Comments on: Graffiti On A Poem By Margaret Atwood On A Painting By Edouard Manet http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/12/graffiti-on-a-poem-by-margaret-atwood-on-a-painting-by-edouard-manet/ and why shouldn't they? Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Teena http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/12/graffiti-on-a-poem-by-margaret-atwood-on-a-painting-by-edouard-manet/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Teena Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:49:24 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=559#comment-501 She is a great tease, ready for it and very nervous. She is weary of posing for the artist and wants some reward. Imagine reclining naked, trying to look disinterested, (but really gobbled up with curiosity) while a black "beau" surveys the scene behind a floral tribute! Forbidden fruits always taste the sweetest! (The flower behind the ear denotes availability) She is a great tease, ready for it and very nervous.
She is weary of posing for the artist and wants some reward.

Imagine reclining naked, trying to look disinterested, (but really gobbled up with curiosity) while a black “beau” surveys the scene behind a floral tribute!

Forbidden fruits always taste the sweetest!

(The flower behind the ear denotes availability)

]]> By: Horace http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/12/graffiti-on-a-poem-by-margaret-atwood-on-a-painting-by-edouard-manet/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Horace Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:51:34 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=559#comment-495 This dame is so asexual that she could really be a lesbian nun pretending (on a bet sans doubt) to be Carmen's great great granddaughter. This dame is so asexual that she could really be a lesbian nun pretending (on a bet sans doubt) to be Carmen’s great great granddaughter.

]]> By: Chuck http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/12/graffiti-on-a-poem-by-margaret-atwood-on-a-painting-by-edouard-manet/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Chuck Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:31:04 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=559#comment-494 I, too, am bothered by the painting but maybe that is what it is supposed to do? (BTW...The reclining woman would never be a friend of Chuck's....too cold and impersonal...I can't see sharing a bottle of wine with her or talking about sex or acting silly together or putting on our fairy wings and having a grand time of it. Nope, not with her.) I agree about the poem being better than the painting... it was interesting. I, too, am bothered by the painting but maybe that is what it is supposed to do? (BTW…The reclining woman would never be a friend of Chuck’s….too cold and impersonal…I can’t see sharing a bottle of wine with her or talking about sex or acting silly together or putting on our fairy wings and having a grand time of it. Nope, not with her.) I agree about the poem being better than the painting… it was interesting.

]]> By: Angela http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/12/graffiti-on-a-poem-by-margaret-atwood-on-a-painting-by-edouard-manet/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Angela Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:56:05 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=559#comment-493 I'm deeply bothered by the artist's 'treatment' of the black woman, the way she's scenery and is trying to get the attention of the white woman, who is only interested in the attentions of the artist. The artist has to be a rich white guy. Definitely not Jewish, though. I’m deeply bothered by the artist’s ‘treatment’ of the black woman, the way she’s scenery and is trying to get the attention of the white woman, who is only interested in the attentions of the artist. The artist has to be a rich white guy. Definitely not Jewish, though.

]]> By: limin http://toonstoonstoons.net/2009/12/graffiti-on-a-poem-by-margaret-atwood-on-a-painting-by-edouard-manet/comment-page-1/#comment-492 limin Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:40:40 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=559#comment-492 i like the poem, a lot more than the painting; yes, there's a lot of defiant feel to the lady, her posture is not sexual, its rather austere and not touchable, a kind of guarded, yes, put on her clothes she might be a good librarian, or school teacher, but i like the tone, the kind of frustration of the female sexuality with that period, not a time to be naked for sure, unless there's a servant in the room. this is not my kind of painting, i guess, i get rather cagey looking at Lady Olympia!! i like the poem, a lot more than the painting; yes, there’s a lot of defiant feel to the lady, her posture is not sexual, its rather austere and not touchable, a kind of guarded, yes, put on her clothes she might be a good librarian, or school teacher, but i like the tone, the kind of frustration of the female sexuality with that period, not a time to be naked for sure, unless there’s a servant in the room. this is not my kind of painting, i guess, i get rather cagey looking at Lady Olympia!!

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