Ben Heine Art and Music Blog: Florence

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Street Art in Florence, Italy. I recently took this picture and also made the drawing. Originally, the mother and child were holding grapes. I had several ideas to replace the grapes with something more funny. I chose a camera because I'm thinking about buying a new camera... haha. I also liked the connection between photography, painting and drawing... See the whole "Pencil Vs Camera" album.

If you wish, you can also view a detail and the background HERE (the background painting is by Madonnari). The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10, provided by Samsung Electronics. Co., Ltd.

Queen

(See it on DeviantArt)

A drag queen I met in a street of Florence, Italy, a few days ago.
He was really expressive and had giant "Queen cards" on his hat.

The Lamp of Life
(Florence, Italy)
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The Lamp of Life

By Amy Lowell

Always we are following a light,
Always the light recedes; with groping hands
We stretch toward this glory, while the lands

We journey through are hidden from our sight
Dim and mysterious, folded deep in night,
We care not, all our utmost need demands

Is but the light, the light! So still it stands
Surely our own if we exert our might.

Fool! Never can'st thou grasp this fleeting gleam,
Its glowing flame would die if it were caught,

Its value is that it doth always seem
But just a little farther on. Distraught,

But lighted ever onward, we are brought
Upon our way unknowing, in a dream.

(Poem's source: Americanpoems.com)
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