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Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Bite 157: Ejnar Nielsen - Man and Woman, 1917-19

Posted on January 31, 2012 by niten
 Man and Woman, 1917-19, Oil on canvas, 305 x 177 cm, National Gallery of Denmark
"Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As ev'ry fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say 'I love you' right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all."
                                 - Joni Mitchell, Both Sides, Now
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