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Archive for March, 2009

Ah, Google. It is such an amazing resource.

While doing a Google image search on another topic, I found the two images included in this post. Both are intriguing.

The first photo, titled “self portrait, virginia woolf dress,” is the basis for the second image, a graphite drawing on rag paper titled “every girl needs a virginia woolf dress …” that was offered for sale here. The artist says the dress reminds her of of Woolf “because it has pockets so deep that you could lose yourself within them.”

Sadly enough, the original Woolf dress sketch is sold now, but other drawings by the same artist, Jessica Ann Mills, are available.

self portrait, virginia woolf dress

self portrait, virginia woolf dress

every girl needs a virginia woolf dress ...

every girl needs a virginia woolf dress ...

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song-cycleDid you know that a song cycle based on Virginia Woolf won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975? I didn’t.

The piece, called From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, was composed by Dominick Argento for medium voice and piano. It was commissioned by the Schubert Club of St. Paul, and premiered Jan. 5, 1975, in Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.

You can purchase a CD of a 1975 live performance by mezzo soprano Dame Janet Baker, with Martin Isepp on piano, here. The recording was released in 1997.

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woolfs-bedroom

Woolf's bedroom at Monk's House

Virginia Woolf inspires so many things: songs, plays, art, films, fashions, You Tube videos, and now — a sitting room.

I found this Woolf-inspired sitting room online today. I was directed there by a blogger who imagined enjoying a cup of tea and Mrs. Dalloway in this setting awash in neutral colors.

Take a look, but don’t leave quickly. Holly Becker’s decor8 blog is full of lots of pretty things that herald spring.

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