“La Diva”

Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore, non feci mai male ad anima viva! / I lived for my art, I lived for love, I never did harm to a living soul! - from Puccini's Tosca I've collected four youtube videos of spectacular divas (Caballe, Callas, Price, Mattila) singing "Vissi d'arte" on my tumblr here. Coincidentally two of the divas are…

The Conspirators: The Artist and Her Beastly Muse

There is a monkey whispering in my ear. Is it a devil or angel, perhaps an alter ego planning dark or brilliant deeds? It's nothing but a conspiring hairy muse. Shakespeare certainly thought it rascally, chiding the idle and absent muse in Sonnet 100. SONNET 100 by William Shakespeare Where art thou Muse that thou…