The astrological sign of Taurus, is associated with the shape shifter Zeus. The Greek god took the form of a bull to carry off the Phoenician princess Europa. Taureans are also identified with the my...
And its whispered that soon if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason And a new day will dawn for those who stand long And the forest will echo with laughter. If theres a bustle i...
"Lo! like a Cheshire cat our court will grin". John Wolcot The origins of Lewis Carrolls Cheshire Cat are uncertain. Carroll was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) in Cheshire, England...
I am of Ireland,And the Holy Land of Ireland,And time runs on, cried she.Come out of charity,Come dance with me in Ireland.One man, one man aloneIn that outlandish gear,One solitary manOf all that ra...
We have entered into the Sun sign of Aquarius the Water-Carrier. Aquarius is associated with the Greek mythical figure of the youth Ganymede. The most beautiful of mortals he was abducted by Zeus, in...
We are now in the astrological sign of Sagittarius the Archer. It is also the sun sign of Porcelains and Peacocks friend Kirk Phillips of Shears & Window. The Archer is a centaur, half- man and h...
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.~ Meister EckhartThe first Thanksgiving at Plymouth in 1621 was a harmonious collaboration between the Pilgrims and...
Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees. Faith Baldwin The vivid colors of Autumns foliage and harvest have inspired many writers and artists. Belgia...
November is a golden month with the birthstone of yellow topaz and the birth flower Chrysanthemum. During the Middle Ages the topaz was thought to be a talisman that could heal illnesses of both the ...
In the painting Love Magic, the unknown artist from the Lower Rhine depicts an alluring witch. Painted at the end of the fifteen century it shows her naked except for a diaphanous veil and phallic sh...
October is a favorite month for Porcelains and Peacocks because of the wonderfully pagan holiday of Halloween. Going back to the Celts. the last night of October was viewed as a portal between the wo...
Porcelains and Peacocks is blessed to have two very special Libra friends whose birthdays are this week: Heidi Gerpheide of California Homes Magazine and Kelly Hartgraves of Epoca San Francisco. Each...
Courage easily finds its own eloquence. Plautus As we reflect on the tenth anniversary of September 11, we remember the courage of the heroes and heroines of this tragic event. Courage or Fortitude i...
Photography can light-up darkness and expose ignorance Lewis Wickes Hine As Labor Day marks the end of Summer it also honors American workers and their achievements. It became a federal holiday in 18...
"Their blue, is the blue that adorns the Azores on lipid days...this is a blue that is even more blue, the bunches of flowers of a colour more intense and more fresh. They are in every direction:...
Currently Epoca San Franciscos inventory includes an enchanting set of French posters depicting the fables of Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695) illustrated by Benjamin Rabier (1864-1939). One of the ni...
Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of Heaven, Blossom the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Although it is still August, Porcelains and Peacocks is...
Recently Porcelains and Peacocks had the pleasure of meeting Leonard Greco Jr. of the artfully esoteric blog Babylon Baroque, www.babylonbaroque.wordpress.c om. He had come on his first visit to San F...
I consider myself an accidental writer. Having worked in the interior design industry for twenty-five years selling and marketing the esoteric and exquisite, I have seen it all change in the last few...
"The only horrible thing in the world is ennui, Dorian. That is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness." The Picture of Dorian Gray Porcelains and Peacocks has been remiss about postin...
In observing the 4th of July we also celebrate the diverse physical beauty of the United States. Luminism was a poetic art movement of the late nineteenth century that captured light as it played acr...
Spanish Basque painter Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta (1870-1945) created dramatic images using the culture, landscape and folklore of Iberia. Although he studied painting in Rome and Paris it was the gr...
The month of June is named for the Roman Goddess Juno. Her Greek counterpart Hera was associated with the peacock. It was the goddess who retrieved the hundred eyes of her slain servant Argus and set...
Perugian born Cesare Ripa (1560 -1622) wrote Iconologia, an emblem book depicting allegorical figures of virtues, vices, passions, arts and sciences. The woodcut Verita personifies truth as a naked w...
In Aesop’s Fable of The Wolf and the Lamb, a tyrannical wolf justifies taking the life of an innocent lamb. French Art Deco artist Benjamin Rabier (1864-1939) illustrated the tale in the 1906 copy of...
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