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Yes: I am a dreamer.
For a dreamer is one
who can only find his way
by moonlight,
and his punishment is
that he sees the dawn
before the rest of the world.”
― Oscar Wilde
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"“Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on”
I'm going to take a big risk here and dedicate this shot to the one and only barbera*. She hates sunset shots. No, that's not true - she detests them! But earlier today she faved one of mine. Oh yes!!! So, Barbara, this one is for you with love, thanks and a little wink ;-))
NEW GALLERY - Please take a look at tanakawho's work in this new gallery.
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~Oscar Wilde
Hello everyone! I just wanted to say thank you to all of my Flickr friends! I'm sorry that I've been missing, but I've been pursuing other passions as well lately.... I will be on and off of Flickr and even if I'm not commenting, I'll be looking around at all of your amazing images! I've missed you all and hope that life is treating you all amazingly well!
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La statue polychrome d’Oscar Wilde, dans le Merrion Square Park, Dublin, Irlande.
Oscar Wilde est un écrivain, romancier, dramaturge et poète irlandais né à Dublin le 16 octobre 1854 et mort à Paris le 30 novembre 1900. Cette amusante représentation de lui étendu nonchalamment sur un rocher, est réalisée en 1997 par l’artiste Danny Osborne avec 40 variétés de pierres fines. Elle est située à l’angle nord-ouest du parc dont elle constitue la curiosité. La statue semble affiché un sourire sarcastique à la maison de famille située juste en face au 1 Merrion Square North où il a passé sa jeunesse 1855 à 1878. Faisant partie du mémorial, on peut voir juste à côté, sur un autre rocher, un bronze représentant agenouillée, son épouse Constance Lloyd enceinte et nue.
Wilde écrira entre autres le roman Le Portrait de Dorian Gray (1890) où il explore les liens entretenus par la beauté, la décadence et la duplicité. Au faîte de la gloire, Oscar Wilde poursuit le père de son amant Alfred Douglas pour diffamation, après que celui-ci a entrepris de faire scandale de son homosexualité. Au terme de trois procès retentissants, Oscar Wilde est condamné pour « grave immoralité » à deux ans de travaux forcés. Ruiné par ses différents procès et condamné à la banqueroute, dès sa libération en mai 1897, il quitte définitivement la Grande-Bretagne pour la France ou il mourra dans le dénuement, à l'âge de quarante-six ans.
Dublin (en irlandais : Baile Átha Cliath) est la plus grande ville de l'île d'Irlande et de l'État d'Irlande, dont elle est la capitale (Belfast étant la capitale de l'Irlande du Nord). La ville est située sur la côte orientale de l'île et au centre du comté de Dublin. Depuis le haut Moyen Âge, Dublin est le centre historique, politique, artistique, culturel, économique et industriel de l’Irlande.
Le nom de « Dublin » est généralement considéré comme provenant du gaélique originel Dubh Linn (« l'étang noir ») qui signifie maintenant « baie de la fumée », le nom d'un bassin d'un affluent de la Liffey, près duquel s'est érigée la première place forte des Vikings irlandais. Le nom gaélique contemporain Baile Átha Cliath (« La ville du gué des haies de roseaux ») fait référence au hameau qui se trouvait près du site de fondation de Dublin.
Oscar Wilde:- "Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
Oscar Wilde:- "“Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work's the curse of the drinking classes.”
...brilliant at breakfast. According to Oscar, anyway. The daisies are to compensate for my decided lack of brilliance.
A Dublin, Ireland, Pub in lockdown, closed due to the corona virus (Covid 19) featuring Oscar Wilde having a pint! :)
This week, the theme of the week for Camille's Appeal is Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales. Immediately, I thought about this book which my mum gave to me as a little girl, and she in turn read in her childhood.
I love the thought of reading a book and being transported into a magical, fantasy world, which is what fairy tales are all about.
Please take the time to visit the Camille's Appeal Flickr group , and take part in this week's theme, and visit the Camille's Appeal website , to see how you can help this brave little girl and others like her.
“Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.” – Oscar Wilde
“Egy barát bánatát megosztani könnyű, de rendkívüli karakterre vall, ha képesek vagyunk osztozni a sikere felett érzett örömben is.” – Oscar Wilde
I found this book yesterday in Haarlem (where Wil and I went to meet up with Kari, Kip & Megan).
It's a copy of Oscar Wilde's stories (including The Picture of Dorian Gray) which is at least 50 years old, in fabulous condition... and it cost me a whopping 4 euros and 50 cents.
...seriously.
My previous upload was from a few weeks ago, but I am at least as tired now as I was then. So I'm off to sleep. G'night.
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Oscar Wilde
An extraordinarily kind gift from my way too generous sister-in-law & brother -in-law, just in time to contend with our falling temps : ))
For those who like bourbon, this gem was developed by Lincoln Henderson who authored the famous Woodford Reserve. And it is very appropriately named !
"I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again. " - Oscar Wilde
For macro mondays theme "Quotes by Oscar Wilde." I thought this was such a fun theme and I enjoyed reading through the quotes. I inherited this old typewriter from my grandpa - he used to hold me on his lap and play typing games (who can find the letter "H" first?!) when I was little. Lot's of fun memories!
HMM!
France, Paris - Père Lachaise Cemetery - At The Tomb of Oscar Wilde
"And alien tears will fill for him
Pity's long broken urn
For his mourners will be outcast men
And outcasts always mourn"
To view the tomb in more detail click here
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century.
Oscar Wilde: Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwrights in London in the early 1890s.
Christopher Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593), also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights.
Paris - Cimetière du Père Lachaise
Dear tourists, stop destroying my grave and those of my neighbours. Let us rest in peace. Oscar.
Much closer to what the heart of Dorian Gray should look like than my previous one although still a bit on the pretty side. It would have benefitted from a drippier "master" heart but the fun part is seeing how many different ways the same heart can look. They're almost as versatile as carrots - which is, of course, what all these pix are made of. If you're getting bored then, er, take heart. Only two more left in the hopper - unless I make more today.
If you don't happen to know the story of Dorian Gray you can read about it here. And if you haven't seen the 1945 film with Hurd Hatfield seek it out. It's one of the all time greats.
"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace."
-Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was a prolific Irish writer who wrote plays, fiction, essays and poetry. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. (Wikipedia)
I have seen this described as ‘Oscar Wilde And Someone Else’ but this installation is much more interesting and complicated than that.
In my photographs [viewing from the front] the Irish writer Oscar Wilde is to the left and the Estonian writer Eduard Wilde is to the right. They appear to be conversing, but the two men are not related and never met. The Eduard Wilde statue was presented to Galway when Estonia joined the EU in 2004. The sculpture is located in front of a Lazlo Jewellers shop in William Street.
There is an exact copy of the sculpture in Tartu in Estonian. The sculpture in front of Café Wilde (sculptor T Kirsipuu, 1999) is a fun speculation about literary history. Irish writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), who was born in Ireland, and Estonian writer Eduard Vilde (1856-1933), both of the same generation, sit on a bench together. Sculptor Tiiu Kirsipuu, who modelled the writers according to photos, has noted that the year she had in mind when she created the sculpture was 1890, when the two Wildes could have met for a witty chat.
The Adler Hotel, also known as the Hotel Adler, was a 150-room, five-story hotel in Sharon Springs, New York, that operated from 1929 until 2004. Known for its therapeutic sulfur spa, it catered primarily to a Jewish clientele who travelled to Sharon Springs in the summers. It was kosher, with two kitchens. It was built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and was adjacent to the Pavilion Hotel (demolished in 1941), which had been a summer destination for guests such as the Vanderbilts, Rensselaers, and Oscar Wilde. Ed Koch worked as a busboy at the Adler Hotel in 1946. When Steven Spielberg was preparing for Schindler's List, he interviewed survivors staying at the hotel.
The Oscar Wilde statue in Merrion Square Park in Dublin, Ireland. September 10, 2016.
Photo by Poul-Werner Dam / bit.ly/PWD_Flickr
This is where Oscar Wilde was imprisoned in 1895 and about which he wrote the Ballad of Reading Gaol.
Stacey Keach was also imprisoned here for 6 months in 1984 after having been arrested for cocaine smuggling.
The prison became a Young Offenders Institution in 1992 and was finally closed in 2013. It's currently being used as an Arts Venue for Reading's Year of Culture and is to be sold to housing developers.