The Eclectacy Laboratory

This painting is another from Correggio's series, "The Loves of Jupiter." It depicts the mythological story of Jupiter, disguised as a cloud, embracing the mortal woman Io. The painting captures a moment of intense intimacy and sensuality. The figure of Io is soft and luminous, her body twisting ...

Understanding Friendship A quest to understand understanding: What is friendship?
Or, more precisely, what does it take to be a friend?
I've never considered myself a good friend to anyone.
I'd offer help, not necessarily when it was convenient, but when it didn't cost too much, if that makes sense.
I suppose I'd evaluate the investment.
I might help for days or weeks if I deemed it worthy and if it didn't take away from my family.
If I believed it would in any way negatively impact my child ...

Vain transient World, what charms are thine? And what do mortals in thee see, That they should worship at thy shrine, And sacrifice their all to thee? Thy brightest gifts, thy happiest hours Fly past on pinions of the wind; They fade like blooms upon the flowers, And leave a painful want behind. Thou art a road, though not of space, Which rich and poor alike must tread; Thy starting point we cannot trace, Thine end - the country of the dead. A pathway paved with want and woe, With pleasures p...