La Grande Famille
By Rene Magritte
1963
This week, for Sunday, November 23rd, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:
horizon
hover
human
This week, we celebrate the birthday of Belgian Surrealist artist Rene Francois Ghislain Magritte, who was born on November 21, 1898.
To honor this artist, SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of his artwork to accompany this week’s prompt.
Above:
The Human Condition
By Rene Magritte
1935
Below:
The Mysteries of the Horizon
By Rene Magritte
1955
Feel free to use the artwork in your own blog post, or not, as inspiration strikes you. Just be sure to come back to SIMPLY SNICKERS by Sunday, November 23rd, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.
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Adore Magritte's "La Grande Famille". I had to work with that image plus the words.
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ReplyDeleteLove the art-work used this week. But then it's always good and I'm learning a lot.