May 21, 2020

Figures in Poetry: Ophelia

Figures in Poetry: Shakespeare's Ophelia

Her lifespan was a drop of quicksilver.

                             ~ by Alan Britt
                               from "Myth of the Baker’s Daughter"




Elizabeth Siddal, best known as the model for John Everett Millais' iconic painting Ophelia is the subject of this film by Jessye Seth Bloomfield (Producer, Curator and Event Producer currently based in London).

 
Photo by Jan Claire 

In the Beginning

Poet You constellate the myths, O royal oracle of archetypes. Photo and poem by Jan Claire

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