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Playtime
I was playing with my dolls today. Meet my Madame Bovary.
“for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning its shadowy web in every cranny of her heart.” – Gustave Flaubert
This post was prompted by Daily Prompt: Playtime.
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Oooh, that bit of poem gave me goosebumps! The photo’s lighting is perfection. Nicely done! ~SueBee
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Thank you so much, and hubby was very suspicious about my lights 😀 I am so happy to see it has worked 😀
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Lighting made the shot – good job! Tell hubby I said so, lol! ~SueBee
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😀 He saw the pic and he liked it 😀 and I told him what you said :P. Many thanks SueBee 🙂
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Quite welcome 🙂
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yep … gotta agree. the lighting on this shot is perfect, as is (as usual) the accompanying music!!!
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That’s Sia: Breathe me 😉 Have you read Madame Bovary?
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Yep, perfect in every way, Paula! Cuddle her so she won’t feel cold…
Great take on, another one!
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😀 She is safe with me poor thing. I rescued her from a cold, glass newstand :D. Thank you, Amy 🙂 xo
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🙂 🙂
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Oooh…fantastic shot, quote AND song!!! 🙂
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😀 and the novel, and all the movie adaptations :D. Thank you, Madhu for liking my doll 🙂
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Voilà une poupée très classe. 🙂
PS: j’ai lu Madame Bovary… et je n’ai pas aimé. 😆
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Tu es trop jeune 😀
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J’ai lu Germinal de Zola et j’ai adoré ! :p La jeunesse ne veut rien dire ! 😀
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J’aime plus Zola que Flaubert 😀 mais Maupassant encore plus 😀
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D’accord avec toi ! 🙂 Flaubert is boring 😉
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Je n’ai pas dit ca – oh la la !!!! Mon prefere en tout cas est Andre Gide et Albert Camus ….
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Je ne connais pas le premier et le deuxième… comme Flaubert. 😆
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Comment ca? Tu ne connais pas ni Gide ni Camus? C’est vrais cela?
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Je ne connais pas Gide. 🙂
Et Camus, je le trouve ennuyant, comme Flaubert. 😀
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Oh la la….. Je suis sans parole!!!!!!! Incroyable!! L’etranger, la peste ca n’est pas ennuyant :O
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Ne lis pas Gide, tu mourras d’ennui 😀
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J’ai lu la peste et… ENNUI PROFOND. 😆
Merci du conseil ! 😀
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Ah non, ne dis pas ca 😦
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Chacun son style et son avis ! 😆
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Oui 😦
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She doesn’t look so bored to me. Rather pleased with herself, in fact. A little like you should be for your excellent post, Paula. 🙂
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Look at her big, sad eyes….. She is not pleased, poor thing
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Honestly so I believe these eyes are showing serenity, without regret but with hope… 🙂 🙂
Very well captured… 🙂
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🙂 maybe she is hoping for something, but it ain’t love 😀
Takk Drake 🙂 🙂
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I’ve heard it before
there had to be more to life than love
I also know what – no doubt black coffee… 😉
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oh I love this! I used to collect porcelain dolls when I was younger!
it’s gorgeous!
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I only started collecting them recently :). They are beautiful, but not easy to photograph. Thank you very much, Julie. I am happy you like it:)
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She certainly looks beautiful and dressed to kill.
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That’s my Madame Bovary:)
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Wonderfully lit Paula!
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This is so nice to hear, Phil. I appreciate it 🙂
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Wow, she is so pretty. What an amazing dress!
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She is a knock-out :D. Thanks, Lisa!
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D a z z l i n g .Jalal
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Isn’t she!:) I am happy you like my doll, Jalal.
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About the photo,Rene’ and I found the lighting perfect…
And the French authors you mentioned…….they are so much part of our life !
We’re not so young as luminaetumbrae , of course!
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🙂 Do you like Gide and Camus, Anna?
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I do, of course.
I’ve decided to re-read some books “of the past”and Gide and Camus come among the first ones……..
Ciao!
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I’ve purchased almost their entire library in French when I was a student, and my professor gave me Gide’s Journal as a gift 🙂
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Good student, I presume…
Baci!
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What a brilliantly taken photo…
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This is very nice to hear 🙂 Thank you very much 🙂
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I like her. She has this kind of look that Tim Burton could work into some awesome, creepy creature.
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I am happy you like her 😀 Will you vote on my today’s post?
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Best bit of being an uncle? All the children’s toys i get to play with… Love this portrait.
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😆 sei un zio 🙂 It’s Madame Bovary 🙂
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Love the lighting on her and great quote to accompany the image.
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The doll is suppposed to represent Madame Bovary. She was a tragic literary figure. I got it as a gift just a week ago and had to take a portrait of her 😀 I am glad you like the post, Jane 🙂
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