When I was young and impressed by people who knew how to construct sentences that elicit powerful emotions, I tried to make a deal with God — give Borges my eyesight and give me his writing talent.
I enjoyed reading this, thank you Alex! The story of Avedon's portrait of Borges invites to reflection. And i definitely need to read more Borges (only read Ficciones so far).
OMG Alex, I really loved this one. I'm a big Borges fan and, funnily enough, I was going over Diane Arbus' "Revelations" during the weekend and I found this portrait of him, now your post gave me much more context and also added another puzzling portrait. Great piece!
The eternity we live in the moment before death.
Thanks for your comment, Patris!
Beautiful connection and treatment of these luminaries. Excellent supplemental material, too!
Thank you, Timothy!
Enjoyed this especially the stories behind the Borges portraits.
Thank you, Ibarionex!
I enjoyed reading this, thank you Alex! The story of Avedon's portrait of Borges invites to reflection. And i definitely need to read more Borges (only read Ficciones so far).
Thank you, Pierre! The two stories I put the links to in the post should hold you over for now. 😀. But he’s definitely worth exploring further.
got them! Thanks!
I haven't read anything by Jorge Lois Borges but I will do now!
He’s worth your time, Andrew.
You can start with the two short stories I linked to in my post.
Scianna made also some well known portraits of Borges
Thank you, George. I was not familiar with Scianna's portraits. But I just found one online.
Fantastic!
https://www.artnet.com/artists/ferdinando-scianna/portrait-de-jorge-luis-borges-2-works-e6q8ZshV9depKCM1UPPKLA2
OMG Alex, I really loved this one. I'm a big Borges fan and, funnily enough, I was going over Diane Arbus' "Revelations" during the weekend and I found this portrait of him, now your post gave me much more context and also added another puzzling portrait. Great piece!
Thank you, Alvaro! I’m glad to hear it!