stage name john wayne

"Stage Name John Wayne," January 24, 2022 (#24)

original title

41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush (2014)

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (1881)

two lines from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890)

one line from Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

Stage Name John Wayne

The hours leading up to the moment had been wrenching

certain corners of her prospect that were impenetrably black.

I could tell that the expression of gratitude touched her heart,

to which she had often committed the conscious solecism of forgiving

a fresh face with the energy and credibility to promote the

great surprise this expression suddenly resolved itself into.

According to conventional wisdom, none of the

different countries I shall be delighted to help you in

had personally observed the torture, execution, and cannibalism

with which, in spite of his theory that he had ceased to care, he now

seemed determined to bring me behind, so I consented.

But the prospect of hitting a big find was what made

beginning to unfold this simple history

to build drama and announce the vice.

You'll be free to make progress,

an art that is necessarily immobile.

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1-24-22 photo of print from Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents (2004)

Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way mural by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1861)

1-24-22 photo of print from 41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush (2014)

American Progress by John Gast (1872)

from Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors by George W. Bush (2017)

from Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors by George W. Bush (2017)