tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post6742447769749101473..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Guest post by Mary F. Burns: The Painting That Started Me WritingSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-65690865897169329242013-02-21T00:29:11.133-06:002013-02-21T00:29:11.133-06:00Hi Sarah and Heather - Heather, I would love to se...Hi Sarah and Heather - Heather, I would love to see your version of the Madame X painting! Check out my blog for other photographic images of the infamous lady (www.portraitsofanartist.blogspot.com) that include Nicole Kidman and an outrageous transvestite! Sarah, when I was about halfway through writing my novel, I thought I would Google JSS/novel and up came a strange little YA novel about the Daughters, full of ESP and ghosts--thank goodness, it didn't seem like it covered the same ground I was treading!<br />mfbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422978541434328698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-58529354358476011332013-02-21T00:25:36.837-06:002013-02-21T00:25:36.837-06:00There's only one other artist I think of as &q...There's only one other artist I think of as "luminous" and that's Vermeer. But Sargent's people sparkle and crackle and glow with light, from within and without, a kind of nervous intensity that i just love! Sargent's friend Violet Paget (she's a character in my novel too) once said that he painted people who looked like they were suffering from a "crispation de neufs" (a crackling of nerves) in other words, really intense. I love it!mfbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422978541434328698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-17855785715884512722013-02-21T00:23:10.343-06:002013-02-21T00:23:10.343-06:00thanks, beth - i wish you did live here, we have a...thanks, beth - i wish you did live here, we have a GREAT norcal chapter of the Historical Novel Society, lots of fun people. but thanks for the good wishes - the book launch is tomorrow night and I'm all excited! mfbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422978541434328698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-49434425854111907142013-02-05T11:58:25.309-06:002013-02-05T11:58:25.309-06:00Is there any painter more luminous than Sargent?Is there any painter more luminous than Sargent?Shelleyhttp://dustbowlstory.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-5827230650532450862013-02-04T12:57:15.859-06:002013-02-04T12:57:15.859-06:00Right from the title of this post, your guest blog...Right from the title of this post, your guest blog was inspiring! I loved the cross-over between visiting an art museum and being inspired to write a story about Sargent. You might consider putting a link on your own blog to this wonderful guest post. I've added your book on GoodReads, saw your trailer, and wish you the very best at your launch. If I still lived in San Francisco, I'd be there!Beth Camphttp://bethandwriting.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-60672298802719148962013-02-04T09:45:19.025-06:002013-02-04T09:45:19.025-06:00Excellent, Mary! I enjoyed reading your comments:...Excellent, Mary! I enjoyed reading your comments:) AlanaAlana Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236727516841572233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-82886559008448968492013-02-03T21:32:35.096-06:002013-02-03T21:32:35.096-06:00Sounds like a fun project. I read a novel about t...Sounds like a fun project. I read a novel about the real Madame X some time ago (by Gioia Diliberto) but haven't run across Sargent in other novels, I don't think.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-58852159594824288872013-02-03T16:52:41.691-06:002013-02-03T16:52:41.691-06:00I have loved Sargent's work (and mentioning Si...I have loved Sargent's work (and mentioning Sister Wendy brings me back to 12th grade Art History class). I actually had to recreate the "Madame X" painting in real life and photograph and Photoshop it for an art project in college. I will have to check out this book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-74495375826273519412013-02-03T14:16:31.725-06:002013-02-03T14:16:31.725-06:00I find the painting dark, almost gothic - it's...I find the painting dark, almost gothic - it's hard to stop looking at it - and can easily imagine someone coming upon it and being compelled to write about the back story and the artist. I'm looking forward to reading Mary's book.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-9551937780438199162013-02-03T13:12:28.095-06:002013-02-03T13:12:28.095-06:00This is a wonderful insight into the mind of a wri...This is a wonderful insight into the mind of a writer, and it would certainly make me want to read the book if Mary Burns' beautiful book trailer had not already done so!Patricia Bracewellhttp://www.patriciabracewell.comnoreply@blogger.com