photo of dancer Albertina Rasch, 1915. via the amazing Shorpy.
Art is not the application of a canon of beauty, but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don’t start measuring her limbs.
-Pablo Picasso









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How come you took down the original image? I thought it was very daring!
I had second thoughts about putting it up close to a my friend’s guest post for his non-profit organziation. I didn’t want any of his supporters to take offense and stop giving to such an important cause.
I’m planning on using it later on another Sunday tho — she’s too evokative to pass by!
I liked the original picture too!
Glad to hear you’ll use it again. :)