Mid-Week Libation: A Bohemian Reverie

We're back from France with a hearty Saint-Chinian, our personal Paris playlist, a poem by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, provocative French-Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed & Mother Keiona Revlon!

Ryan Elston

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Ryan Wildstar

Jul 12, 2023

Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!

This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Max Jacob (July 12, 1876 - March 5, 1944)

“What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.” — Max Jacob [Source: Quotefancy]

Wildstar’s Wednesday Wine Pick: Mas Champart Clos de la Simonette, Saint-Chinian (Languedoc-Roussillon, France)

R&R’s Mid-Week Playlist: A Bohemian Reverie

The Art of Adel Abdessemed

Adel Abdessemed

Adel Abdessemed on Instagram

March 28, 2023

Poem of the Week: “Les Roses de Saadi” [“The Roses of Saadi”] by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859)

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Les Roses de Saadi
by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

J’ai voulu, ce matin, te rapporter des roses ;
Mais j’en avais tant pris dans mes ceintures closes
Que les nœuds trop serrés n’ont pu les contenir.

Les nœuds ont éclaté. Les roses envolées
Dans le vent, à la mer s’en sont toutes allées.
Elles ont suivi l’eau pour ne plus revenir.

La vague en a paru rouge et comme enflammée :
Ce soir ma robe encore en est tout embaumée…
Respires-en sur moi l’odorant souvenir.

Drag Performer of the Week: Keiona Revlon, Mother of The Iconic House of Revlon

Artists Born Today: July 12th

Happy Wednesday everyone! We’re back from France!

Happy Birthday to one our founding donors (and Ryan Wildstar’s mom!) — Brenda Bryson! Happy birthday and thank you for your love and support!

Today is also the birthday of Josiah Wedgwood, Adele Schopenhauer, Henry David Thoreau, Eugène Boudin, George E. Ohr, Stefan George, The Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Winifred Austen, Max Jacob, Han Yong-un, Tod Browning, Natalia Goncharova, Amedeo Modigliani, Raoul Hausmann, Bruno Schulz, R. Buckminster Fuller, Oscar Hammerstein II, Amadeo Roldán, Pablo Neruda, Milton Berle, Andrew Wyeth, Doris Grumbach, Paul Gonsalves, Beah Richards, Paul Jenkins, Tayeb Salih, Choy Weng Yang, Van Cliburn, Eiko Ishioka, Swamp Dogg, Christine McVie, Elias Khoury, Heri Dono, Adam Johnson, Briceida Cuevas, Anne-Sophie Pic, Loni Love, Jonny McGovern and Malala Yousafzai!

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