more specific to that image instead of another of Lina Cavalieri; perhaps you like bird watching?LOL opera!!! yes, I do happen to appreciate some opera, but that is really not what I meant!
It is an interesting image, I believe created by Piero Fornasetti.
And I DO like birdwatching, quite a bit, as a matter of fact;
but really it just represents the part of me that is curious, investigative, observant,
but also watches from something of a distance;
watching but not close enough to touch, as it were.
And you are right, it is a Fornasetti.
I also like it because it evokes a sense of the vintage; of the style of a bygone era,
which also resonates with me.
What about your avatar?
Fairly sure it is Greek, esp. given your handle,
but I'm afraid I don't know its specific meaning, if there is one.
Actually, I just found it.
Off a Greek vase, a woodcut illustration depicting the hedonistic mantra of "wine, women and song"
...basically the "sex, drugs and rock n' roll" of earlier times.
Nice. I like it.