Carla Helmbrecht·Sep 22Suspended TimeSei Shōnagon ( c. 966 — c. 1025, Japan ) spent most of her life in Heian-kyō. Almost nothing is known about her biography — not even her…
Carla Helmbrecht·Sep 15The Solar JourneyEgyptian scriptures tell of two lions holding the Earth’s crust upon their backs. When the boat of the sun god Ra arrived, the gates of the…
Carla Helmbrecht·Sep 15Drawing a TreeIn 1953, Henri Matisse (1869–1954) wrote a letter to his friend André Rouveyre to share his reflections on his study The Birth of the Tree…
Carla Helmbrecht·Sep 14The Figure of the RiderThe first relationship between humans and horses, as companions in demanding work or within domestic life, dates back around 5,500 years to…
Carla Helmbrecht·Sep 14Flowers & BooksLooking at a flower — like reading a book — takes time and attention. For Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986), seeing was not a passive act but a…
