Mrs. CarPeo said
"Every time I listen to
Bessie Smith, I think
of our Godfather's most
most famous singular
female sculpture."
Jean Baptiste Carpeaux
The Negress
(1868)
Mr. CarPeo said
"Every time I think historically of
adultery there is Madame Bovary.
Then I remember that
her creator had a brother.
And we have a GodFather!"
Jean Baptiste Carpeaux
d'Achille Flaubert
(1874)
Godfather of CarPeo continues here.
From The Letters of Gustave Flaubert:
This is what I intend to do.
Once the pension is granted...I shall ask him
for the equivalent of the pension.
He, his daughter, and his grandson,
who will soon be of age,
have an income of about
one hundred thousand francs.
They can perfectly well give me five.
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Their hair flows woes
ReplyDeleteGodFather Carpeaux was master of chisel
Deletebut he did fizzle when dealing with a hairbrush.
Listen to Bessie Smith to hear
ReplyDeleteA song the voiceless bust
Must have sung to the
To the sculpted ear
The lust she bears
Shown bare against her will
It seems to pain her still
Here is a link to Bessie Smith videos>>
Deletehttps://www.google.com/search?q=bessie+smith&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb#channel=sb&q=bessie+smith&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=vid
Twicealink, hownice
ReplyDeletePersonalink, pure audio Bessie Smith
Deleteis quite a site to behold...
There are almost as many singers influenced
by Bessie as there are grains of sand
in San Francisco Bay.