Lit Network Photoalbum.

[Laindessiel]

Lainy, my hair is not that reddish, but thanks anyway. It looks different in different lights, I suppose.

Anyways, it is still lovely.

Just how did my avy make you think I was chubby...just curious to know?

Haha! Well, your avy made me think of a balloon skirt, a REALLY big one, so I assumed that THAT is the image that stuck with me. Discombobulated, yeah. Lain is mental.

Hey, now I am popping up all over again (like Uncle Virg) - see that's the thing with posting photos of yourself - you have to see yourself coming and going!

Hey we don't mind seeing you! It's actually good so we can refresh our memory of how you look... Beautiful...

[Janine]

Virgil, I love those hardwood floors and I can see your computer in the background near the sofa. Pretty quilt and pretty sofa, too...what I can see of it. And a pretty 'twosome' on the sofa... of course!

[Janine]

Lain, it is a photo of a man floating in space - a Christlike figure. Actually it may be Dali's idea of himself, not sure, but above him is his real wife looking down on the floating naked figure with hands outstretched...sort of a sunflower/sun behind him - of course all is open to interpretation!

[Laindessiel]

I can't see where their heads are. Looks to me like someone is wearing a BIG balloon skirt and is floating on the water with lilies and water plants around him. All I can see human-like are outstretched hands and feet.

Sucks I don't see the real thing.

[AimusSage]

There you go Lain. The painting is called The Ascension of Christ and made in 1958. by Salvador Dali.

[Janine]

I thought it was called Pieta. Wow, am I off a bit. Thanks, Aim, for providing that wonderful large detailed picture. I saw it in person in the Philadelphia Dali Exhibition and was stunned by it. Really amazing!!!

[AimusSage]

Pieta is a term used for an artwork that depicts the virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. It's can apply to both painting and sculptures.

...At least, I think, I'm not 100% certain on this.

[Janine]

Pieta is a term used for an artwork that depicts the virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. It's can apply to both painting and sculptures.

...At least, I think, I'm not 100% certain on this.

Yes, that is the definition of the term. But now I have gone to my friend's Blog to check out the painting. Here is what he has listed:

#170. Pieta (formerly "Ascension"), 1958
Oil on canvas, 45.3 x 48.4 in, 115 x 123 cm
Coleccion JAPS, Mexico

So it seems we are both correct. The title now is Pieta.

It looks like his wife, Gala, overlooking the figure. One wonders if Dali saw himself in a heavenly light as Christ. Of course this is all open to interpretation. At any rate it is a magnificent painting. To stand in front of it one is in awe. I was there and I know.

[Virgil]

Wow, now that I understand it, it's a wonderful painting.

[Virgil]

Hey, Virgil how many times now has your photo showed up on this thread? Quite a celeb you are! Everyone is quoting you, and alas - the photo pops up again and again. Yes, I agree with someone who said "better to have hair with gray, than no hair at all"...many men are losing theirs at your age. You are fortunate.

I guess I've been popular these last few days. I'm thankful for my hair. Most of my childhood friends have either thinned out or are completely bald. Except for one friend who looks forever young, I might be the youngest looking out of the bunch.

[Janine]

I guess I've been popular these last few days. I'm thankful for my hair. Most of my childhood friends have either thinned out or are completely bald. Except for one friend who looks forever young, I might be the youngest looking out of the bunch.

Virgil, good for you looking young. Yes, you have been "in the news" quite a bit this past week on Lit Net! I know a lot of guys your age that are balding and receeding and some even have white hair. I think you do look young, but then I am 10 yrs plus older than you, so I don't think of your age as old at all...I would trade ages with you any day....age is all relative, V. Thought you would tell me that I don't look nearly 56 (soon to be 57). Yikes -I can get senior citizens discounts some places. AARP keeps sending me applications and I tear them up. I think of myself as not much older than a college girl.....well mentally, anyway.

Is that Dali painting something wonderful or what? I saw it in person and it was quite large - really awesome and impressive and evokes deep emotion. I could not stop staring at it, but I was familiar with the painting from my friend's blog and so had studied much of Dali's work before attending the show. I still was mesmerized with this particular painting. I love the expression in the hands. This painting is glowingly beautiful! I think it is my favorite of his.

I am decorating our Christmas tree right now, so have to go...some Haiku... maybe later... Bye....J

[Virgil]

Oh, Janine, I do not think you look 56 at all. You look at least my age if not younger. You can easily pass for someone in their 30's.

[Janine]

Oh, Janine, I do not think you look 56 at all. You look at least my age if not younger. You can easily pass for someone in their 30's.

Virgil, are you pulling my leg - me - in my 30's? Maybe 40's, but not sure about 30's. My son, Sean is 33! Thanks anyway for the compliment since,...... I was sort of fishing for it.


Haha!

[dramasnot6]

I agree with Virgil Janine, you do look much younger then you "claim" to be! How many kids do you have? Post up a family photo! I'm sure they all look as wonderful as you

[Virgil]

Virgil, are you pulling my leg - me - in my 30's? Maybe 40's, but not sure about 30's. My son, Sean is 33! Thanks anyway for the compliment since,...... I was sort of fishing for it.


Haha!

No really I'm not pulling your leg. From the picture I see no wrinkles and no grey hair. I see nothing there to indicate 50s. 30s/40s, if you have no grey, how can one tell the difference. Maybe you ladies are better at that sort of thing.

Reminds me now of a scene in Antony and Cleopatra. Cleo asks a messenger from Rome how old Antony's wife looks and he answers thirty, which makes Cleo stop in her tracks because she is older. Hahaha.