Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Moonlight

Moonlight

ink, paper, various, 2002

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - To Kimon who is love and infinity

To Kimon who is love and infinity

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Moonlight and how it became melancholic

Moonlight and how it became melancholic

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Once the moonlight was as happy as a daydream

Once the moonlight was as happy as a daydream

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the moon dressed up and raced across the skies

the moon dressed up and raced across the skies

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - she showered the world with her light

she showered the world with her light

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - only the mountaion did she not light, because there a young shepherd slept

only the mountaion did she not light, because there a young shepherd slept

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - she didn't want to disturb his sleep with her briliance

she didn't want to disturb his sleep with her briliance

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - In my soul enters a sad moon

In my soul enters a sad moon

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - God was angry

God was angry

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - furious, ready to explode

furious, ready to explode

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Please Don't

Please Don't

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - he did it

he did it

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Endymion, the shepherd, sank into an eternal sleep

Endymion, the shepherd, sank into an eternal sleep

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - because time is the law

because time is the law

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - and love is not the law

and love is not the law

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Don't do it !

Don't do it !

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - "Now I am the law", says the crow

"Now I am the law", says the crow

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - how can I look at me anymore?

how can I look at me anymore?

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - "I enjoy your hatred, it feeds me".

"I enjoy your hatred, it feeds me".

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the ones who simpathized with her flew with fear

the ones who simpathized with her flew with fear

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the forest was wrapped in melancholy

the forest was wrapped in melancholy

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - more than anybody else her mirror was sad

more than anybody else her mirror was sad

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - inside him, norcissus was drowned

inside him, norcissus was drowned

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the infinity was full of crystals

the infinity was full of crystals

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - fragments

fragments

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - letters, numbers

letters, numbers

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - good and bad

good and bad

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - victories and defeats

victories and defeats

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Heros, martyrs, and gods

Heros, martyrs, and gods

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - pain dressed like loneliness

pain dressed like loneliness

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - In the springtime, Adonis was awake and Persephone returned to earth

In the springtime, Adonis was awake and Persephone returned to earth

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - but Endymion didn't awake from his sleep

but Endymion didn't awake from his sleep

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the moon's expectations became frustrations

the moon's expectations became frustrations

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - turbulent

turbulent

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - tedium

tedium

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the sea became salty from her tears

the sea became salty from her tears

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the beautiful colors bleached

the beautiful colors bleached

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the world became azure, then gray, the beige

the world became azure, then gray, the beige

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - then cam the sadness with her secret joy

then cam the sadness with her secret joy

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - she blossomed in August until exhusted

she blossomed in August until exhusted

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - at the Moon's orgy the waters swell, the currents follow her

at the Moon's orgy the waters swell, the currents follow her

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the mainad commune their blood

the mainad commune their blood

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the Dervish gave up to the holy sickness

the Dervish gave up to the holy sickness

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - period fell into the middle of the spiral

period fell into the middle of the spiral

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Endymion became her sleep

Endymion became her sleep

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - with kisses he cooled her fever

with kisses he cooled her fever

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - angels carried her dreams

angels carried her dreams

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - her dreams brood the ebb

her dreams brood the ebb

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Ebb lives in exile. she is the dark of the interior material.

Ebb lives in exile. she is the dark of the interior material.

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - like a bride in the middle of a cocoon

like a bride in the middle of a cocoon

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - like the grains in the middle of the kernel

like the grains in the middle of the kernel

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - at the constellation of Cancer lives the backward time

at the constellation of Cancer lives the backward time

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the lovers fuse together for eternity in the belly of the mother

the lovers fuse together for eternity in the belly of the mother

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Because for centuries now all that was Endymion's dream

Because for centuries now all that was Endymion's dream

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - ...

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Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - time rewards the eternal supporters

time rewards the eternal supporters

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - Secretly from the birds, the Gods, the light,

Secretly from the birds, the Gods, the light,

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the dark underground telluric currents sowed the dreams

the dark underground telluric currents sowed the dreams

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - A day sunset will follow from dawn

A day sunset will follow from dawn

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the ebb will draw her veil

the ebb will draw her veil

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - one by one the dreams will freeze in the third dimension

one by one the dreams will freeze in the third dimension

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - fed from love they will survive untill them

fed from love they will survive untill them

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - even if the moonlight saddens you

even if the moonlight saddens you

Lydia Venieri, Moonlight - the mineral sleep contains hidden dreams

the mineral sleep contains hidden dreams