English – Page 4 – Isidora Works

Jan 28, 2014Dec 28, 2018 M English, Lady of the Sea, My Pen, My Pencil, Pen

‘Lady of the Sea’ – Peafowl

Lord Peafowl hadn’t really meant to kill his father. Granted, he had waited impatiently for his father to die, even secretly prayed for it on occasion during mass, but he didn’t intend for the old man to die by his hands. If only he hadn’t said those things to him, shouting that he was useless, … Continue reading ‘Lady of the Sea’ – Peafowl

Jan 22, 2014Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen

Isidora & the goblins & Ian Beck

It's the goblins! It's always the goblins. They broke my MacMini last December, constricting my online existence to: a) my not-so-smart-phone b) my no-social-networking-in-the-workplace access at work. Fair enough, little goblins: it means less distractions and I've been writing more & drawing more and even ventured into paints and canvases. But when I receive an … Continue reading Isidora & the goblins & Ian Beck

Jan 21, 2014Dec 28, 2018 M English, Lady of the Sea, My Pen, Pen

‘Lady of the Sea’ – Hiatus

Eu: Daniel, já escrevi a próxima parte da história. Sempre fizeste o desenho este fim de semana? Daniel: No hablo portugués.

Jan 3, 2014Dec 28, 2018 M English, Lady of the Sea, My Pen, Pen

‘Lady of the Sea’ – The Golden Queen

Isola the Fair was the oldest and palest of seven sisters. Much to his misfortune, her father, King Malik the Good, had failed to produce a male heir, just as he had failed at everything else. History remembered him as one of the kindest, most generous kings the country had ever known – a reputation … Continue reading ‘Lady of the Sea’ – The Golden Queen

Dec 30, 2013Dec 28, 2018 M English, Lady of the Sea, My Pen, Pen

‘Lady of the Sea’ – Azov & the Pirates

It was their hundredth day of journey, with no other ship in sight. Azov, the Mighty Pirate, had been sailing the Southern Ocean, where they were supposed to attack and plunder all the ships they came across with. All except the fleet from the Golden Queen, who had secretly hired them to weaken the power … Continue reading ‘Lady of the Sea’ – Azov & the Pirates

Nov 13, 2013Apr 3, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen

who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

Company of Liars by Karen Maitland My rating: 4 of 5 stars 'You won't like the ending', said the friend who lent me the book. Multiple reviews complained about the build up that led to a not-very-spectacular-revelation. But good stories aren't always about the twist. They're about the Truth. Those big, timeless, human truths. And … Continue reading who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

Oct 3, 2013Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen, Verse

11.

Autumn's mist and Sarah's Sea I'm back to the months when I longed to see what I've since met but have not seen yet.

Jul 23, 2013Mar 1, 2018 M Blurb, English, My Pen, Pen

Sign O’ The Times

the Like button killed the Comment star.

Jun 28, 2013Mar 1, 2018 M Blurb, English

notebook rehab

save on notebooks - get a new blog.

Nov 11, 2011Mar 1, 2018 M English, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

11-11-11

Putting out fires around me while waiting for a flame.

Nov 9, 2011Mar 1, 2018 M English, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

somebody’s suffering infected my dreams

Nov 3, 2011Feb 12, 2019 M English, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

Isidora & William

William Blake, The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with Sun

Oct 31, 2011Feb 12, 2019 M English, My Pen, Pen, Verse, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

Stygian

You have been carried for years on someone else's lips (you sound good on paper) with your island descent and abyss ascent and all the spectres forever loyal. I have not met you but know your women and tangled tales (I know far too many details) of you the shy ghost who never shows. We … Continue reading Stygian

May 4, 2011Mar 1, 2018 M English, Pen, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

Isidora & Promethea

Know that the scorched-black demons and the pristine, fluttering seraphs are in some sense naught but you yourself unpacked, unfolded in a higher space. Alan Moore, Promethea - Book 5

Apr 6, 2011Oct 5, 2018 M Best Of, English, My Pen, Pen, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

Sister Sarah

Our lives were full of bohemian friends with sketchbooks and cigarettes, orchestras, poetry, philosophy and science. A ton of leather cover books. We would get drunk on joie de vivre... and many a bottle of red wine. The more I learn about her mind and heart, the more I feel like Sarah Slean is a … Continue reading Sister Sarah

Apr 5, 2011Mar 22, 2018 M English, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

Isidora & The Garden of Forking Paths

You think you feel divided but you know the path you need to take. Still, there are all those reasons you recite to yourself to keep toddling along the road you know won't lead you anywhere you want to go, tangled in all the ties you should allow to go loose. Then those ties … Continue reading Isidora & The Garden of Forking Paths

Apr 4, 2011Mar 1, 2018 M English, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

15º 50′ Libra

Dear Saturn Return, Now we're on the same page and speaking the same language. Bring it on.

Mar 28, 2011Mar 1, 2018 M English, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

Isidora & Magdalena

I am currently writing a Gothic tale set somewhere in Eastern Europe, in a time before cars and electricity. My head has a handful of stories waiting in line for me to finish one so I can start the other. And even though they are waiting to be written, I can see them very clearly. … Continue reading Isidora & Magdalena

Mar 4, 2011Jul 17, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen, Verse, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

Hg

Me, the ever restless twins Fast as wings in Hermes’ heels You, Apollo’s racing car Know what is a cinnabar. From chemistry to alchemy Astrology, astronomy An orbit of the highest Eccentricity Coulomb interaction Semi-neurotic reaction To bad grammar and bad spelling That we both find so repelling. You know the capital of Nepal … Continue reading Hg

Feb 24, 2011Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

Isidora & Big Brother

From time to time I discover a dead master and feel a sudden urge to bring them to our present. I would take Oscar Wilde out for dinner and invite Stephen Fry. I would show heavy metal music to Beethoven. I would offer Birthday Letters to Sylvia Plath, gift-wrapped with a red bow. Being almost … Continue reading Isidora & Big Brother

Feb 18, 2011Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, Pen, Verse, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

old tales

Little Princess Little Princess, I declare There's nothing finer than your hair Its perfect waves and perfect length And how it seems to give you strength Little Princess, how you stare!, Into mine eyes I cannot bare As if once lost and by me found Your tiny feet swept off the ground Little Princess, do … Continue reading old tales

Feb 15, 2011Mar 1, 2018 M English, My Pen, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

emerging self

Fidgety Fluttering Flickering

Jan 8, 2011Mar 23, 2018 M Best Of, English, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

What Would Olivia Dunham Do?

Prior to writing this, I thought about the heroes I’ve had in the past and, apart from Disney’s Ariel, all the action characters that have inspired courage in my backbone and made me long for adventure were, I’m sorry to say, men. Until I met Olivia Dunham. I came across Fringe almost by accident and, … Continue reading What Would Olivia Dunham Do?

Jan 6, 2011Feb 12, 2019 M English, Film, My Eye, My Pen, Pen, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

Isidora & empty chairs II

Empty chair What are you fishing for When no one's there?

Dec 10, 2010Mar 1, 2018 M English, [2010 - 2011] Isidora Masson

Isidora & empty chairs

Praise to Liu Xiaobo and all the Chinese who risk their freedom for human rights. It's heartbreaking to hear Tiananmen Square protesters saying how, in order to protect their children, they will never be able to tell them what they did or that they lost an arm because they were beaten so badly by the … Continue reading Isidora & empty chairs