http://collagemirage.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Collage Mirage en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:13:45 GMT 2010-01-06T19:13:45Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977661322&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace My dear friends, I am engaged into help and research for further help towards the victims of Abruzzi. I will come back to you as soon ... If we succed to organize an art auction in London, I will come . . . Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:49:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977661322&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2009-04-20T20:49:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977640446&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace I still need a lot of sleep. My beautiful shiny pink mobile phone did not worked in NY; I ask my friends to forgive me if they tried to use it; I had to use the phone of the hotel-room and I did not have . . . Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:10:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977640446&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2009-03-29T13:10:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977617422&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace I've just read in an Italian online magazine that today is originally the celebration of Binah, the feminine world principle, the mother of every birth, physical and spiritual. And the special flowers . . . Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:46:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977617422&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2009-03-08T13:46:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977575405&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace   Vertiginous means             •A.     virginal •B.     vague . . . Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:08:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977575405&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-01-26T23:08:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977538603&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Wishes and fear, Desires and agony In the dark night the light triumphs! Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:14:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977538603&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-12-18T04:14:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977566213&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace On November 11th, 2008, I had bariatric surgery. It was a culmination of six months of going to one doctor's appointment after another in order to prove to the surgeon that I wouldn't die on the . . . Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:10:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977566213&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Larraine F. 2009-01-17T21:10:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977557625&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace   I propose to everyone who reads this essay to use this coming Sunday, and all Sundays following, to resurrection old stories/essays/poems/reviews and recipes (did I forget anything?) and post . . . Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:02:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977557625&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-01-09T01:02:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977537897&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace The central figure can be seen both inside an egg-shaped cave as well as imagining the cross point of an eight shaped movement going across the painting of 8 figures. It is a painting of birth and rebirth . . . Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:21:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977537897&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-12-17T13:21:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977534551&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace La Primavera by Botticelli on behalf of the erudite brother of the ruling Medici, using also part of a choreography made by the ruling Medici. It is a mysterious work, but the more you look at it, . . . Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:59:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977534551&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-12-13T20:59:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977465147&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace The Element of Fire is predominant in me; I am in the Element of Fire; I am all Fire in my paintings. Leaves will turn into wild flames. Rocks will be glowing charcoal. Trees will grow as sacred fire . . . Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:34:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977465147&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-10-02T01:34:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977450726&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace I am not the'good Lady' of any Gentleman; I am my own person with opinions about the things of the world. (Sorry for the mediocre people, the London middle-aged conservatives.)  Who am . . . Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:52:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977450726&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-09-16T20:52:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977356966&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace My dear friends, Today I was given the date of the group exhibition in which I will have some of my most recent work in Gallery Agora (Chelsea Manhattan NY) It is from 10 March 2009 to 21 . . . Thu, 29 May 2008 23:55:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977356966&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-05-29T23:55:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977384286&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace The myths, the philosophical significance, the Universal archetypes are my themes of painting mostly. In everyday life, in individual personal situations, of mine or other people, I try to find the archetypical, . . . Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:42:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977384286&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-06-28T00:42:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977379313&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace I rejected the invite from friends and used my time painting all day indisturbed and continue tomorrow on my newest large painting (Spring Charm). It is based on English gardens. But today I had the . . . Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:22:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977379313&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-06-21T22:22:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977374390&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Please my friends, forgive my english spelling, but can you resist in the vision of a You in sunshine colours and sunkished fruit juices? All these golden sandals, with precious stones at the toe post . . . Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:30:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977374390&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-06-16T08:30:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977342386&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Spring has finally arrived in our winter bound valley. After a long cold start, there was a week of unseasonably warm weather, a spurt of summer-like temperatures so intense that the plants burst from . . . Sat, 10 May 2008 00:19:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977342386&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Krista P. 2008-05-10T00:19:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977340489&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace My dear friends, Have to redirect you on my artist's portfolio www.absolutearts.com/alkistis to see my new oil painting (I still give a light touch here and ther ) 'Artemis in Spring' . . . Wed, 07 May 2008 12:06:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977340489&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-05-07T12:06:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977242598&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace We still are in Winter but today I felt Adonis is missing, very much so! It was all this sephardic romance music by valuable contemporary Spanish Jewish artists (Jodi Saval, Montserrat Figueras, k.Zuckerman, . . . Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:33:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977242598&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-01-28T17:33:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977237446&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace I ask you to forgive me for the many errors as I type it directly without the help of Word and English is not a language I studied properly, as you already know. In my mind I connected the . . . Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:19:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977237446&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-01-23T02:19:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977158638&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace The winged horse of the ancient greek Mythology. Son of Poseidon and Medusa. Inspiration of poets and painters. Poetic Inspiration has often been symbolised as a horse, flying from the earthly surface . . . Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:25:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977158638&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2007-10-26T15:25:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976999281&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace 'I should be a mother and a good wife' said Daphne du Maurier yesterday in the film in our tv screen. So many girls dream to be Daphne du Maurier, have her contemplative life away from the croud . . . Sun, 13 May 2007 12:16:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976999281&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2007-05-13T12:16:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977152267&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace There is a magic moment where the plus and minus are balancing on one thin line. That is the moment of Alfa and Omega; the moment when the serpent bites its tail. That is the initiation to a new . . . Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:57:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977152267&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2007-10-19T19:57:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192430&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace I am reading a book by Antoine Faivre, 'The eternal Hermes' translated and re-edited by Joscelyn Godwin. At a certain point he refers to that immortal painting by Botticelli, 'La Primavera', . . . Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:13:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192430&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2007-12-02T19:13:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977204758&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace   In the shadow of the ancient Adirondacks, in the valley of the Mohawk, there stands a small brick fortress. Beneath the eastern parapet, upon a tall white mantle lies the Sphinx. Her inscrutable . . . Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:09:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977204758&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Krista P. 2007-12-16T01:09:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977188458&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace the book, the original illustrations and the films of 1969 with that incredible child, unique and insuperable Pipi Longstocking! And, hey! Do not forget my birthday: 5 DECEMBER every year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . . . Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:10:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977188458&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2007-11-28T03:10:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146992&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace                                                    . . . Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:57:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146992&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2007-10-14T12:57:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977131730&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Creating a composition of images is much helped now days by the digital photography and the possibility of transparent collage and photomontage f the digital kind. Still that does not cover entirely the . . . Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:23:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977131730&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2007-09-29T14:23:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977128104&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace A long time ago, in my first and only travel for a day to Zurich, where I visited a modern art museum, a couple of private art galleries and a bookshop with DaDa material, i had two unforgettable experiences . . . Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:15:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977128104&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2007-09-25T22:15:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977027300&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace As I read again her birthday I could hear Francis saying it is because of that! It is because we have our birthdays in 3 days distance that I like her, that I have her in my heart, that i stand up for . . . Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:19:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977027300&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2007-06-12T10:19:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977038000&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace That is a place I have not been yet in France, but I hope to visit soon. I read a bit about it on line. It has it all; everything your romantic heart wishes to know. It has a castle that started in the . . . Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:54:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977038000&grpId=3659174697242349&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2007-06-24T10:54:34Z